[BHS Etree] LIBRARY: Winter Reads

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Winter Reads 2024

Looking for an excellent book to enjoy over winter break for yourself

or someone you love? Here are some of our favorite reads from 2024!


We encourage folks to support our local bookstores, including

Mrs. Dalloways <https://www.mrsdalloways.com/>, Marcus Books
<https://bookshop.org/shop/marcusbooks>, Pegasus Books
<https://www.pegasusbookstore.com/>, Bandung Books
<https://bookshop.org/shop/BandungBooks>, and The Escapist
<http://www.escapistcomics.com/>.

Thanks for keeping it Bay!  💖Your BHS Library Team 📚


Our Favorite YA Reads of 2024

[image: Ash's Cabin]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/180724641-ash-s-cabin?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=hKzkEFbEi3&rank=1>

A moving graphic novel about self-discovery, self-reliance, and the choice
to live when it feels like you have no place in the world.

[image: The Worst Ronin [Book]]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197448842-the-worst-ronin?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=zs0ecwOYAW&rank=1>

Nimona meets Attack on Titan in this edgy, unexpectedly hilarious,
genre-defying YA graphic novel.

[image: The Deep Dark: A Graphic Novel See more]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/195263612-the-deep-dark?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=T7khONskDp&rank=2>

>From NYtimes best-selling author Molly Knox Ostertag, a darkly beautiful
story of identity, family, love, loss and magic.

[image: Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . . | Book by Jason Reynolds |
Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207298501-twenty-four-seconds-from-now?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18>

A guy’s perspective in this unfiltered and undeniably sweet stream of
consciousness story of a teen boy about to experience a huge first.

[image: Everything We Never Had [Book]]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202775014-everything-we-never-had?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=a3XosY97Ku&rank=1>

An emotionally charged, moving novel about four generations of Filipino
American boys grapping with identity and masculinity.

[image: Snowglobe (The Snowglobe Duology)]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171681724-snowglobe?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=SopEDm4iN4&rank=1>

An immersive and utterly addictive dark dystopian thriller with the eerie,
desperate, and exhilarating vibes of The Hunger Games.

[image: Jumper [Book]]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54160133-jumper?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wpWBeK2FuD&rank=1>

In a ripped-from-the

-headlines story, Blair’s passion for fighting fires lands her a spot with
the Forest Service and sets her on a wilderness adventure that quickly
turns catastrophic.

[image: This Day Changes Everything]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139977919-this-day-changes-everything?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=gWlcwD0yBv&rank=1>

A whirlwind rom-com about two queer teens who spend one life-changing day
together in New York City.

Our Adult Recommendations:

[image: James: A Novel]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/173754979-james?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14>

     A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Huck Finn, both harrowing
and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim’s POV.

[image: Intermezzo: A Novel [Book]]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208931300-intermezzo?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23>

An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family from best-selling
author.

[image: Martyr!: A Novel [Book]]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/139400713-martyr?ref=nav_sb_ss_2_6>

Martyr is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning - in faith, in
art, ourselves, others.

[image: There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension: Abdurraqib,
Hanif: 9780593448793: Amazon.com: Books]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181346634-there-s-always-this-year?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=laUG6qFH2a&rank=1>

A powerful reflection on basketball, life, and home - from the author of A
Little Devil in America.

[image: The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years: A ...]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127464148-the-djinn-waits-a-hundred-years?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=WRy8IoHzFO&rank=1>A
dark dream of a book about a ruined mansion by the sea, the djinn that
haunts it, and a curious girl who unearths the tragedy that happened 100
years ago.

[image: Sandwich: A Novel [Book]]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/200028726-sandwich?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_9>A
moving, hilarious story of a family summer vacation full of secrets, lunch,
and learning to let go.

[image: You Dreamed of Empires: A Novel [Book]]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127938747-you-dreamed-of-empires?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=daudzryCx5&rank=1>A
hallucinatory, revelatory colonial revenge story - a reimagining of Hernán
Cortés first meeting with emperor Mocetezuma.

[image: The Other Valley: A Novel]
<https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176450755-the-other-valley?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=PwFeJNFLb4&rank=1>For
fans of Kazuo Ishiguro, this mind bending take on time travel is about an
isolated town neighbored by its own past and future.

**Reviews and book covers adapted from bookseller websites & GoodReads.


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