BEST BOOKS OF 2024, final edition

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In lieu of my regular monthly report, I am here today to finish my list of the best books I’ve read this year. My final total for 2024 is going to come in at between 204 and 210 books — well off my ridiculous pace of 2023, but still, a lot. Obviously I have no hope of retaining everything or even anything from the vast majority of them. But casting a wide net makes it more likely that I find a few real delights. With a great deal of effort, I’ve whittled them to 10. Here they are.

 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith
Tombstone, by Tom Clavin
The Little Girl who Fought the Great Depression, by John F. Kasson
The Mayor of Casterbridge, by Thomas Hardy
The Battle for the Beginning, by John MacArthur
* Thunderstruck, by Eric Larson
Worst. President. Ever., by Robert Strauss
* Luckenbach, Texas, by Becky Crouch Patterson
The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, by James Hilton
A Man of Iron, by Troy Senek
God's Hand on America, by Michael Medved
* Boundaries, by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren

* = carryovers from the list from the first half of the year

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Hal Hammons serves as preacher and shepherd for the Lakewoods Drive church of Christ in Georgetown, Texas. He is the host of the Citizen of Heaven podcast. You are encouraged to seek him and the Lakewoods Drive church through Facebook and other social media. Lakewoods Drive is an autonomous group of Christians dedicated to praising God, teaching the gospel to all who will hear, training Christians in righteousness, and serving our God and one another faithfully. We believe the Bible is God's word, that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, that heaven is our home, and that we have work to do here while we wait. Regular topics of discussion and conversation include: Christians, Jesus, obedience, faith, grace, baptism, New Testament, Old Testament, authority, gospel, fellowship, justice, mercy, faithfulness, forgiveness, Twenty Pages a Week, Bible reading, heaven, hell, virtues, character, denominations, submission, service, character, COVID-19, assembly, Lord's Supper, online, social media, YouTube, Facebook.