#left out a couple 5/5s just bc theyre re-reads and everyone already knows how i feel about them lmao

[kingarthurflourofficial]

5/5 Books of 2024!

(*denotes a re-read!)

Some Desperate Glory (fantasy/sci-fi) Emily Tesh

The Golden Enclaves (fantasy) Naomi Novik

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance (fantasy) Foz Meadows

Gaudy Night & Busman's Honeymoon* (mystery/realistic fiction) Dorothy L. Sayers

The Year of the Griffin* (fantasy) Diana Wynne Jones

System Collapse* (sci-fi) Martha Wells

Lady of Quality* (romance/historical fiction) Georgette Heyer

mislaid in parts half-known (fantasy) Seanan McGuire

the benefits of being an octopus (middle grade, realistic fiction) Ann Braeden

the woods all black (horror, folklore) Lee Mandelo

his majesty’s dragon* (fantasy, historical fiction) Naomi Novik

a sorceress comes to call (folklore, fantasy) T. Kingfisher

someone you can build a nest in (folklore, fantasy) John Wiswell

the exiles* [series] (middle grade, reaslistic fiction) Hilary McKay

jingo* (fantasy, sci-fi, satire) Terry Pratchett

gilgamesh (folklore, historical) trans. Herbert Mason

the duke at hazard (historical fiction, romance) K.J. Charles

the house of the red balconies (romance, fantasy) A.J. Demas

box hill (romance [?], historical fiction) Adam Mars-Jones

the goblin emperor* (fantasy, politics) Katherine Addison

&

the witness for the dead*

Super-infinite : the transformations of John Donne (non-fiction, historical) Katherine Rundell

chapters* (poetry, humour) Tim Key