It’s always fun for us to look back and see what you, our readers, enjoyed most during the year. Below are the top posts of 2024 (and book review categories) based upon our web traffic. Do you agree? Did you like them, too? Did you like a different post or category better?
If you’ve missed the top posts of 2024 (below), check them out today!
Top Posts of 2024: the Readers Speak
Top Posts of 2024 (pages visited in 2024 regardless of publication date)
- 15 Books for 15-Year-Old Boys
- Dune: Book vs. Movie
- Keeper of the Lost Cities
- Which Version of The Diary of Anne Frank Is Best?
- Fantasy Books for Teen Girls
- Mystery Book List (fun fact: ever since we first published our mystery list many years ago, it has consistently been in our top 10!)
- Annual Reading Challenge (available to all during December and January; locked down for members after that!)
Top Posts of 2024 That Were Published in 2024:
- Dune: Book vs. Movie
- The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers (this was the 2024 Newbery Winner, so that makes sense!)
- Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
- Once a Queen by Sarah Arthur
- Scythe and The Arc of a Scythe Trilogy
- The Rwendigo Tales by J. A. Myhre
Top Book Review Categories:
Top Posts of 2024: the Redeemed Reader Team’s Favorites
Our Favorite Books Reviewed in 2024
- *Animal Albums from A to Z by CeCe Bell (picture book review by Janie)
- *African Heroes by Jerome Gay, Jr. (picture book review by Betsy)
- How do You Spell Unfair? by Carole Boston Weatherford (picture book review by Betsy)
- *Knight Owl and Early Bird by Christopher Denise (picture book review by Hayley)
- *Granny Smith Was Not an Apple by Sarah Glenn Fortson (picture book review by Hayley)
- *One Big Open Sky by Lisa Cline-Ransome (middle grades review by Janie, but this is the rare book that multiple RR team members has read)
- *Rwendigo Tales by J. A. Myhre (middle grades series review by Betsy)
- *Ferris by Kate DiCamillo (middle grade review by Janie; another title that multiple RR team members have read)
- Scythe by Neal Shusterman (young adult review by Betsy; one of the most thought-provoking YA books she’s read in recent years)
- *Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton (Young adult/adult review by Betsy)
Our Favorite Reflections in 2024
- The Best This World Can Do: Thoughts About Not Nothing by Gayle Forman (Janie’s favorite of hers)
- A Scarecrow Dressed Up: An Educator’s Response to AI-Generated Homework (Janie likes it; Betsy wrote it!)
- Newybery Buzz Discussion: A First Time For Everything by Dan Santat (Betsy and Janie discuss; Betsy still thinks on this book!)
- Where Did the Ratings Go? (Hayley’s favorite of hers)
- Teaching Children to Read with Discernment (written by Betsy but on a different platform)
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