Best Books of 2024

On today’s A Public Affair, Sam Fuqua takes calls from the audience about their favorite book that they read this past year and why.

Cecelia Girz-“The View from the Center of the Universe” by Joel Primack and Nancy Abrams.
Morrison Brown-“Anything” by Peter Heller.
Karl Hanzel-“The Sparrow” by Mary Doria Russell.
Dick Cole-“The Great River” by Boyce Upholt.
Kezia Tenenbaum-“Crossings” by Ben Goldfarb and “Other Rivers” by Peter Hessler.
Leyla Steele-“Playground” by Richard Powers.
Ginger Perry-“Covenant of Water” by Abraham Vergese.
Ian Summers-“The Jakarta Method” by Vincent Bevins.
David Adamson-“The Story of Upfront, Carbon’ by Lloyd Alters.
Dave Anderson-“When the Clock Broke: Con Men. Conspiracists and how America Cracked up in the Early 1990s” by John Ganz.
Tina Jayroe-“Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions” by Richard Erdoes.
Mary Gorman-“Solito: A Memoir is a Memoir” by Javier Zamora.
John Lehndorff-“Cocina Libre” by Julia Roncoroni.
Chris Gallagher-“City of the Monkey God” by Douglas Preston.
Joy Barrett-“Things You May Find Hidden in my Ear” by Mosab Abu Toha.
Jack Dawson-“Poor Things” by Alasdair Gray.
Steve Miller-“Colonel Chaubert” by Honore de Balzac.
Michael-“Death is but a Dream” by Christopher Kerr.
Ken-“I Never Thought of it that Way” by Monica Guzman.
Evan-“Why Leaders Lie” by John Mearsheimer.
Elena-“They Call You Back” by Tim Hernandez.
Jim-“Pieces for the Left Hand” by Robert J. Lenon.
Amy-“The Gray Wolf” by Louise Penny