Best Books of 2024- for Adults!

We’re challenging readers of all ages to participate by reading and logging at least 300 minutes during our Winter Reading Challenge. Read, log your minutes and earn fun new badges in the Beanstack app. Complete the challenge and receive one entry into a drawing for the chance to win one of three Amazon Kindle Fire tablets!

Challenge begins January 1, 2025.

How to play

If you haven't already, create an account in Beanstack, which you can use as an app on your phone or tablet, or access via their website on your computer.

Once you're logged in to your Beanstack account, register for the Winter Reading Challenge. After you have logged 300 minutes of reading you will automatically be entered into the drawing!

For more information contact Matt Smith at 772-871-5452 or e-mail him at matthew.smith@stlucieco.gov

Updated December 21, 2024
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The book of love a novel
Link, Kelly
Paper Book
'A dizzying dream ride you will never forget' LEIGH BARDUGO 'An astonishing, gorgeous novel' HOLLY BLACK 'An incredible achievement' CASSANDRA CLARE FROM PULITZER-PRIZE FINALIST KELLY LINK *Time Magazine's 100 Must-Reads of 2024* ...
Challenger a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space
Higginbotham, Adam
Paper Book
'Gripping' ED CAESAR * 'Masterly' GEOFF DYER * 'Incredible' TIM HARFORD * 'A universal story that transcends time' NEW YORK TIMES * 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH * 'We know what's going to happen, but feel the suspense nonetheless' THE TIMES ** THE NEW...
James a novel
Everett, Percival
Paper Book
'Truly extraordinary books are rare, and this is one of them' - Roddy Doyle A 'Book of the Year' in The Observer, The Times & Sunday Times, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Daily Express, The Spectator, New Statesman, Independent,...
Entitlement
Alam, Rumaan
Paper Book
The exhilarating new novel from the author of Leave the World Behind - 'the book of an era' (Independent) 'Expertly observed' GUARDIAN 'A slow-burn tale of connivance and deceit with a knockout ending' OBSERVER 'A...
Small rain a novel
Greenwell, Garth
Paper Book
A New Statesman Book of the Year 'My book of the year . . . Rarely has illness made for such a compelling read' - John Boyne, author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas 'Marvelous: exceptionally vivid, real, and true' - Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island...
Intermezzo a novel
Rooney, Sally
Paper Book
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love and family, from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney.
The mighty red a novel
Erdrich, Louise
In Argus, North Dakota, a fraught wedding is taking place.Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two farms, is desperate to marry Kismet Poe. Gary thinks Kismet is the answer to all of his problems; Kismet can't even imagine her future, let alone the kind of future Gary might offer. During...
Women's hotel a novel
Lavery, Daniel M.
Playground a novel
Powers, Richard, 1957- author.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY AND BEWILDERMENT 'Is there anything Richard Powers...
Enlightenment a novel
Perry, Sarah, 1979- author.
Paper Book
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** A story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends 'Gorgeous... Ethereal' GUARDIAN 'A book with cosmic reach' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A...
Bright objects a novel
Todd, Ruby
Paper Book
A young woman grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequences in a debut novel that blends mystery, astronomy and romance, perfect for fans of Tracey Lien, Emma Cline and Mireille Juchau.

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