I started 2024 hungry for stories, and I read (and reread) more books this year than I have in a decade or more. A few that have stayed with me, for one reason or another:
- The Front Desk series by Kelly Yang
- The Murderbot series, by Martha Wells
- The Earthsea series, by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Lunar New Year Love Story, by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyem Pham
- Prairie Fires, by Caroline Fraser
- Prairie Lotus, by Linda Sue Park
- Confessions of a Prairie Bitch, by Alison Arngrim
- Unmasking Autism, by Devon Price
- Two Tribes, by Emily Bowen Cohen
- The Spellshop, by Sarah Beth Durst
- Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor, by Ally Carter
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price, by Holly Jackson
- Dory Fantasmagory: Can’t Live Without You, by Abby Hanlon
May 2025 be filled with stories as well, and may we lean into the comfort and the challenge that they bring us.