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So far these posts on my 2024 Bookish Hall of Fame have focused on what’s happened to books that were in the original list: which ones dropped out to make room for new titles, and which ones saw the biggest drops or bumps compared to last year. But the whole reason for the reassessment is…

As I was looking at my Bookish Hall of Fame this year, what was more interesting to me than how my 2023 reads would fare was what kind of changes I’d discover amongst the books already in the Hall. Here’s a quick recap of the titles with the biggest jumps or falls in the list.…

When I came up with my ‘Bookish Hall of Fame’ last year, I put a lot of thought into what it would mean for me to celebrate the ‘best’ one hundred novels for me. I gave less thought to what it would mean to keep it up to date. But, as we’re well into a…