This week on From the Front Porch, Annie and Hunter (@shelfbyshelf) discuss their top ten favorite books of 2024! To purchase the books mentioned in this episode, stop by The Bookshelf in Thomasville, visit our website (search “Episode 486” to find the books mentioned in this episode), or shop on The Bookshelf’s official app: Annie: First five-star read: Grief Is for People by Sloane CrosleyMost surprising: Mostly What God Does by Savannah GuthrieLeast favorite: Worry by Alexandra TannerNext on your TBR: Enlightenment by Sarah PerryMost anticipated fall release: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Annie’s Top Ten:1. James by Percival Everett2. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar3. Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner4. Even After Everything by Stephanie Duncan Smith5. Real Americans by Rachel Khong6. Same As It Ever Was by Claire Lombardo7. Sandwich by Catherine Newman8. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel9. Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan10. Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley Hunter: First five-star read: Martyr! By Kaveh AkbarMost surprising: Annie Bot by Sierra GreerLeast favorite: Brat by Gabriel SmithNext on your TBR: The Future Was Color by Patrick NathanMost anticipated release for fall: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Hunter’s Top Ten: 1.  James by Percival Everett2. All Fours by Miranda July3. We Were The Universe by Kimberly King Parsons4. In Tongues by Thomas Grattan5. Colored Television by Danzy Senna6. State of Paradise by Laura Van Den Berg7. Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel8. Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts9. Henry Henry by Allen Bratton10. Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg From the Front Porch is a weekly podcast production of The Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in South Georgia. You can follow The Bookshelf’s daily happenings on Instagram at @bookshelftville, and all the books from today’s episode can be purchased online through our store website, www.bookshelfthomasville.com.  A full transcript of today’s episode can be found here. This week, Annie is reading Enlightenment by Sarah Perry.  Hunter is reading Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson. If you liked what you heard in today’s episode, tell us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Or, if you’re so inclined, support us on Patreon, where you can hear our staff’s weekly New Release Tuesday conversations, read full book reviews in our monthly Shelf Life newsletter and follow along as Hunter and I conquer a classic. Just go to patreon.com/fromthefrontporch. We’re so grateful for you, and we look forward to meeting back here next week. Our Executive Producers are...Jennifer Bannerton, Stephanie Dean, Linda Lee Drozt, Ashley Ferrell, Susan Hulings, Wendi Jenkins, Martha, Nicole Marsee, Gene Queens, Cammy Tidwell, and Amanda Whigham.