36 books in 2025! I’m excited to share both the best books I read this year and the ones I seriously could not get through. Drop your own favorite reads in the comments as I build my list for 2026. Real Americans by Rachel Khong 5 stars. A sweeping, multigenerational story about identity, ambition, and belonging. The novel opens in 1996 with Lily, a Chinese American woman working in biotech in New York City. When …
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What I Read in 2024
From a new generation fighting for their family resort in the Catskills to a couple trying to build a new life in Mumbai, from sci-fi heists to cozy fantasies, this year’s reading list brought diverse characters and stories across genres. How many of my 2024 reads are yours, too? Mother Land by Leah Franqui 4 stars. Jewish-American Rachel has recently moved to Mumbai with her Indian-born husband Dhruv after a brief courtship and small city …
Caitlin Kenney Smith 