Kramers' Favorite 2024 Reads!
"Democracies get into trouble when mainstream parties tolerate, condone, or protect authoritarian extremists--when they become authoritarian enablers." --Steven Levitsky, Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
The year of 2024 brought us some wins and losses, and our staff faced it with the greatest gifts of humanity: books! Read on to see what our staff's favorite reads of 2024 was and maybe there will be some good reads for your 2025!
Alissa
A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
Ally
My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Ruben Reyes Jr
Final Girls by Jane Jacobs
Andrew
March by Geraldine Brooks
Tyranny of the Minority by Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky
Anna
Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA by Liz Mundy
French Exit by Patrick DeWitt
Ben
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones
Chloe
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book by Becky Chambers
Daniel
A Hero Of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen
Elisabeth
Second Place by Rachel Cusk
Train Dreams: A Novella by Denis Johnson
Jordan
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel by Cassandra Calin
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin
Katie
James by Percival Everett
The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Kris
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive by Kristen J. Sollee
Liora
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Llalan
Skunks by Fiona Warnick
Sara
There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven by Ruben Reyes Jr
Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs