As we turn the page on 2024 and step into a new chapter of reading in 2025, we’re taking a moment to spotlight the 20 most-viewed books on the RGC website over the past year. While not all of these titles were published in 2024, they certainly captured your attention!
How many of these standout reads made it onto your list? And which ones are heading straight to your TBR? This year’s RGC reading wrap-up celebrates a diverse mix of genres—fiction, nonfiction, and young adult—along with a variety of formats!
1. Absolution
by Alice McDermott
2. The Second Life of Mirielle West
by Amanda Skenandore
3. The Heiress
by Rachel Hawkins
4. This is Happiness
by Niall Williams
5. The Idea of You
by Robinne Lee
6. An American Beauty
by Shana Abé
7. The Island of Missing Trees
by Elif Shafak
8. The Wild Robot
by Peter Brown
9. One Summer in Savannah
by Terah Shelton Harris
10. The Second Mrs. Astor
by Shana Abé
11. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
by Satoshi Yagisawa & Eric Ozawa (Translator)
12. Uner the Whispering Door
by TJ Klune
13. Birnam Wood
by Eleanor Catton
14. The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
15. The Lonely Hearts Book Club
by Lucy Gilmore
16. The Eyes & the Impossible
by Dave Eggers & Shawn Harris (Illustrator)
17. Bad Summer People
by Emma Rosenblum
18. How the Light Gets In
by Joyce Maynard
19. The Confidante
by Christopher C. Gorham
20. The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters
Looking for more great reads from 2024? Browse all of the themed reading lists on our blog!