The Best Books of First Quarter 2024: Amazon Top 100 and More

 




And the best books of First Quarter 2024 are ... drumroll! ....


Amazon Top 100

Greg Bagdade's book, Mental Health Mayday, reached #51 in Psychology Education and Training and #83 in safety and first aid.

Kris Girrell’s book, Learning to Feel, reached #60 in biographies of social scientists and psychologists.

Shannon Gonyou’s book, Since Sinai, reached #11 in biographies of Judaism.

Steven Greenebaum’s book, An Afternoon’s Dictation, reached #59 in ecumenism.

Larry MacDonald’s book, RV Oopsies, reached #80 in travel humor.

Bob McGee’s book, A View through the Fog, reached #63 in bridge engineering.

Ken Mogren’s book, Spunky Grandmas and Other Amusing Characters, reached #71 in limericks and humorous verse.

Boris Shekhtman’s book, How to Improve Your Foreign Language Immediately, reached #15 in study and teaching references and #35 in academic and commercial writing reference.


Awards

A View through the Fog (Bob McGee) Pinnacle Book Achievement Award

An Afternoon's Dictation (Steven Greenebaum) Chanticleer Hearten Book Awards finalist and Indies Today runner-up.

Godsway (Diana Keathley) Literary Titan gold award

Heart to Heart Resuscitation (Victor Montgomery III) Literary Titan gold award

Learning to Feel (Kris Girrell) Literary Titan gold award and Independent Press Award


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For more posts about Montgomery and his books, click HERE.

For more posts about Shekhtman and his book, click HERE.

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