With the new year comes a whole new crop of books that will be coming out.

Earlier, The Show spoke with freelance book critic Mark Athitakis about what he’s most excited about in 2024, and whether there are any overarching trends he’s noticing in books expected to come out or that’ve already come out this year.

Mark Athitakis

Mark Athitakis is a Chandler-based author, critic and journalist.

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