--- title: You Glow in the Dark: 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 description: Find out why "You Glow in the Dark" is on TIME's list of the must-read books of the year. canonical: https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172836/you-glow-in-the-dark/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-13T13:10:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T00:42:39.793Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'You Glow in the Dark' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 og:description: Here's why it made the list og:url: https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172836/you-glow-in-the-dark/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f41d77b52b35d28/698a8d1609208fe1ea4229d1/You-Glow-in-the-Dark-Liliana-Colanzi.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 'You Glow in the Dark' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'You Glow in the Dark' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 twitter:description: Here's why it made the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f41d77b52b35d28/698a8d1609208fe1ea4229d1/You-Glow-in-the-Dark-Liliana-Colanzi.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 13, 2024 # You Glow in the Dark by [Shannon Carlin](/author/shannon-carlin/) ## Shannon Carlin Carlin is a contributor for TIME.  _You Glow in the Dark,_ Bolivian writer Liliana Colanzi’s English-language debut, is a terrifying trip through a dystopian Latin America where past, present, and future collide. These seven stories, newly translated from Spanish by Chris Andrews, play with the reader’s sense of reality, focusing on threats, both real and imagined, that range from religious cults and vindictive Indigenous spirits to a corrupt power plant mascot and one very powerful and unexpected sneeze. The standout of the compact book is the titular tale, which puts an unearthly spin on the [1987 radioactive contamination accident in Brazil](https://time.com/archive/6710598/brazil-deadly-glitter/ "undefined"), turning the real disaster into an allegory for colonialism. _You Glow in the Dark_ is a mesmerizing mix of gothic horror and cyberpunk that will keep readers on their toes. **Buy Now:** _You Glow in the Dark_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780811237185 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/3YTUWBU "undefined") | [Barnes & Noble](https://fave.co/3NYXxEA "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172836/you-glow-in-the-dark/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172836/you-glow-in-the-dark/"},"headline":"You Glow in the Dark","datePublished":"2024-11-13T13:10:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:42:39.793Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172836/you-glow-in-the-dark/","keywords":["Books","E-Commerce","list","franchise"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f41d77b52b35d28/698a8d1609208fe1ea4229d1/You-Glow-in-the-Dark-Liliana-Colanzi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Shannon Carlin","jobTitle":"Carlin is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/shannon-carlin/"}],"creator":"Shannon Carlin","articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f41d77b52b35d28/698a8d1609208fe1ea4229d1/You-Glow-in-the-Dark-Liliana-Colanzi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172836/you-glow-in-the-dark/","name":"You Glow in the Dark"}}]}] ```