Boston.com readers were obsessed with these stories in 2024. Here’s why.

Readers were obsessed with (clockwise from left) Karen Read, the eclipse, Councilor Tonia Fernandes Anderson, Bill Belichick, campus protests, and the Celtics in 2024. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff; Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff; Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff; AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File; Erin Clark/Globe Staff; Stan Grossfeld/Globe StaffThe people — or at least the people who make up Boston.com’s readership — have spoken. A lot of news happened in 2024, but these are the stories that readers cited as the ones that most intrigued them over the course of the last 12 months.

In total readers sent more than 500 responses to our survey, and below you’ll find a countdown of the five they mentioned most…