Year archive

Best books of 2024

Books selected by independent literary juries and editorial teams in 2024, gathered into one transparent, source-linked reading list. The chronology uses the award year for prizes and list year for editorial recommendations.

Selections
367
Authors
365
Lists & prizes
16

Showing 193–240 of 367

2024Fiction & literature

Old King

Maxim Loskutoff

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2024Young readers

Olivetti

Allie Millington

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2024Science fiction & fantasy

Ours

Phillip B. Williams

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2024Science fiction & fantasy

Pink Slime

Fernanda Trías, translated by Heather Cleary

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2024Nonfiction

Playground

Richard Powers

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2024Science fiction & fantasy

Rakesfall

Vajra Chandrasekera

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2024Fiction & literature

Ready or Not

Cara Bastone

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2024Science fiction & fantasy

Real Americans

Rachel Khong

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2024Mystery & crime

Rednecks

Taylor Brown

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2024Fiction & literature

Rental House

Weike Wang

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2024Fiction & literature

Sandwich

Catherine Newman

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2024Fiction & literature

Small Rain

Garth Greenwell

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