Year-End Lists

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This Strange Eventful History - Claire Messud

The 10 Best Books of 2024 Slate: Laura Miller

The God of the Woods - Liz Moore

Best 10 Books of 2024 People: Lizz Schumer

Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst

The 18 Best Novels of 2024 Sunday Times

Future of Denial - Tad DeLay

The Year 2024 in 10 Books Verso Books

Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham

The Best Books of 2024 Vox: Constance Grady

James - Percival Everett

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024 Time: Annabel Gutterman

The Light Eaters - Zoë Schlanger

The Best Books of 2024 New Yorker

Rejection - Tony Tulathimutte

The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal

Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner

The 10 Best Books of 2024 Atlantic

Wild Houses - Colin Barrett

38 Favorite Books of 2024 Lit Hub

The Anthropologists - Aysegül Savas

The Best Books of 2024 Vulture: Maris Kreizman

Good Material - Dolly Alderton

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times

Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner

Best Literary Fiction of 2024 Library Journal

James - Percival Everett

12 Novels That NPR Critics and Staff Were Excited to Share with You in 2024 NPR

Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar

Best Books of 2024 Book Riot

I Was Working - Ariel Yelen

Best Books of 2024 New York Public Library

Rejection - Tony Tulathimutte

21 Best Books of 2024 Vanity Fair

Orbital - Samantha Harvey

10 of the Best Books of 2024 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Wild Houses - Colin Barrett

100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times

The Age of Magical Overthinking - Amanda Montell

The Best Nonfiction of 2024 BookPage

The Mighty Red - Louise Erdrich

The Best Fiction of 2024 BookPage

Housemates - Emma Copley Eisenberg

The 16 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024 Them

My Friends - Hisham Matar

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 Time

One Way Back - Christine Blasey Ford

The Best Books of 2024 Economist

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