Last week, the New York Times shared their list of the 100 notable books of 2024, and now they have announced their picks for the 10 best books of 2024. The list includes five fiction and five nonfiction titles. As for how these titles got chosen, the introduction says, “Ultimately, we aim to pick the books that made lasting impressions: the stories that imprinted on our hearts and psyches, the examining of lives that deepened what we thought we already knew.”
Here are the New York Times‘ best books of 2024.
Some of these titles are familiar: James by Percival Everett, All Fours by Miranda July, and Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar have been popping up in many different “best of” lists, and James has also racked up several of the biggest literary awards. There’s less consensus about the best nonfiction of 2024.
Read the write-ups of each of these books at the New York Times. They have also linked their full reviews for each title.
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