The Ultimate Best Books of 2024 List

The Ultimate Best Books of 2024 List

Reading All the Lists So You Don’t Have To Since 2017

By Emily Temple | December 17, 2024

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2024

The Most Scathing Book Reviews of 2024

“He has chosen to be a farm stand that serves salty, fatty, sugary pseudo-thinking.”

By Book Marks | December 17, 2024

Blake Butler! A Dostoevskyian Turkish classic! Giftable editions! 10 new books out today.

Blake Butler! A Dostoevskyian Turkish classic! Giftable editions! 10 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 17, 2024

The Annotated Nightstand: What Brandon Shimoda Is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Brandon Shimoda Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Sharon Sliwinski, Samih al-Qasim, Mike Davis, and Others

By Diana Arterian | December 12, 2024

Bear It Somehow: Our Year in Family Reading

Bear It Somehow: Our Year in Family Reading

Sara B. Franklin on Telling the Truth (and Making It Bearable)

By Sara B. Franklin | December 11, 2024

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2024

The Best Reviewed Fiction of 2024

Featuring Louise Erdrich, Kaveh Akbar, Tommy Orange, Rita Bullwinkel, Garth Greenwell, and More

By Book Marks | December 10, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Country People
  • You Won't Get Free of It: Stories of Mothers and Daughters
  • Exit Stalin: The Soviet Union as a Civilization, 1953-1991
  • The Great Wherever
  • A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies
  • The Simp: A Novel Without a Hero

Paul McCartney! Hannah Arendt’s poetry! “Paradise Lost”! 15 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 10, 2024

17 of the Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Books of 2024

By Drew Broussard | December 9, 2024

Snapshots in Verse: On Hannah Arendt’s Long-Lost Poems

By Literary Hub | December 9, 2024

The Best Audiobooks of 2024

The Best Audiobooks of 2024

Presenting AudioFile’s Year in Literary Listening

By Audiofile Magazine | December 6, 2024

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Featuring Weike Wang, Woodworking, Pat Barker, and More

By Book Marks | December 6, 2024

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years.”

By Book Marks | December 5, 2024

Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

From Our Bedside Tables to Yours

By Emily Temple | December 3, 2024

Gay Talese! Gabrielle Korn! Poets respond to Taylor Swift 23 new books out today.

Gay Talese! Gabrielle Korn! Poets respond to Taylor Swift 23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | December 3, 2024

Ten Children’s Books To Read and Enjoy Before The Year Ends

Ten Children’s Books To Read and Enjoy Before The Year Ends

Caroline Carlson Recommends Some 2024 Kid Lit Releases You May Have Missed

By Caroline Carlson | December 2, 2024

Musical Mechas and the Dystopian Dust Bowl: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Musical Mechas and the Dystopian Dust Bowl: December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

Finish the Year with New Speculative Fiction From Alex Segura, Julia Armfield, Alison Stine, and More

By Natalie Zutter | December 2, 2024

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