Year-End Lists

Oprah Daily: The Best Books of 2024

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

Books That Let You Escape

1. The Waters
   Bonnie Jo Campbell
2. The God of the Woods
   Liz Moore
3. Headshot
   Rita Bullwinkel
4. This Strange Eventful History
   Claire Messud
5. Fruit of the Dead
   Rachel Lyon
6. Real Americans
   Rachel Khong
7. The Swans of Harlem

   Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History
   Karen Valby

Books That Make You Think

1. James
   Percival Everett
2. Bel Canto Annotated Edition

   A Novel
   Ann Patchett
3. Fifteen Cents on the Dollar

   How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap
   Louise Story and Ebony Reed
4. Sociopath

   A Memoir
   Patric Gagne
5. The Garden Against Time

   In Search of a Common Paradise
   Olivia Laing
6. Neighbors and Other Stories
   Diane Oliver
7. Get the Picture

   A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
   Bianca Bosker

Books That Make You Laugh

1. Margo's Got Money Troubles
   Rufi Thorpe
2. Colored Television
   Danzy Senna
3. All Fours
   Miranda July
4. Sandwich
   Catherine Newman
5. Long Island Compromise
   Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Books That Let You Feel

1. The Tree Doctor
   Marie Mutsuki Mockett
2. We Were the Universe
   Kimberly King Parsons
3. Intermezzo
   Sally Rooney
4. Another Word for Love

   A Memoir
   Carvell Wallace
5. Grief Is for People
   Sloane Crosley
6. Brightly Shining
   Ingvild H. Rishøi
7. Madwoman
   Chelsea Bieker