Year-End Lists

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Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham

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

Long Island - Colm Tóibín

The Best Books of 2024 Vox: Constance Grady

James - Percival Everett

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024 Time: Annabel Gutterman

Health and Safety - Emily Witt

The Best Books of 2024 New Yorker

The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt

The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal

James - Percival Everett

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

Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar

Best Literary Fiction of 2024 Library Journal

All Fours - Miranda July

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

There's Always This Year - Hanif Abdurraqib

Best Books of 2024 Book Riot

The Light Eaters - Zoë Schlanger

Best Books of 2024 New York Public Library

Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar

21 Best Books of 2024 Vanity Fair

Headshot - Rita Bullwinkel

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

Rejection - Tony Tulathimutte

100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times

Slow Noodles - Chantha Nguon

The Best Nonfiction of 2024 BookPage

This Strange Eventful History - Claire Messud

The Best Fiction of 2024 BookPage

Catalina - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The 16 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024 Them

Ghostroots - 'Pemi Aguda

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 Time

Patriot - Alexei Navalny

The Best Books of 2024 Economist

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