Year-End Lists

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Rejection - Tony Tulathimutte

New York Post The 30 Best Books of 2024

Wild Houses - Colin Barrett

Dazed The Best Books of 2024

Alphabetical Diaries - Sheila Heti

New Statesman The 20 Best Books of 2024

Catalina - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Boston Globe The Best Books of 2024

Private Rites - Julia Armfield

The Skinny Favourite Books of 2024

The Art of Dying - Peter Schjeldahl

California Review of Books 10 Best Books of 2024

Who’s Afraid of Gender? - Judith Butler

Electric Lit Best Nonfiction of 2024

The Barn - Wright Thompson

Time: Annabel Gutterman The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024

Housemates - Emma Copley Eisenberg

Electric Lit Best Novels of 2024

Cahokia Jazz - Francis Spufford

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan The Best Books of 2024

Colored Television - Danzy Senna

Los Angeles Times The 15 Best Books of 2024

All Fours - Miranda July

Slate: Dan Kois The 10 Best Books of 2024

Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham

Slate: Laura Miller The 10 Best Books of 2024

The God of the Woods - Liz Moore

People: Lizz Schumer Best 10 Books of 2024

Our Evenings - Alan Hollinghurst

Sunday Times The 18 Best Novels of 2024

Future of Denial - Tad DeLay

Verso Books The Year 2024 in 10 Books

Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham

Vox: Constance Grady The Best Books of 2024

James - Percival Everett

Time: Annabel Gutterman The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024

Reagan - Max Boot

New Yorker The Best Books of 2024

Rejection - Tony Tulathimutte

Wall Street Journal The 10 Best Books of 2024

James - Percival Everett

Atlantic The 10 Best Books of 2024

Beautyland - Marie-Helene Bertino

Lit Hub 38 Favorite Books of 2024

The Anthropologists - Aysegül Savas

Vulture: Maris Kreizman The Best Books of 2024

James - Percival Everett

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2024

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