Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024
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About this list
Literary Hub, 38 Books
Here are the best (new) books the Literary Hub staff read in 2024.
who voted
11 people with names included
This list was originally published in 2024 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10529 | Beautyland | Marie-Helene Bertino | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 2807 | James | Percival Everett | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Set My Heart On Fire | Izumi Suzuki | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 6507 | Wild Houses | Colin Barrett | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 7633 | When The Clock Broke | John Ganz | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | A Magical Girl Retires | Park Seolyeon | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 8461 | Headshot | Rita Bullwinkel | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 8431 | All Fours | Miranda July | 2024 | American | English | |
| 6302 | Rejection | Tony Tulathimutte | 2024 | American | English | |
| 10492 | The Book Of Love | Kelly Link | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | My Lesbian Novel | Renee Gladman | 2024 | American | English | |
| 10693 | Consent | Jill Ciment | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Blurry | Dash Shaw | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10080 | Creation Lake | Rachel Kushner | 2024 | American | English | |
| 10709 | The Extinction Of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 14985 | The Most | Jessica Anthony | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 6157 | The God Of The Woods | Liz Moore | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 8221 | The Heart In Winter | Kevin Barry | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 17163 | Attachments | Lucas Mann | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10419 | The Bright Sword | Lev Grossman | 2024 | American | English | |
| 10361 | Liars | Sarah Manguso | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17163 | The Morningside | Téa Obreht | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Waiting For The Fear | Oğuz Atay | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Victim | Andrew Boryga | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10605 | All Things Are Too Small | Becca Rothfeld | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 7781 | The Pairing | Casey McQuiston | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Practice | Rosalind Brown | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 10103 | Colored Television | Danzy Senna | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Felling | Kelan Nee | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | American Rapture | C.J. Leede | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | States Of Emergency | Chris Knapp | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Ellipsis | Fady Joudah | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 9080 | Good Material | Dolly Alderton | 2024 | British | English | |
| 14985 | Memory Piece | Lisa Ko | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10380 | Nuclear War | Annie Jacobsen | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | Some Strange Music Draws Me In | Griffin Hansbury | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | Lesser Ruins | Mark Haber | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Ghost Pains | Jessi Jesewska Stevens | 2024 | Unknown | English |