The Irish Times best books of 2024
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This list highlights the best books of 2024 as selected by prominent authors and literary experts. The selections were determined by analyzing recommendations from contributors who shared their favorite books of the year. Each book is ranked by the number of times it was mentioned, with ties resolved alphabetically. Duplicate mentions of the same book were consolidated to provide a clear overview.
Contributors: Anne Enright, John Boyne, Sarah Moss, Joseph O’Connor, Mark O’Connell, Kit de Waal, Diarmaid Ferriter, Julia Kelly, Malachy Clerkin, Fintan O’Toole, Sarah Gilmartin, Brian Hanley, Sally Hayden, Donal Fallon, Sara Keating, Paul Muldoon, Claire Adam, Paul Howard, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Paul Murray, Mia Levitin, John Self, Edel Coffey, Martin Doyle, Claire Hennessy, Jan Carson, Niamh Donnelly, Tony Clayton-Lea, Louise Kennedy, Michael Cronin.
This list was originally published in 2024 and was added to this site over 1 year ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7855 | Heart, Be At Peace | Donal Ryan | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 8554 | Our Evenings | Alan Hollinghurst | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 5426 | Glorious Exploits | Ferdia Lennon | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 4472 | Intermezzo | Sally Rooney | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 7213 | Question 7 | Richard Flanagan | 2023 | Unknown | English | |
| 4940 | Stone Yard Devotional | Charlotte Wood | 2023 | Australian | English | |
| 6369 | The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | Code Dependent | Madhumita Murgia | 2024 | British | Unknown | |
| 8603 | Small Rain | Garth Greenwell | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Cairn | Kathleen Jamie | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17163 | Cold Kitchen | Caroline Eden | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10392 | Spent Light | Lara Pawson | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Storm Pegs | Jen Hadfield | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17163 | The Amendments | Niamh Mulvey | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain | Joe Boyd | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Your Own Dark Shadow | Jack Fennell | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10698 | Blue Ruin | Hari Kunzru | 2024 | British | English | |
| 8431 | All Fours | Miranda July | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17163 | The Racket | Conor Niland, Gavin Cooney | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Obsessed | Johnny Sexton | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | States Of Play | Miguel Delaney | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | My Story | Joe Canning, Vincent Hogan | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | The Hidden Victims | Cormac Ó Gráda | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10711 | The Lodgers | Holly Pester | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 6507 | Wild Houses | Colin Barrett | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 8461 | Headshot | Rita Bullwinkel | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10080 | Creation Lake | Rachel Kushner | 2024 | American | English | |
| 10668 | Barcelona | Mary Costello | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Old Romantics | Maggie Armstrong | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Openings | Lucy Caldwell | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | All The Good Things You Deserve | Elaine Feeney | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Hotel Lux | Maurice Casey | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Ghosts Of A Family | Edward Burke | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | The Party Is Always Right | Aidan Beatty | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Red Menace | Joe Thomas | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Scattered | Aamna Mohdin | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 11164 | The Tale Of A Wall | Nasser Abu Srour | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | Blessings | Chukwuebuka Ibeh | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | The Irish In The Resistance | Clodagh Finn, John Morgan | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Solstice | Jen Breach | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Fia And The Last Snow Deer | Eilish Fisher | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | The History Of Information | Chris Haughton | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Tales From Muggleswick Wood | Vicky Cowie | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Missing Persons | Clair Wills | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | My Dear Kabul | Afghan women’s writing group | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | Our London Lives | Christine Dwyer Hickey | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Quickly, While They Still Have Horses | Jan Carson | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 2807 | James | Percival Everett | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17163 | In Writing | Hattie Crisell | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 10178 | The Haunted Wood | Sam Leith | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 7784 | My Friends | Hisham Matar | 2024 | British | Unknown | |
| 17163 | The Spoiled Heart | Sunjeev Sahota | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Two Hours | Alba Arikha | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Crooked Seeds | Karen Jennings | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Fathers And Fugitives | SJ Naudé | 2024 | Unknown | Afrikaans | |
| 9280 | The Alternatives | Caoilinn Hughes | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 8221 | The Heart In Winter | Kevin Barry | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 17163 | Glasgow Boys | Margaret McDonald | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | The Glass Girl | Kathleen Glasgow | 2024 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Us In The Before And After | Jenny Valentine | 2024 | British | English | |
| 17163 | When The World Tips Over | Jandy Nelson | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | The Things We Leave Behind | Claire Furniss | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Songlight | Moira Buffini | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 10539 | A Sunny Place For Shady People | Mariana Enríquez | 2024 | Unknown | Unknown | |
| 17163 | Hagstone | Sinéad Gleeson | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | Hereafter | Vona Groarke | 2022 | Irish | English | |
| 17163 | Woman Of Winter | Vona Groarke | 2024 | Irish | English | |
| 14985 | The Question Of Palestine | Edward W. Said | 1979 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Foreign Tongues | Phyllis Gaffney | 2024 | Unknown | English | |
| 17163 | What | John Cooper Clarke | 2012 | British | English |