Our “best of the best” returns for 2024! We’ve reviewed the end-of-year best book lists and narrowed them down into one reference guide.
Overwhelmed by what to read from the past year? We’ve gathered the fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles we recommended in 2024 that also appear on at least one of the favorite lists from:
BookRiot, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Bookpage, New York Times, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Washington Post, Silent Book Club, NYPL, Shelf Awareness and NPR
Check out these “best of the best” books below!
Best of the Best 2024… FICTION
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Appears on the “best of” list from NPR
Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime by Leonie Swann
New York Public Library
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
Kirkus, Library Journal
Behind You is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj
Washington Post, NPR
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
NPR
James by Percival Everett
Book Riot, Library Journal, Bookpage, NY Times, Publisher’s Weekly, Silent Book Club, Shelf Awareness, NPR
Jellyfish Have No Ears by Adèle Rosenfeld
Kirkus
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Kirkus, Washington Post, NPR
Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash
Kirkus
The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
Library Journal, NPR
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Kirkus, NY Times
The Women by Kristin Hannah
NY Times, Silent Book Club, Shelf Awareness, NPR
Best of the Best 2024… NONFICTION
Slow Noodles by Chantha Nguon & Kim Green
Appears on the “best of” lists from Bookpage and Shelf Awareness
Best of the Best 2024… YOUNG ADULT
Amil and the After by Veera Hiranandani
Appears on the “best of” list from Shelf Awareness
Libertad by Bessie Flores Zaldívar
Publisher’s Weekly
Louder Than Hunger by John Schu
School Library Journal
Max in the House of Spies by Adam Gidwitz
School Library Journal
Curious about the most popular books on the Reading Group Choices site in 2024? We’ve got the top two books from each month listed here!