We’ve gathered the most popular books in 2024 for a look back at the year! In each of our monthly newsletters, we share the top two most-viewed titles on the Reading Group Choices site for that month.
Here are the titles — a mix of fiction and nonfiction — that caught our readers’ attention from January to December: the most popular books in 2024. Do you remember these great reads? See if they match your own group’s most popular books…
January
1. Under the Whispering Door
by TJ Klune
2. Birnam Wood
by Eleanor Catton
February
1. The Heiress
by Rachel Hawkins
2. The Women
by Kristin Hannah
March
1. Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
2. Weyward
by Emilia Hart
April
1. Willkie Sprint
by Kerry Hellmuth
2. The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians
by James Patterson & Matt Eversmann
May
1. Like the Appearance of Horses
by Andrew Krivak
2. The Library of Borrowed Hearts
by Lucy Gilmore
June
1. The Fall of Roe
by Lisa Lerer & Elizabeth Dias
2. Such a Bad Influence
by Olivia Muenter
July
1. The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster
by Shauna Robinson
2. How the Light Gets In
by Joyce Maynard
August
1. The Wisdom of the Willow
by Nancy Chadwick
2. Agnes Sharp and The Trip of a Lifetime
by Leonie Swann
September
1. A Place to Hide
by Ronald H. Balson
2. The Last Whaler
by Cynthia Reeves
October
1. Wings to Soar
by Tina Athaide
2. Half a Cup of Sand and Sky
by Nadine Bjursten
November
1. Maisie Dobbs
by Jacqueline Winspear
2. Mad Wife
by Kate Hamilton
December
1. The Players
by Minette Walters
2. Poor Deer
by Claire Oshetsky
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