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New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2024

New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2024 names 10 books across 2 categories. 7 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. All Fours by Miranda Julysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Good Material by Dolly Aldertonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. James by Percival Everettsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbarsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmersource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Cold Crematorium by József Debreczeni, translated by Paul Olchvárysource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Santesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Reagan by Max Bootsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sidessource (opens in a new tab)

About the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

nytimes.com blocks automated reads, so counts come from Wayback Machine or archive.nytimes.com copies of each year's page; 2024 and 2025 are counted from Book Riot and Kirkus reports of the NYT list. Titles drop subtitles.

Organization: The New York Times. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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