100 Notable Books of 2024

Hosted by katieprewett

6 participants, 100 books added

Starts: Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Ends: Thursday, 31 December 2026

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

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I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays by Nell Irvin Painter

I Just Keep Talking: A Life in Essays

Nell Irvin Painter

456 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced
I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition by Lucy Sante

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Lucy Sante

240 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography gender lgbtqia+ memoir medium-paced
The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

324 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction economics politics informative reflective sad medium-paced
Health and Safety: A Breakdown by Emily Witt

Health and Safety: A Breakdown

Emily Witt

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography emotional reflective medium-paced
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis

Jonathan Blitzer

534 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made Handel's Messiah by Charles King

Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times that Made Handel's Messiah

Charles King

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography history music hopeful informative medium-paced
Do Something: Coming of Age Amid the Glitter and Doom of '70s New York by Guy Trebay

Do Something: Coming of Age Amid the Glitter and Doom of '70s New York

Guy Trebay

245 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

Emily Nussbaum

440 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced
The Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz by József Debreczeni

The Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

József Debreczeni

256 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason De León

Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling

Jason De León

367 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction biography politics dark informative reflective medium-paced