Year-End Lists

The Times (UK): The 18 Best Novels of 2024

The Times and Sunday Times novel of the year

• Our Evenings
  Alan Hollinghurst

17 more

• Orbital
  Samantha Harvey
• Wellness
  Nathan Hill
• James
  Percival Everett
• Intermezzo
  Sally Rooney
• Long Island
  Colm Tóibín
• Shy Creatures
  Clare Chambers
• My Friends
  Hisham Matar
• Creation Lake
  Rachel Kushner
• The Voyage Home
  Pat Barker
• The Husbands
  Holly Gramazio
• How I Won a Nobel Prize
  Julius Taranto
• The Safekeep
  Yael van der Wouden
• Godwin
  Joseph O'Neill
• You Are Here
  David Nicholls
• The Ministry of Time
  Kaliane Bradley
• Caledonian Road
  Andrew O'Hagan
• Butter
  Asako Yuzuki

Plus, the 5 best popular fiction books of the year

• The Wedding People
  Alison Espach
• I Hope This Finds You Well
  Kate Baer
• Nuclear Family
  Kate Davies
• How to Age Disgracefully
  Clare Pooley
• Here One Moment
  Liane Moriarty