Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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2024
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Good Material - Dolly Alderton

38 Favorite Books of 2024 Lit Hub

The Anthropologists - Aysegül Savas

The Best Books of 2024 Vulture: Maris Kreizman

All Fours - Miranda July

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times

Ghostroots - 'Pemi Aguda

Best Literary Fiction of 2024 Library Journal

Martyr! - Kaveh Akbar

12 Novels That NPR Critics and Staff Were Excited to Share with You in 2024 NPR

Libby Lost and Found - Stephanie Booth

Best Books of 2024 Book Riot

The God of the Woods - Liz Moore

Best Books of 2024 New York Public Library

James - Percival Everett

21 Best Books of 2024 Vanity Fair

Cue the Sun! - Emily Nussbaum

10 of the Best Books of 2024 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

The Book of Love - Kelly Link

100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times

There's Always This Year - Hanif Abdurraqib

The Best Nonfiction of 2024 BookPage

The Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden

The Best Fiction of 2024 BookPage

Catalina - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The 16 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024 Them

Ghostroots - 'Pemi Aguda

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 Time

One Way Back - Christine Blasey Ford

The Best Books of 2024 Economist

Colored Television - Danzy Senna

The 10 Best Books of 2024 Washington Post

The Achilles Trap - Steve Coll

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post

Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe

50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2024 Washington Post

The Voyage Home - Pat Barker

Best Fiction of 2024 Financial Times: Laura Battle

Soldiers and Kings - Jason De León

Nonfiction 2024 National Book Award

James - Percival Everett

Fiction 2024 National Book Award

Headshot - Rita Bullwinkel

Best Fiction Books of 2024 Independent

Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here - Jonathan Blitzer

Top 10 Books of 2024 Chicago Public Library

Orbital - Samantha Harvey

Best Fiction of 2024 The Booker Prize

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