NYT picks for the 10 best books of 2024

Fiction and nonfiction picks from the staff of the The New York Times Book Review

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last updated December, 2024

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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook

Hampton Sides

Reagan: His Life and Legend

Reagan: His Life and Legend

Max Boot

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition

Lucy Sante

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

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

Jonathan Blitzer

Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz

József Debreczeni

You Dreamed of Empires

You Dreamed of Empires

Álvaro Enrigue

Martyr!

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

James

James

Percival Everett

Good Material

Good Material

Dolly Alderton

All Fours

All Fours

Miranda July

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astral.projection's avatar

Sad to report I’ve only read two and have only heard of 4 😅 slowly losing my pretentious card

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astral.projection's avatar

Also: SHOCKED good material is on this list?? I can think of 5 off the top of my head that deserve the contemporary fiction spot more

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lucyPagebound's avatar

yea i'm not a big dolly alderton fan but i feel like she's anointed by the critics

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lucyPagebound's avatar

NYT also has this list of 100 if you want more! 😅 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/26/books/notable-books.html

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