Here they are — the 10 Best Books of 2024. At the Book Review, we spend all year getting ready for this moment. We begin debating our annual best-of list in the spring, going to the mat for what we love. By fall, we’re preparing for rhetorical slugfests.

Where Rivers Part By Kao Kalia Yang The St. Paul writer had an astonishingly productive year, publishing four books aimed at various age groups. My favorite was her memoir of her mother, a companion to “The Song Poet” (about her father) that goes back to her mother’s youth to trace her astonishing story of survival — through multiple miscarriages,

There was a magnificent bounty of new book releases in 2024, and we've selected the best of each genre to help you enjoy the crème de la crème.

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New reading list must-adds, no matter how old you are!