The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

List of books
Fiction
A FILM IN WHICH I PLAY EVERYONE by Mary Jo Bang
ALL FOURS by Miranda July
BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino
BLACK RIVER by Nilanjana Roy
BLUFF by Danez Smith
COLORED TELEVISION by Danzy Senna
CREATION LAKE by Rachel Kushner
DEAD IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA by Venita Blackburn
FOREST OF NOISE by Mosab Abu Toha
FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry
GHOSTROOTS by ’Pemi Aguda
GODWIN by Joseph O’Neill
GOOD MATERIAL by Dolly Alderton
GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Vinson Cunningham
HEADSHOT by Rita Bullwinkel
INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney
JAMES by Percival Everett
JOY IN SERVICE ON RUE TAGORE by Paul Muldoon
LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar
MODERN POETRY by Diane Seuss
NEIGHBORS AND OTHER STORIES by Diane Oliver
OUR EVENINGS by Alan Hollinghurst
PIGLET by Lottie Hazell
PRAISEWORTHY by Alexis Wright
RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera
REBOOT by Justin Taylor
REJECTION by Tony Tulathimutte
SHRED SISTERS by Betsy Lerner
SMOKE KINGS by Jahmal Mayfield
SOMEONE LIKE US by Dinaw Mengestu
THE BOOK OF LOVE by Kelly Link
THE BRIGHT SWORD by Lev Grossman
THE COIN by Yasmin Zaher
THE EMPUSIUM by Olga Tokarczuk
THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo
THE GOD OF THE WOODS by Liz Moore
THE HUNTER by Tana French
THE MIGHTY RED by Louise Erdrich
THE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF THE ALPERTON ANGELS by Janice Hallett
THE PAIRING by Casey McQuiston
THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar
THE SAFEKEEP by Yael van der Wouden
THE SEQUEL by Jean Hanff Korelitz
THE SILENCE OF THE CHOIR by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
THE WOMEN by Kristin Hannah
WANDERING STARS by Tommy Orange
WHALE FALL by Elizabeth O’Connor
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE by Sophie Kinsella
WILD HOUSES by Colin Barrett
YOU DREAMED OF EMPIRES by Álvaro Enrigue
YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY by Cat Sebastian

Nonfiction
A WALK IN THE PARK by Kevin Fedarko
A WILDER SHORE by Camille Peri
ALL THE WORST HUMANS by Phil Elwood
ALL THINGS ARE TOO SMALL by Becca Rothfeld
BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS by Ina Garten
CHALLENGER by Adam Higginbotham
CHOP FRY WATCH LEARN by Michelle T. King
CIRCLE OF HOPE by Eliza Griswold
COCKTAILS WITH GEORGE AND MARTHA by Philip Gefter
COLD CREMATORIUM by József Debreczeni
CONNIE by Connie Chung
CUE THE SUN! by Emily Nussbaum
DO SOMETHING by Guy Trebay
EVERY VALLEY by Charles King
EVERYONE WHO IS GONE IS HERE by Jonathan Blitzer
FI by Alexandra Fuller
HEALTH AND SAFETY by Emily Witt
I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME by Lucy Sante
I JUST KEEP TALKING by Nell Irvin Painter
JOHN LEWIS by David Greenberg
KNIFE by Salman Rushdie
LANGUAGE CITY by Ross Perlin
LOVELY ONE by Ketanji Brown Jackson
MADNESS by Antonia Hylton
NO ONE GETS TO FALL APART by Sarah LaBrie
PRIVATE REVOLUTIONS by Yuan Yang
REAGAN by Max Boot
SALVAGE by Dionne Brand
SOLDIERS AND KINGS by Jason De León
SPLINTERS by Leslie Jamison
STOLEN PRIDE by Arlie Russell Hochschild
THE ACHILLES TRAP by Steve Coll
THE ANXIOUS GENERATION by Jonathan Haidt
THE BLACK BOX by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
THE BLACK UTOPIANS by Aaron Robertson
THE BLUESTOCKINGS by Susannah Gibson
THE HIDDEN GLOBE by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
THE MESSAGE by Ta-Nehisi Coates
THE NEW INDIA by Rahul Bhatia
THE NEW YORK GAME by Kevin Baker
THE REBEL’S CLINIC by Adam Shatz
THE RETURN OF GREAT POWERS by Jim Sciutto
THE SWANS OF HARLEM by Karen Valby
THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides
THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR by Hanif Abdurraqib
UNDIVIDED by Hahrie Han
WHEN THE CLOCK BROKE by John Ganz