Best books of 2024

313 readers and authors share their 3 favorite reads of the year.

Best nonfiction books of 2024
Book cover of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Book cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder Book cover of You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Best fiction books of 2024
Book cover of James Book cover of North Woods Book cover of Lessons in Chemistry
Best kids books of 2024
Book cover of The Phantom Tollbooth Book cover of This Is Sadie Book cover of Howl's Moving Castle
Best business books of 2024
Book cover of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need Book cover of The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism Book cover of Don't Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life
Best crime books of 2024
Book cover of Slow Horses Book cover of Billy Summers Book cover of All the Colors of the Dark
Best fantasy books of 2024
Book cover of Fourth Wing Book cover of Babel Book cover of One Dark Window
Best historical fiction books of 2024
Book cover of James Book cover of North Woods Book cover of Lessons in Chemistry
Best history books of 2024
Book cover of The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder Book cover of The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Book cover of Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Best mystery books of 2024
Book cover of Remarkably Bright Creatures Book cover of Project Hail Mary Book cover of Slow Horses
Best romance books of 2024
Book cover of Tom Lake Book cover of Fourth Wing Book cover of The Ministry of Time
Best science fiction books of 2024
Book cover of Project Hail Mary Book cover of The Ministry of Time Book cover of Never Let Me Go
Best thriller books of 2024
Book cover of Project Hail Mary Book cover of Slow Horses Book cover of 11/22/63
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