Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024!
BOOK CLUB
BEAUTYLAND by Marie-Helene Bertino
HISTORICAL
GRETEL AND THE GREAT WAR by Adam Erlich Sachs
ROMANCE
LATE BLOOMER by Mazey Eddings
LET THE GAMES BEGIN by Rufaro Faith Mazarura
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
THE FAMILIAR by Leigh Bardugo
THE STARDUST GRAIL by Yume Kitasei
THE SKY ON FIRE by Jenn Lyons
THE WEST PASSAGE by Jared Pechaček
SHORT FICTION
HIGHWAY THIRTEEN by Fiona McFarlane
DEBUT FICTION
LET THE GAMES BEGIN by Rufaro Faith Mazarura
JELLYFISH HAVE NO EARS by Adèle Rosenfeld
FICTION IN TRANSLATION
JELLYFISH HAVE NO EARS by Adèle Rosenfeld; translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman
FICTIONAL VOICES
STATE OF PARADISE by Laura Van Den Berg
ANITA DE MONTE LAUGHS LAST by Xochitl Gonzalez
SMALL RAIN by Garth Greenwell
FICTIONAL FAMILIES
INTERMEZZO by Sally Rooney
Memoirs
ROMAN YEAR: A Memoir by André Aciman
GRIEF IS FOR PEOPLE by Sloane Crosley
FEEDING GHOSTS: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls; illustrated by Tessa Hulls
Biographies
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD INSIDE OUT by Katherine Bucknell
CANDY DARLING: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar by Cynthia Carr
NAT TURNER, BLACK PROPHET: A Visionary History by Anthony E. Kaye & Gregory P. Downs
Current Events
TO BE A JEW TODAY: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah Feldman
Love
SEEING THROUGH: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera by Ricky Ian Gordon
LIKE LOVE: Essays and Conversations by Maggie Nelson
LINGUAPHILE: A Life of Language Love by Julie Sedivy
ANOTHER WORD FOR LOVE: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace
Arts
ERRAND INTO THE MAZE: The Life and Works of Martha Graham by Deborah Jowitt
FAMILY ROMANCE: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers by Jean Strouse
Essay Collections
THE BLOODIED NIGHTGOWN and Other Essays by Joan Acocella
Nature
DOUBLE EXPOSURE: Resurveying the West with Timothy O’Sullivan, America’s Most Mysterious War Photographer by Robert Sullivan
Science and Tech
SUPREMACY: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World by Parmy Olson