Kirkus Best Books of 2024

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Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024!

FICTION

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

NONFICTION

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

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