[2024] Best Books of the Month (2024)

1.
Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary
by: Andy Weir
4.50 avg rating — 868,275 ratings
2.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating — 1,675,670 ratings
3.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,004 ratings
4.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,296 ratings
5.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 343,988 ratings
6.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 3,690,582 ratings
7.
The Women
The Women 4.60 avg rating — 1,327,444 ratings
8.
Funny Story
Funny Story 4.20 avg rating — 1,118,321 ratings
9.
The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway 4.22 avg rating — 299,319 ratings
10.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,541 ratings
11.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,266,705 ratings
12.
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Remarkably Bright Creatures 4.37 avg rating — 1,048,453 ratings
13.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,793 ratings
14.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating — 290,916 ratings
15.
The Poet X
The Poet X 4.37 avg rating — 138,739 ratings
16.
The Wishing Game
The Wishing Game 4.04 avg rating — 177,827 ratings
17.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 504,990 ratings
18.
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 182,977 ratings
19.
James
James 4.47 avg rating — 372,180 ratings
20.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,272 ratings
21.
The Covenant of Water
The Covenant of Water 4.42 avg rating — 280,332 ratings
22.
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 109,169 ratings
23.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating — 108,206 ratings
24.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,673,716 ratings
25.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,036 ratings
26.
Carrie Soto Is Back
Carrie Soto Is Back 4.20 avg rating — 665,263 ratings
27.
Salt to the Sea
Salt to the Sea 4.35 avg rating — 244,725 ratings
28.
The Kaiju Preservation Society
The Kaiju Preservation Society 3.98 avg rating — 67,194 ratings
29.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.95 avg rating — 137,609 ratings
30.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,184 ratings
31.
Home Fire
Home Fire 4.02 avg rating — 70,376 ratings
32.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,249 ratings
33.
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1)
Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 297,696 ratings
34.
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 4.72 avg rating — 41,748 ratings
35.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,696 ratings
36.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,354 ratings
37.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,176 ratings
38.
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 415,315 ratings
39.
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 555,412 ratings
40.
Anxious People
Anxious People 4.17 avg rating — 753,869 ratings
41.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,235 ratings
42.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,351 ratings
43.
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store 3.93 avg rating — 294,174 ratings
43.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,128 ratings
45.
Happiness Falls
Happiness Falls
by: Angie Kim
3.73 avg rating — 82,637 ratings
46.
Hello Beautiful
Hello Beautiful 4.14 avg rating — 496,159 ratings
47.
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2)
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands (Emily Wilde, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 85,451 ratings
48.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 113,866 ratings
49.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating — 1,279,415 ratings
50.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow 4.13 avg rating — 1,251,277 ratings
51.
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library 4.05 avg rating — 99,019 ratings
52.
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating — 66,330 ratings
53.
Ordinary Grace
Ordinary Grace 4.27 avg rating — 183,868 ratings
54.
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 527,990 ratings
55.
The House Across the Lake
The House Across the Lake 3.59 avg rating — 400,737 ratings
56.
The Gift of Rain
The Gift of Rain 4.28 avg rating — 17,823 ratings
57.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,026 ratings
58.
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3)
The Bullet That Missed (Thursday Murder Club, #3) 4.36 avg rating — 242,242 ratings
59.
Dear Edward
Dear Edward 4.08 avg rating — 208,611 ratings
60.
Wellness
Wellness 3.98 avg rating — 72,277 ratings
61.
West With Giraffes
West With Giraffes 4.33 avg rating — 182,654 ratings
62.
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)
The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 146,168 ratings
63.
Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1)
Iron Widow (Iron Widow, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 104,178 ratings
64.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,596 ratings
65.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,424 ratings
66.
Apeirogon
Apeirogon 4.25 avg rating — 25,706 ratings
67.
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15)
Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot, #15) 3.96 avg rating — 69,140 ratings
67.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,422 ratings
69.
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men 4.34 avg rating — 156,548 ratings
70.
Our Missing Hearts
Our Missing Hearts 3.79 avg rating — 204,168 ratings
71.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating — 227,395 ratings
72.
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 1,014,039 ratings
73.
The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39)
The Clocks (Hercule Poirot, #39) 3.73 avg rating — 40,252 ratings
74.
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures 4.33 avg rating — 47,209 ratings
75.
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
by: Ed Yong
4.47 avg rating — 32,502 ratings
76.
When Women Were Dragons
When Women Were Dragons 3.82 avg rating — 65,841 ratings
77.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,498 ratings
78.
The Safekeep
The Safekeep 4.10 avg rating — 49,254 ratings
79.
The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating — 1,075,154 ratings
80.
Beneath the Scarlet Frost
Beneath the Scarlet Frost 4.57 avg rating — 96 ratings
81.
Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars 3.83 avg rating — 32,861 ratings
82.
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper 3.93 avg rating — 56,041 ratings
83.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,263 ratings
84.
The World That We Knew
The World That We Knew 4.18 avg rating — 35,583 ratings
85.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating — 320,899 ratings
85.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,072,611 ratings
87.
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
This Is What It Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You 3.82 avg rating — 3,684 ratings
88.
The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel 3.69 avg rating — 190,387 ratings
89.
Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)
Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20) 4.36 avg rating — 18,208 ratings
90.
The Book of Doors
The Book of Doors 4.04 avg rating — 78,611 ratings
91.
The Wife
The Wife 3.69 avg rating — 30,416 ratings
92.
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo's Got Money Troubles 3.85 avg rating — 129,394 ratings
93.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,376 ratings
94.
The Frozen River
The Frozen River 4.39 avg rating — 409,556 ratings
95.
Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House, #1)
Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (Whimbrel House, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 54,752 ratings
96.
When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1)
When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 21,587 ratings
97.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 238,816 ratings
98.
The Last Murder at the End of the World
The Last Murder at the End of the World 3.67 avg rating — 48,833 ratings
99.
Poverty, by America
Poverty, by America 4.27 avg rating — 56,625 ratings
99.
Some Desperate Glory
Some Desperate Glory 4.05 avg rating — 16,244 ratings
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