TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2024

1.
James
James 4.47 avg rating β€” 372,784 ratings
2.
The God of the Woods
The God of the Woods
by: Liz Moore
4.13 avg rating β€” 590,991 ratings
3.
Playground
Playground 4.18 avg rating β€” 32,052 ratings
4.
The Book Censor's Library
The Book Censor's Library 3.86 avg rating β€” 9,061 ratings
5.
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess 3.55 avg rating β€” 1,127 ratings
6.
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Anita de Monte Laughs Last 3.79 avg rating β€” 41,871 ratings
7.
Beautyland
Beautyland 4.08 avg rating β€” 29,431 ratings
8.
Catalina
Catalina 3.58 avg rating β€” 6,942 ratings
9.
Colored Television
Colored Television 3.55 avg rating β€” 20,898 ratings
10.
Devil Is Fine
Devil Is Fine 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,319 ratings
11.
Ghostroots: Stories
Ghostroots: Stories 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,550 ratings
12.
Greta & Valdin
Greta & Valdin 3.92 avg rating β€” 25,831 ratings
13.
The Great Divide
The Great Divide 3.67 avg rating β€” 23,806 ratings
14.
The Hypocrite
The Hypocrite
by: Jo Hamya
3.44 avg rating β€” 3,755 ratings
15.
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder 4.01 avg rating β€” 24,318 ratings
16.
The Lions' Den
The Lions' Den 3.87 avg rating β€” 419 ratings
17.
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo's Got Money Troubles 3.85 avg rating β€” 129,612 ratings
18.
Martyr!
Martyr! 4.19 avg rating β€” 111,814 ratings
19.
Memory Piece
Memory Piece
by: Lisa Ko
3.20 avg rating β€” 4,405 ratings
20.
The Mighty Red
The Mighty Red 3.83 avg rating β€” 25,360 ratings
21.
Mina's Matchbox
Mina's Matchbox 3.75 avg rating β€” 6,057 ratings
22.
My Friends
My Friends 4.30 avg rating β€” 11,335 ratings
23.
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life
We Loved It All: A Memory of Life 3.79 avg rating β€” 650 ratings
24.
Your Utopia
Your Utopia 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,163 ratings
25.
The Safekeep
The Safekeep 4.10 avg rating β€” 49,398 ratings
26.
You Glow in the Dark
You Glow in the Dark 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,764 ratings
27.
Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5)
Tell Me Everything (Amgash, #5) 4.03 avg rating β€” 75,020 ratings
27.
[...]: Poems
[...]: Poems 4.45 avg rating β€” 882 ratings
29.
Absolution (Southern Reach, #4)
Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) 3.61 avg rating β€” 8,378 ratings
30.
Accordion Eulogies: A Memoir of Music, Migration, and Mexico
Accordion Eulogies: A Memoir of Music, Migration, and Mexico 3.66 avg rating β€” 253 ratings
31.
All Fours
All Fours 3.46 avg rating β€” 161,084 ratings
32.
American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous
American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous 3.69 avg rating β€” 61 ratings
33.
Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars 3.83 avg rating β€” 32,883 ratings
34.
Another Word for Love: A Memoir
Another Word for Love: A Memoir 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,453 ratings
35.
The Anthropologists
The Anthropologists 3.88 avg rating β€” 6,931 ratings
36.
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness 4.34 avg rating β€” 134,886 ratings
36.
The Wedding People
The Wedding People 4.11 avg rating β€” 685,876 ratings
38.
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi 4.33 avg rating β€” 6,328 ratings
39.
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
Be Ready When the Luck Happens 4.25 avg rating β€” 98,003 ratings
40.
The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America
The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America 3.82 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
41.
Bluff: Poems
Bluff: Poems 4.38 avg rating β€” 918 ratings
42.
The Book of Love
The Book of Love 3.48 avg rating β€” 9,213 ratings
43.
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore 3.92 avg rating β€” 8,322 ratings
44.
The Bright Sword
The Bright Sword 3.97 avg rating β€” 18,540 ratings
45.
The Coin
The Coin 3.47 avg rating β€” 7,314 ratings
46.
Coming Home
Coming Home 4.37 avg rating β€” 10,778 ratings
47.
A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda 4.02 avg rating — 179 ratings
48.
Connie: A Memoir
Connie: A Memoir 4.11 avg rating β€” 6,106 ratings
49.
Consent: A Memoir
Consent: A Memoir 3.85 avg rating β€” 5,552 ratings
50.
Didion and Babitz
Didion and Babitz 3.24 avg rating β€” 4,288 ratings
51.
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show
Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show 4.26 avg rating β€” 80,658 ratings
52.
The Eyes Are the Best Part
The Eyes Are the Best Part 3.81 avg rating β€” 36,802 ratings
53.
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir
Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir 4.45 avg rating β€” 1,567 ratings
54.
Fi: A Memoir of My Son
Fi: A Memoir of My Son 3.89 avg rating β€” 1,506 ratings
55.
Fire Exit
Fire Exit 3.71 avg rating β€” 6,312 ratings
56.
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir 4.06 avg rating β€” 19,966 ratings
57.
Funny Story
Funny Story 4.20 avg rating β€” 1,119,256 ratings
58.
Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See
Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey Among the Inspired Artists and Obsessive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,374 ratings
59.
Grief Is for People
Grief Is for People 3.85 avg rating β€” 15,704 ratings
60.
Headshot
Headshot 3.50 avg rating β€” 12,039 ratings
61.
Health and Safety: A Breakdown
Health and Safety: A Breakdown 3.52 avg rating β€” 1,873 ratings
62.
Help Wanted
Help Wanted 3.59 avg rating β€” 9,542 ratings
63.
Hip-Hop Is History
Hip-Hop Is History 3.91 avg rating β€” 1,882 ratings
64.
How to End a Love Story
How to End a Love Story 3.63 avg rating β€” 130,176 ratings
65.
Hum
Hum 3.51 avg rating β€” 9,514 ratings
66.
I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art
I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art 4.10 avg rating β€” 431 ratings
67.
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris 3.44 avg rating β€” 7,027 ratings
68.
Intermezzo
Intermezzo 3.85 avg rating β€” 264,839 ratings
69.
Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse"
Lessons for Survival: Mothering Against "The Apocalypse" 4.06 avg rating β€” 401 ratings
70.
Lies and Weddings
Lies and Weddings 3.74 avg rating β€” 46,172 ratings
71.
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth 4.28 avg rating β€” 6,418 ratings
72.
Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) 3.72 avg rating β€” 69,670 ratings
73.
Long Island Compromise
Long Island Compromise 3.75 avg rating β€” 38,775 ratings
74.
The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones 4.36 avg rating β€” 520 ratings
75.
More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for "Enough"
More, Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing, and the Lust for "Enough" 3.49 avg rating β€” 711 ratings
76.
The Most
The Most 3.31 avg rating β€” 12,125 ratings
77.
Perfume & Pain
Perfume & Pain
by: Anna Dorn
3.86 avg rating β€” 11,639 ratings
78.
Private Equity: A Memoir
Private Equity: A Memoir 3.61 avg rating β€” 4,250 ratings
79.
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk 4.39 avg rating β€” 10,780 ratings
80.
Rejection
Rejection 3.83 avg rating β€” 19,661 ratings
81.
The Rich People Have Gone Away
The Rich People Have Gone Away 3.33 avg rating β€” 2,373 ratings
82.
Root Fractures: Poems
Root Fractures: Poems 4.25 avg rating β€” 255 ratings
83.
Shanghailanders
Shanghailanders
by: Juli Min
3.47 avg rating β€” 2,526 ratings
84.
Sidetracks
Sidetracks
by: Bei Dao
4.41 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
85.
The Skunks
The Skunks 3.64 avg rating β€” 938 ratings
86.
Slaveroad
Slaveroad 3.60 avg rating β€” 50 ratings
87.
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling 4.30 avg rating β€” 2,228 ratings
88.
Someone Like Us
Someone Like Us 3.52 avg rating β€” 2,439 ratings
89.
Splinters
Splinters 3.81 avg rating β€” 5,606 ratings
90.
State of Paradise
State of Paradise 3.40 avg rating β€” 2,880 ratings
91.
A Sunny Place for Shady People
A Sunny Place for Shady People 3.78 avg rating β€” 18,283 ratings
92.
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde 4.54 avg rating β€” 351 ratings
93.
There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish
There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish 3.57 avg rating β€” 7,829 ratings
94.
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension 4.29 avg rating β€” 11,387 ratings
95.
Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell
Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell 3.53 avg rating β€” 751 ratings
96.
Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America
Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America 4.37 avg rating β€” 700 ratings
97.
We Were the Universe
We Were the Universe 3.60 avg rating β€” 2,018 ratings
98.
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook 4.46 avg rating β€” 15,141 ratings
99.
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir
Whiskey Tender: A Memoir 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,603 ratings
100.
Whoever You Are, Honey
Whoever You Are, Honey 3.60 avg rating β€” 2,661 ratings