Lit Hub’s 38 Favorite Books of 2024

1.
James
James 4.47 avg rating — 373,217 ratings
2.
Wild Houses
Wild Houses 3.71 avg rating — 7,465 ratings
3.
Creation Lake
Creation Lake 3.38 avg rating — 28,256 ratings
4.
Practice
Practice 3.54 avg rating — 798 ratings
5.
Beautyland
Beautyland 4.08 avg rating — 29,450 ratings
6.
Set My Heart on Fire
Set My Heart on Fire 3.35 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
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When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
by: John Ganz
4.08 avg rating — 3,620 ratings
8.
A Magical Girl Retires
A Magical Girl Retires 3.56 avg rating — 9,039 ratings
9.
Headshot
Headshot 3.50 avg rating — 12,061 ratings
10.
All Fours
All Fours 3.46 avg rating — 161,306 ratings
11.
Rejection
Rejection 3.83 avg rating — 19,696 ratings
12.
The Book of Love
The Book of Love 3.48 avg rating — 9,216 ratings
13.
My Lesbian Novel
My Lesbian Novel 3.90 avg rating — 592 ratings
14.
Consent: A Memoir
Consent: A Memoir 3.85 avg rating — 5,557 ratings
15.
Blurry
Blurry
by: Dash Shaw
3.91 avg rating — 445 ratings
16.
The Extinction of Irena Rey
The Extinction of Irena Rey 3.19 avg rating — 4,468 ratings
17.
The Most
The Most 3.31 avg rating — 12,144 ratings
18.
The God of the Woods
The God of the Woods
by: Liz Moore
4.13 avg rating — 591,597 ratings
19.
The Heart in Winter
The Heart in Winter 3.83 avg rating — 8,370 ratings
20.
Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances
Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances 3.89 avg rating — 82 ratings
21.
The Bright Sword
The Bright Sword 3.97 avg rating — 18,557 ratings
22.
Liars
Liars 3.70 avg rating — 11,094 ratings
23.
The Morningside
The Morningside 3.58 avg rating — 4,560 ratings
24.
Waiting for the Fear
Waiting for the Fear 4.35 avg rating — 7,959 ratings
25.
Victim
Victim 3.83 avg rating — 3,897 ratings
26.
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess 3.55 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
27.
The Pairing
The Pairing 3.69 avg rating — 39,941 ratings
28.
Colored Television
Colored Television 3.55 avg rating — 20,907 ratings
29.
Felling (Volume 31) (Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry)
Felling (Volume 31) (Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry)
by: Kelan Nee
4.93 avg rating — 15 ratings
30.
American Rapture
American Rapture 4.02 avg rating — 7,155 ratings
31.
States of Emergency
States of Emergency 3.74 avg rating — 70 ratings
32.
[...]: Poems
[...]: Poems 4.45 avg rating — 883 ratings
33.
Good Material
Good Material 3.84 avg rating — 225,517 ratings
34.
Memory Piece
Memory Piece
by: Lisa Ko
3.20 avg rating — 4,408 ratings
35.
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Nuclear War: A Scenario 4.39 avg rating — 36,971 ratings
36.
Some Strange Music Draws Me In
Some Strange Music Draws Me In 4.44 avg rating — 972 ratings
37.
Lesser Ruins
Lesser Ruins 4.16 avg rating — 291 ratings
38.
Ghost Pains
Ghost Pains 3.61 avg rating — 122 ratings