The New Yorker: The Best Books of 2024

1.
Modern Poetry: Poems
Modern Poetry: Poems 4.28 avg rating — 974 ratings
2.
Intermezzo
Intermezzo 3.85 avg rating — 264,833 ratings
3.
James
James 4.47 avg rating — 372,760 ratings
4.
All Fours
All Fours 3.46 avg rating — 161,076 ratings
5.
The Anthropologists
The Anthropologists 3.88 avg rating — 6,931 ratings
6.
On the Calculation of Volume I
On the Calculation of Volume I 3.72 avg rating — 15,171 ratings
7.
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story 3.78 avg rating — 18,294 ratings
8.
The Mighty Red
The Mighty Red 3.83 avg rating — 25,360 ratings
9.
My Friends
My Friends 4.30 avg rating — 11,335 ratings
10.
Rejection
Rejection 3.83 avg rating — 19,660 ratings
11.
The Silence of the Choir
The Silence of the Choir 4.07 avg rating — 653 ratings
12.
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq 4.37 avg rating — 2,541 ratings
13.
The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years
The Burning Earth: An Environmental History of the Last 500 Years 4.01 avg rating — 314 ratings
14.
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space 4.52 avg rating — 14,516 ratings
15.
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis 4.47 avg rating — 6,883 ratings
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The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture 4.25 avg rating — 623 ratings
17.
Health and Safety: A Breakdown
Health and Safety: A Breakdown 3.52 avg rating — 1,873 ratings
18.
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder 4.01 avg rating — 24,314 ratings
19.
LatinoLand: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
LatinoLand: A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority 4.30 avg rating — 442 ratings
20.
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 — 6,418 ratings
21.
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum 4.23 avg rating — 6,038 ratings
22.
Patriot: A Memoir
Patriot: A Memoir 4.55 avg rating — 11,133 ratings
23.
Reagan: His Life and Legend
Reagan: His Life and Legend
by: Max Boot
4.17 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
24.
Forest of Noise: Poems
Forest of Noise: Poems 4.71 avg rating — 2,535 ratings