The Best Fiction Books of 2024

The best fiction books of 2024 are the titles most recommended across the year's most credible lists, ranked here by our transparent Consensus Score.

James
Percival Everett
All Fours
Miranda July
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden
Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner
Held
Anne Michaels
You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue
Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood
Playground
Richard Powers
Long Island
Colm Toibin
Going Home
Tom Lamont
The Heart in Winter
Kevin Barry
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst
Choice
Neel Mukherjee
Rejection
Tony Tulathimutte
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
The Maniac
Benjamin Labatut
Brotherless Night
V. V. Ganeshananthan
My Friends
Hisham Matar
This Strange Eventful History
Claire Messud
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
Good Material
Dolly Alderton
The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright
Soldier Sailor
Claire Kilroy
River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure
Enter Ghost
Isabella Hammad
Restless Dolly Maunder
Kate Grenville
The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk
Fire Exit
Morgan Talty
Help Wanted
Adelle Waldman
Hum
Helen Phillips
Karla's Choice
Nick Harkaway
Mania
Lionel Shriver
The Road to the Country
Chigozie Obioma
The Silence of the Choir
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
The Extinction of Irena Rey
Jennifer Croft
Caledonian Road
Andrew O'Hagan
Enlightenment
Sarah Perry
The Echoes
Evie Wyld
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh
Ingrid Persaud
Rosarita
Anita Desai
Crooked Seeds
Karen Jennings
You Are Here
David Nicholls
The Proof of My Innocence
Jonathan Coe
The Unwilding
Marina Kemp
The Women Behind the Door
Roddy Doyle
Heart, Be at Peace
Donal Ryan
Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange
The Voyage Home
Pat Barker
Gliff
Ali Smith
The Lodgers
Holly Pester
The Night Alphabet
Joelle Taylor
Spent Light
Lara Pawson
Headshot
Rita Bullwinkel
Girl in the Making
Anna Fitzgerald
Only Here, Only Now
Tom Newlands
The Pages of the Sea
Anne Hawk
Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking
Han Smith
The Borrowed Hills
Scott Preston
Wild Houses
Colin Barrett
Glorious Exploits
Ferdia Lennon
Clear
Carys Davies
Dogs and Monsters
Mark Haddon
She's Always Hungry
Eliza Clark
The Land in Winter
Andrew Miller
What a Way to Go
Bella Mackie
The List of Suspicious Things
Jennie Godfrey
Nightwatching
Tracy Sierra
The Peacock and the Sparrow
I.S. Berry
Bonehead
Mo Hayder
Hunted
Abir Mukherjee
Aednan
Linnea Axelsson
Hungry for What
Maria Bastaros
Bad Habit
Alana S Portero
My Heavenly Favourite
Lucas Rijneveld
2054
Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis
The Assassin
Tom Fletcher
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk
Bournville
Jonathan Coe
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
God's Debris
Scott Adams
I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai
The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak
Letters to Alice
Fay Weldon
The Meursault Investigation
Kamel Daoud
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Giuliano da Empoli
Quella Sera in Galleria
Massimo Nava
There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak
North Woods
Daniel Mason
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book Two
Emil Ferris
Lichtspiel
Daniel Kehlmann
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
The Women
Kristin Hannah
Wolf Trap
Connor Sullivan
The List
Yomi Adegoke
The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles
Jake Gyllenhaal and Greta Caruso

The New York Times — The 10 Best Books of 2024

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James
Percival Everett
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar
All Fours
Miranda July
Good Material
Dolly Alderton
You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue

The Economist — The Economist's Books of the Year 2024

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James
Percival Everett
Playground
Richard Powers
Long Island
Colm Toibin
The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk
Fire Exit
Morgan Talty
Going Home
Tom Lamont
The Heart in Winter
Kevin Barry
Help Wanted
Adelle Waldman
Hum
Helen Phillips
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
Karla's Choice
Nick Harkaway
Mania
Lionel Shriver
Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst
The Road to the Country
Chigozie Obioma
The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden
The Silence of the Choir
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr

The Booker Prize — The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist

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Orbital
Samantha Harvey
James
Percival Everett
Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner
My Friends
Hisham Matar
This Strange Eventful History
Claire Messud
Held
Anne Michaels

The Wall Street Journal — The Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of 2024

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Choice
Neel Mukherjee
The Extinction of Irena Rey
Jennifer Croft
Rejection
Tony Tulathimutte

Women's Prize for Fiction — The Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 Shortlist

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Brotherless Night
V. V. Ganeshananthan
The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright
Soldier Sailor
Claire Kilroy
River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure
Enter Ghost
Isabella Hammad
Restless Dolly Maunder
Kate Grenville

The Guardian — The Best Fiction of 2024

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Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst
Caledonian Road
Andrew O'Hagan
Choice
Neel Mukherjee
Enlightenment
Sarah Perry
The Echoes
Evie Wyld
Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood
The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh
Ingrid Persaud
Rosarita
Anita Desai
Held
Anne Michaels
Crooked Seeds
Karen Jennings
You Are Here
David Nicholls
The Proof of My Innocence
Jonathan Coe
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
The Unwilding
Marina Kemp
All Fours
Miranda July
Playground
Richard Powers
James
Percival Everett
Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner
Orbital
Samantha Harvey
Long Island
Colm Toibin
The Women Behind the Door
Roddy Doyle
Heart, Be at Peace
Donal Ryan
Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange
The Voyage Home
Pat Barker
Gliff
Ali Smith
The Lodgers
Holly Pester
The Night Alphabet
Joelle Taylor
Spent Light
Lara Pawson
Headshot
Rita Bullwinkel
Girl in the Making
Anna Fitzgerald
Only Here, Only Now
Tom Newlands
The Pages of the Sea
Anne Hawk
Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking
Han Smith
The Borrowed Hills
Scott Preston
Wild Houses
Colin Barrett
The Safekeep
Yael van der Wouden
Going Home
Tom Lamont
Glorious Exploits
Ferdia Lennon
The Heart in Winter
Kevin Barry
Clear
Carys Davies
Dogs and Monsters
Mark Haddon
She's Always Hungry
Eliza Clark
The Land in Winter
Andrew Miller
What a Way to Go
Bella Mackie
The List of Suspicious Things
Jennie Godfrey
Nightwatching
Tracy Sierra
The Peacock and the Sparrow
I.S. Berry
Bonehead
Mo Hayder
Hunted
Abir Mukherjee
Aednan
Linnea Axelsson
Hungry for What
Maria Bastaros
You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue
Bad Habit
Alana S Portero
My Heavenly Favourite
Lucas Rijneveld

McKinsey & Company — McKinsey Annual Book Recommendations 2024

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2054
Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis
The Assassin
Tom Fletcher
Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk
Bournville
Jonathan Coe
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
God's Debris
Scott Adams
I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai
The Island of Missing Trees
Elif Shafak
James
Percival Everett
Letters to Alice
Fay Weldon
The Maniac
Benjamin Labatut
The Meursault Investigation
Kamel Daoud
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Giuliano da Empoli

Bloomberg — Bloomberg's Best Books of 2024

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Quella Sera in Galleria
Massimo Nava
James
Percival Everett
There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak
North Woods
Daniel Mason
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book Two
Emil Ferris
Lichtspiel
Daniel Kehlmann
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride
Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
The Women
Kristin Hannah
Wolf Trap
Connor Sullivan
The List
Yomi Adegoke

J.P. Morgan — J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List 2024

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The Secret Society of Aunts & Uncles
Jake Gyllenhaal and Greta Caruso