The Best Books of 2024

Overall — ranked by Consensus Score

Every credible 2024 list combined, across all genres.

1. 1

   

   The Anxious Generation

   Jonathan Haidt

   100Definitive7 lists
2. 2

   

   James

   Percival Everett

   100Definitive6 lists
3. 3

   

   All Fours

   Miranda July

   81Strong4 lists
4. 4

   

   Orbital

   Samantha Harvey

   81Strong4 lists
5. 5

   

   The Coming Wave

   Mustafa Suleyman

   67Strong4 lists
6. 6

   

   The Safekeep

   Yael van der Wouden

   65Strong3 lists
7. 7

   

   Wild Thing

   Sue Prideaux

   62Notable3 lists
8. 8

   

   Reagan

   Max Boot

   43Notable2 lists
9. 9

   

   The Wide Wide Sea

   Hampton Sides

   43Notable2 lists
10. 10

    

    Creation Lake

    Rachel Kushner

    42Notable2 lists
11. 11

    

    Held

    Anne Michaels

    42Notable2 lists
12. 12

    

    You Dreamed of Empires

    Álvaro Enrigue

    41Notable2 lists

1. 1

   

   James

   Percival Everett

   100Definitive6 lists
2. 2

   

   All Fours

   Miranda July

   81Strong4 lists
3. 3

   

   Orbital

   Samantha Harvey

   81Strong4 lists
4. 4

   

   The Safekeep

   Yael van der Wouden

   65Strong3 lists
5. 5

   

   Creation Lake

   Rachel Kushner

   42Notable2 lists
6. 6

   

   Held

   Anne Michaels

   42Notable2 lists
7. 7

   

   You Dreamed of Empires

   Álvaro Enrigue

   41Notable2 lists
8. 8

   

   Stone Yard Devotional

   Charlotte Wood

   41Notable2 lists
9. 9

   

   Playground

   Richard Powers

   40Notable2 lists
10. 10

    

    Long Island

    Colm Toibin

    40Notable2 lists

1. 1

   

   The Anxious Generation

   Jonathan Haidt

   100Definitive7 lists
2. 2

   

   Wild Thing

   Sue Prideaux

   62Notable3 lists
3. 3

   

   Reagan

   Max Boot

   43Notable2 lists
4. 4

   

   The Wide Wide Sea

   Hampton Sides

   43Notable2 lists
5. 5

   

   The Longevity Imperative

   Andrew J. Scott

   41Notable2 lists
6. 6

   

   How the World Made the West

   Josephine Quinn

   40Notable2 lists
7. 7

   

   Kingmaker

   Sonia Purnell

   40Notable2 lists
8. 8

   

   Maurice and Maralyn

   Sophie Elmhirst

   40Notable2 lists
9. 9

   

   The Genetic Book of the Dead

   Richard Dawkins

   40Notable2 lists
10. 10

    

    Twelve Trees

    Daniel Lewis

    40Notable2 lists

1. 1

   

   The Coming Wave

   Mustafa Suleyman

   67Strong4 lists
2. 2

   

   The Longevity Imperative

   Andrew J. Scott

   41Notable2 lists
3. 3

   

   The Afterlife of Data

   Carl Ohman

   40Notable2 lists
4. 4

   

   Playing with Reality

   Kelly Clancy

   40Notable2 lists
5. 5

   

   How Economics Explains the World

   Andrew Leigh

   39Listed2 lists
6. 6

   

   The Art of Uncertainty

   David Spiegelhalter

   39Listed2 lists
7. 7

   

   Co-Intelligence

   Ethan Mollick

   39Listed2 lists
8. 8

   

   Slow Productivity

   Cal Newport

   39Listed2 lists
9. 9

   

   Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) in an Age of Conflict

   William Ury

   36Listed2 lists
10. 10

    

    How Big Things Get Done

    Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner

    36Listed2 lists

Every 2024 list we track

• The New York TimesThe 10 Best Books of 2024
• The EconomistThe Economist's Books of the Year 2024
• The Booker PrizeThe Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist
• Financial TimesFT Business Book of the Year 2024
• The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of 2024
• Women's Prize for FictionThe Women's Prize for Fiction 2024 Shortlist
• The GuardianThe Best Fiction of 2024
• McKinsey & CompanyMcKinsey Annual Book Recommendations 2024
• BloombergBloomberg's Best Books of 2024
• J.P. MorganJ.P. Morgan Summer Reading List 2024
• Bill Gates (Gates Notes)Bill Gates: Holiday Books 2024

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