Best Book Club Fiction of 2024

by Rumaan Alam

Cements Alam’s status as a talented truth-teller willing to tackle tough issues with grace, generosity, and sensitivity. Full review >

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by Marie-Helene Bertino

A heartbreaking book that staggers with both truth and beauty. Full review >

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by Jennine Capó Crucet

Unclassifiable and unforgettable. Full review >

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by Amanda Lee Koe

Slithers gleefully around hot-button issues such as gender politics and racism without a whiff of didacticism. Full review >

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by Anne Michaels

A gorgeous meditation on whether the ghost in the machine is actually in our hearts. Full review >

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by Chigozie Obioma

A top-tier war novel, inventive and cleareyed about the consequences of violence. Full review >

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by Tommy Orange

A searing study of the consequences of a genocide. Full review >

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by Regina Porter

This restless, intentionally unsettling novel establishes Porter as a distinctive, confident literary voice. Full review >

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by Richard Powers

An engaging, eloquent message for this fragile planet. Full review >

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by Roxana Robinson

Elegantly structured and written, shimmering with feeling and truth. A triumph. Full review >

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by J. Courtney Sullivan

Sullivan artfully and astutely engages with difficult topics in this absorbing, affecting novel. Full review >

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by Maggie Thrash

Thrash turns trauma, injustice, and hideous bad fortune into a story about resilience, reinvention, and love. Full review >

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by Colm Tóibín

A moving portrait of rueful middle age and the failure to connect. Full review >

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by Hari Kunzru

A dark, smart, provocative tale of the perils of art making. Full review >

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