The Best Books We Read in 2024
New releases, classics, non-fiction, and more
It’s that time of year again! In the last few days of 2024, we’re sharing some of the excellent books we read over the past 12 months. These books range from new releases, to contemporary fiction, to the classics.
Next week, we will be releasing our final podcast episode for the year: ‘2024 in Books’ in which we’ll share our top ten with detailed summaries and reflections, some honorable mentions, and reviews (both positive and negative) of a few 2024 releases.
But we were so excited about these books that we wanted to share a sneak peak of our top ten. Paid subscribers can view the list right now — the podcast episode, in which we review and reflect on the books in more detail, will be available to all when it’s published next week!
While you wait for that episode, be sure to check out our Season 4 wrap episode, in which we share tons of book recommendations, talk about revisionist literature, and more:
The Best Books We Read in 2024
10.
Shruti: The Guest by Emma Cline — perfect pacing, can’t look away
Neha: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin — true crime but fiction
9.
Shruti: They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies that Raised Us by Prachi Gupta — clean prose, nuanced writing
Neha: Educated by Tara Westover — thrilling, controversial
8.
Shruti: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters — strange, atmospheric, unsettling
Neha: Yellowface by R. F. Kuang — tense, page-turner
7.
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