--- description: The fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books that entertained and enlightened us. title: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt522c97bc1a7dd048/698a9c2adb298790c6272cac/100-Books-Featured-Image.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 ## Best Books 2024 *  [Absolution](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172847/absolution/) byEliana Dockterman *  [Accordion Eulogies](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172801/accordion-eulogies-a-memoir-of-music-migration-and-mexico/) byShannon Carlin *  [All Fours](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172893/all-fours/) byLucy Feldman *  [All Things Are Too Small](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172834/all-things-are-too-small-essays-in-praise-of-excess/) byShannon Carlin *  [American Diva](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172803/american-diva/) byShannon Carlin *  [Anita de Monte Laughs Last](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172851/anita-de-monte-laughs-last/) byRachel Sonis *  [Another Word for Love](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172936/another-word-for-love/) byShannon Carlin *  [The Anthropologists](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172808/the-anthropologists/) byShannon Carlin *  [The Anxious Generation](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172831/the-anxious-generation/) byShannon Carlin *  [The Barn](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172922/the-barn-the-secret-history-of-a-murder-in-mississippi/) byTessa Berenson *  [Be Ready When the Luck Happens](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172757/be-ready-when-the-luck-happens-a-memoir/) byShannon Carlin *  [Beautyland](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172869/beautyland/) byJudy Berman *  [The Black Utopians](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172750/the-black-utopians/) byShannon Carlin *  [Bluff](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172924/bluff/) byRebecca Schneid *  [The Book Censor's Library](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172827/the-book-censors-library/) byShannon Carlin *  [The Book of Love](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172780/the-book-of-love/) byShannon Carlin *  [The Bookshop](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172838/the-bookshop-a-history-of-the-american-bookstore/) byShannon Carlin *  [The Bright Sword](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172845/the-bright-sword/) byEliana Dockterman *  [Catalina](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172806/catalina/) byShannon Carlin *  [The Coin](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172863/the-coin/) byMeg Zukin *  [Colored Television](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172945/colored-television/) byJudy Berman *  [Coming Home](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172891/coming-home/) byLucy Feldman *  [A Complicated Passion](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172814/complicated-passion/) byShannon Carlin *  [Connie](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172810/connie-a-memoir/) byShannon Carlin *  [Consent](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172778/consent/) byShannon Carlin *  [Devil Is Fine](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172933/devil-is-fine/) byShannon Carlin *  [Didion and Babitz](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172962/didion-and-babitz/) byMahita Gajanan * [Dinner for Vampires](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172965/dinner-for-vampires-life-on-a-cult-tv-show-while-also-in-an-actual-cult/) byMahita Gajanan *  [The Eyes Are the Best Part](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172767/the-eyes-are-the-best-part/) byShannon Carlin *  [Feeding Ghosts](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172825/feeding-ghosts/) byShannon Carlin *  [Fi](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172785/fi-a-memoir-of-my-son/) byShannon Carlin *  [Fire Exit](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172853/fire-exit/) byRachel Sonis *  [The Friday Afternoon Club](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172909/the-friday-afternoon-club/) byKelly Conniff *  [Funny Story](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172875/funny-story-2/) byAnnabel Gutterman *  [Get the Picture](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172943/get-the-picture-a-mind-bending-journey-among-the-inspired-artists-and-obsessive-art-fiends-who-taught-me-how-to-see/) byShannon Carlin *  [Ghostroots](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172819/ghostroots/) byShannon Carlin *  [The God of the Woods](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172897/the-god-of-the-woods/) byLucy Feldman *  [The Great Divide](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172789/the-great-divide/) byShannon Carlin *  [Greta & Valdin](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172918/greta-and-valdin/) byErin McMullen *  [Grief Is for People](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172861/grief-is-for-people/) byMeg Zukin *  [Headshot](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172782/headshot/) byShannon Carlin *  [Health and Safety](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172761/health-and-safety-a-breakdown/) byShannon Carlin *  [Help Wanted](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172792/help-wanted/) byShannon Carlin *  [Hip-Hop Is History](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172746/hip-hop-is-history/) byShannon Carlin *  [How to End a Love Story](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172956/how-to-end-a-love-story/) byShannon Carlin *  [Hum](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172881/hum/) byAnnabel Gutterman *  [The Hypocrite](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172812/the-hypocrite/) byShannon Carlin *  [I Cannot Control Everything Forever](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172938/i-cannot-control-everything-forever/) byShannon Carlin *  [I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172912/im-mostly-here-to-enjoy-myself-one-womans-pursuit-of-pleasure-in-paris/) byStephanie Zacharek *  [Intermezzo](/collections/must-read-books-2024/7172900/intermezzo/) byLucy Feldman The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 ```json 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