Best Books of 2024, So Far
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A #1 bestseller on The New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times!From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at o... Read more
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Named a Most Anticipated book of 2024 by TIME ∙ The New York Times ∙ Goodreads ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Today ∙&... Read more
"A world-class whodunit."—Stephen King"An extremely successful high-wire act, balancing between dark comedy and darker thrills."—Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times bestselling author"L... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK "This summer's hottest debut." —Cosmopolitan • "Witty, sexy escapist fiction [that] packs a substantial punch...Fresh and... Read more
An Instant New York Times Bestseller“A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner.” —The New York ... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, CNN, Lit Hub, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Reader's Di... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA’S MAY BOOK CLUB PICK • From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilar... Read more
A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king—while also fighting her growing desire for his fiery son—in the first book of a Norse-inspired fa... Read more
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the multimillion-copy bestselling A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a gripping mystery thriller following... Read more
From the bestselling author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a fiendishly fun locked room (train) murder mystery that "offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel while a... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russ... Read more
A USA TODAY Bestseller From New York Times bestselling horror writer Stephen Graham Jones comes a classic slasher story with a twist—perfect for fans of Adam Cesare and Grady Hendrix.1989, La... Read more
From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compulsively readable mother-daughter story in which two women who share a difficult past must come to ... Read more
REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse ... Read more
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim's point of viewI... Read more
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War in this &ld... Read more
"Alex Jennings' impeccable accent keeps the already propulsive novel quite engaging, and moving like a steam train about to run you over."—Vulture"Narrator Alex Jennings offers a sparkling pe... Read more
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• READ WITH JENNA’S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK• The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending opti... Read more
Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy. It's been a minute since readers last sat down with Tiffany Haddish. Since The Last Black Unicorn, H... Read more
“An enthralling tale of a secret resistance movement run by Black women in pre-Civil War New Orleans.”—Time“Stirring . . . In telling this important, neglected history with ... Read more
Named an ELLE BEST BOOK OF 2024Named a BEST or MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR by Readers' Digest, Elle Magazine, CondeNast Traveler, Publishers' Weekly, Indigo, ZibbyMag, Goodreads, BookBub &... Read more
Butcher & Blackbird
Ruinous Love Trilogy (Series)
Brynne Weaver Author
Joe Arden Narrator
(2023)
English
A friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice, unlike anything you've heard before.Every serial killer needs a friend. Every game must have a winner.When a chance encoun... Read more
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK!"Emotional, relatable and binge-worthy." –Tessa Bailey"I'll read anything she writes. An absolute star." –Emily Henry "I was hooked on the very first page. Don'... Read more
A New York Times and USA Today bestsellerFrom New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage and You Shouldn't Have Come Here comes a chilling family thriller about the (sometimes litera... Read more
The stunning third book in the sexy, action-packed Crescent City series, following the global bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath.Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a ... Read more
A New York Times Bestseller • A New York Times Best Thriller of the Year (So Far) • An NPR Favorite Fiction Read of 2024 •A Parade Best Book of 2024 So Far •Named a Best Beach R... Read more
Five Broken Blades
The Broken Blades (Series)
Mai Corland Author
Donald Chang Narrator
(2024)
English
It's the season for treason ...The king of Yusan must die.The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the god king Joo... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNational BestsellerUSA Today BestsellerA Good Morning America Book Club PickAn Indie Next Pick A LibraryReads PickFrom the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of S... Read more
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK BY PEOPLE AND PARADE• The New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had (“wonderfully immersive…deliciously absorbing&... Read more
Narrated by Doris Kearns Goodwin with the star of Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston! The audio edition also includes archival recordings of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy.The ... Read more
A debut novel full of magic, adventure, and romance, The Book of Doors opens up a thrilling world of contemporary fantasy for readers of The Midnight Library, The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, The... Read more
***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of dis... Read more
A chilling twist on the "cursed film" genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and The Cabin at the End of the World.In June 1993, a group of young guerilla filmmakers spent four w... Read more
A New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and IndieBound bestseller"Brilliant and timely" — Oliver Burkeman~ Do Fewer Things. Work at a Natural Pace. Obsess over Quality. ~ From the New Y... Read more
A READ WITH JENNA TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK | A National Bestseller | A Most Anticipated Book from Today, Real Simple, Time, Los Angeles Times, and BookPage "The book we all need to revive our soul... Read more
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by the bestselling author of Tribe and The Perfect Storm.For years as an award-winning war... Read more
"Wives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new li... Read more
Paige Redmond has always felt lucky to spend her summers in Clearwater Ridge, with lazy days sunning at the waterfalls and nights partying at the sprawling houses of the rich families who vacation ... Read more
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE"Rich and swoony...an ambitious delight, with rich characters and some exceptionally lovely writing...This is the start of a major career." — The New Yor... Read more
This "truly essential" audiobook will transform how you see our biggest environmental problems (Margaret Atwood)—and explains how we can solve them. It's become common to tell kids that they'... Read more
"A rollicking, unexpectedly affecting story. . . It's going to be one of the big, buzzy Beltway books of the year."—PoliticoA bridge-burning, riotous memoir by a top PR operative in Washingto... Read more
An instant New York Times Bestseller!"Greg Iles is one of America's great storytellers." –Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author"A first-rate political thriller."–John Grish... Read more
Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau crafts a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice—and what it takes to find shelter. Lessons for Survival is a probi... Read more
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something li... Read more
Named an Indie Next pick, and a Most Anticipated Book by Today.com, ELLE, Electric Literature, Them, HipLatina, LGBT Reads, Debutiful, LA Daily News, NPR, and moreA searing debut about the complexi... Read more
"A rollicking thriller and poignant coming-of-age story." ―People"Timelier than ever." ―The CutA "delicious" (Rebecca Makkai) and "deeply compelling" (Lauren Groff) debut novel set at a 1950s Reno ... Read more
This program is read by a full cast of Stacy Gonzalez, Jonathan Gregg, and Jessica Pimentel, best known for her role on Orange Is the New Black."The book is clever and original, but what's more, Je... Read more
Be careful who you fall for...Robbie and Trevor Cresmont have a body count—the killer kind. Handsome and privileged, the Crestmont brothers have enough wealth to ensure they'll never be found... Read more
Some people think foxes are similar to ghosts because we go around collecting qi, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . ... Read more
One of The New York Times' best books of 2024 so farNamed a best book of 2024 by The New Yorker and Vulture"Nimble and engrossing . . . [An] exemplary work of public intellectualism." —Becca ... Read more
At once cinematic yet intimate, Broughtupsy is an enthralling debut novel about a young Jamaican woman grappling with grief as she discovers her family, her home, is always just out of reachTired o... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the vo... Read more
A National Bestseller • Named a Best Book of 2024 (So Far) by New York Times“What an incredibly thorough documentation of the causes of the immigration crisis, the discussions that ... Read more
NAMED ONE OF THE OBSERVER’S 10 BEST NEW NOVELISTS FOR 2024"The stakes could barely be higher in Leo Vardiashvili’s propulsive page-turner…It’s a spellbinding achievement."&... Read more
Unputdownable · Psychological Suspense · Horror · Tense · Gripping A FALLON BOOK CLUB PICK“Pulse-pounding locked-room suspense.” —Elle“Nightwatch... Read more
Buffalo Fluffalo
A Buffalo Fluffalo Story (Series)
Bess Kalb Author
Erin Kraan Illustrator
(2024)
English
THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Introducing a sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than he really is. This laugh-out-loud story by an Emmy-nominat... Read more
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In the long-awaited first novel from short story virtuoso and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kelly Link, three teenagers become pawns in a supernatural power struggle. “A ... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a... Read more
“Reading this book is a joy... much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a standard for those in need of guidance. ” — The Washington Post"Sante’s... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER • Memory is far more than a record of the past. In this groundbreaking tour of the mind and brain, one of the world’s top me... Read more
New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy brings her signature angst, drama, and humor to a new standalone romance. My Oxford Year meets We Met In December, Girl Abroad finds the daughter of a... Read more
The most "profound" (Booklist, starred review) memoir you will ever read about the power of love.Did I Ever Tell You? reads like a novel but is an unforgettable true story. Genevieve (Gwen) Kingsto... Read more
Named a Best Book of 2024 So Far by The New York Times Book Review, NPR and Vulture “Make room, American fiction, for a meaningful new voice.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Ti... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • The PulitzerPrize-finalist and author of the breakout bestseller There There (... Read more
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A tour de force." —The Washington Post In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend boarding scho... Read more
"Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable." —The New York Times Book Review * "An epic adventure...rich with all the possibilities the... Read more
“A touching, inventive novel about belonging and loss” (People) from the critically beloved, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger’s Wife and Inland“I marveled at t... Read more
A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick! A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored thereIt is said that the c... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • A “thrilling and superbly crafted” (The Wall Street Journal) acco... Read more
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan Author
David Allen Sibley Author of introduction, etc.
(2024)
English
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club • With a foreword by D... Read more
Goodreads Editor's Pick Publishers Weekly Author to Watch"Packed with pop culture.... A beautifully tender and funny examination of love, of identity, of making your way in a world that is getting... Read more
Eater's Best Food Books to Read This Spring This “witty, humorous, and heartfelt“ (Cinelle Barnes) memoir navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle Tometich’s life, from gro... Read more
In twenty-six essays—one for each letter of the alphabet—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction takes us on a hauntingly illustrated journey through the history of cl... Read more
"Like A.S. Byatt's Possession, Enlightenment is a baroque, genre-bending novel of ideas, ghosts and hidden histories. A richly layered epic....a heartfelt paean to the consolations of the sublime, ... Read more
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life“A frank nov... Read more
Starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and Library JournalA March Book of the Month SelectionAn Apple Books Best Book of MarchA SheReads and ELLE Most Anticipated Book of 2024An Esquire Bes... Read more
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK “A vivacious, page-turning novel of rebellion and rebirth.” —Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming... Read more
"The perfect summer read: a novel both quick and funny." —Airmail "A total joyride of a novel. The Memo is a funny, fascinating exploration of love, friendship, ambition and what it truly mea... Read more
"Seductive...consistently fun...This is The Graduate with an advanced degree. Wayne's plot was made to gallop, and it does not disappoint. I read The Winner in two nights. It's not just the sex tha... Read more
Most women can expect to have hundreds of periods in a lifetime. And yet few are given the tools to understand the science of their own cycle, how it changes over their lifetime, and how it connect... Read more
This program is read by the author and includes clips from her testimony, a Trump rally, C-SPAN, CNN, and ABC News.The compelling true story behind the testimony that awed the nation On September 2... Read more
Every ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead...Wilson Moss entered the town's top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her e... Read more
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood... Read more
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa t... Read more
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • From the best-selling author... Read more
A divorcee embarks on her "year of yes" and crosses paths with a shy but sensitive birdwatcher who changes her life in this charming rom-com that is perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Ali Haz... Read more
OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Stunning." —People * "Dazzling yet devastating...Tóibín is simply one of the world's best living literary writers." ... Read more
At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, b... Read more
From the award-winning New York Times bestselling author, Alexandra Fuller, comes a career defining memoir about grieving the sudden loss of her twenty-one-year-old child "Fair to say, I was in a r... Read more
A pro hockey player falls for an interior designer in this charming debut sports romance. For fans of Icebreaker and Set On You, this flirty workplace rom-com explores mental health, belonging, and... Read more
Bravery isn't what you do. It's what you endure. The duke of the powerful House Hauteclare is the first to die. With my dagger in his back. He didn't see it coming. Didn't anticipate the bastard da... Read more