Saturday, November 30, 2024

2024’s biggest award-winning books

 
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This Month's Best New Award Winners
In a sea of outstanding new releases, which literary prize winners and finalists stood out this year? We've rounded up 2024's biggest, buzziest award contenders that deserve a spot on your TBR list.
 
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Book cover for James by Percival Everett
The smash-hit that earned two of the literary world's biggest awards (and a deal with Steven Spielberg)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction
  • Reimagines Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim, an enslaved man who accompanies Huck Finn down the river
  • "A masterpiece that will help redefine one of the classics of American literature" (Chicago Tribune)
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The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Atlantic, People, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Financial Times, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Bustle, Elle, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, Variety, Indie Next List, Library Reads, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Electric Literature, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
Tayari Jones calls the dazzling winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 'a tour de force'
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a mother and daughter seek refuge at a psychiatric institution in West Virginia
  • "With this excellent novel, Phillips has brought a little more of this foundational American episode into the light" (The Guardian)
  • A compelling family saga told in luminous prose
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The New Yorker, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, The Guardian, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for Soldiers and Kings by Jason De León
'Will shock you, move you, and leave you changed' (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Matthew Desmond)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction
  • Through seven years of rigorous reporting, Jason De León sheds light on the hidden, billion-dollar industry of human smuggling
  • Penned by a MacArthur "genius grant" recipient
  • "De León offers a glimpse into a world rarely seen or understood" (Los Angeles Times)
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Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
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Book cover for Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
A moving Oprah's Book Club pick from a Pulitzer Prize–winning author
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist for Fiction
  • After a shocking crime rocks Crosby, the community finds solace in storytelling and friendship
  • "Achingly moving and exhilarating" (The Boston Globe), from a #1 New York Times bestselling author
FEATURED IN:
Oprah's Book Club, CBS Mornings, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Financial Times, Elle, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, BookPage
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Book cover for Greek Lessons by Han Kang
The latest stunner from the winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • A New York Times Editors' Choice with rave reviews from Time, The New Yorker, and more
  • In South Korea, a struggling single mother who has lost her voice forges a powerful connection with her Greek language teacher, who is losing his sight
  • "Reading a Han Kang book is a pleasure like no other" (Angie Kim)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
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Book cover for Orbital by Samantha Harvey
The 2024 Booker Prize winner is 'hard to put down and even harder to forget' (Booklist)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Follows a group of astronauts as they circle the earth over the course of one fateful day
  • "I made the final chapters last for weeks because I didn't want the book to end" (Emily St. John Mandel)
  • A profound meditation on humanity, loneliness, and our changing planet
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, New Scientist, Oprah Daily, People, The Economist, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Financial Times, Good Housekeeping, Vulture, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, The Times Literary Supplement, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave
Read this twisty Goodreads Choice Award finalist before it hits Netflix
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • An instant New York Times bestseller from a Reese's Book Club alum
  • Two estranged siblings reunite to find the truth behind their father's mysterious death
  • Trust Harlan Coben: "You won't want to miss this one"
FEATURED IN:
Book of the Month, Time Magazine, TODAY Show, Good Morning America, Oprah Daily, People, Parade, New York Post, Indie Next List, Kirkus Reviews
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Book cover for Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
Witness the catastrophic 1986 failure of the space shuttle Challenger
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • This riveting must-read won the 2024 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
  • "It manages to be a whodunit that stretches hundreds of pages, a heart-pounding thriller even though readers already know the ending" (The Atlantic)
  • Meticulous reporting and new archival research enhance this New York Times bestseller
FEATURED IN:
The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Parade, The Guardian, The Times, New York Post, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Literary Hub
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Book cover for The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
A masterpiece that swept up the biggest awards in speculative fiction
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the World Fantasy Award
  • In Jim Crow–era Florida, 12-year-old Robbie is sent to a reformatory school — where he faces ghosts, missing boys, and the horrors of racism
  • Stephen King raves: "You're in for a treat… One of those books you can't put down"
FEATURED IN:
NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Locus, The Washington Post, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Reactor, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist
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Book cover for Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
2024's Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography went to this 'searing, propulsive' read (Oprah Daily)
WHY IT'S READWORTHY:
  • Decades after her sister's murder, Cristina Rivera Garza set out to finally bring the killer to justice
  • Selected as a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book
  • "Reading this astounding, lyrical, and brilliant book will open your heart and break it" (Julie Carr)
  • Penned by "one of Mexico's greatest living writers" (Jonathan Lethem)
FEATURED IN:
The New Yorker, Time Magazine, NPR, The New York Times/The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, The Economist, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews
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Whiskey Beach
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The Saturday Place
By Alice Peterson
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The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles
By Madeline Miller
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The Shadowy Horses
By Susanna Kearsley
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