New York Public Library Chooses the 50 best Books for Adults 2024

I am a big fan of the New York Public Library curating their own lists of the best books of the year. And the New York Public Library wasted no time releasing their best books of the year. Keep reading to see which 50 adult books they chose as the best books of 2024!

Many libraries release a list of the most checked out books and that is always cool to check out. You can see what cities are reading and it varies from each city. However, libraries don’t often make a list of the best books of the year because they just always have the resources. The New York Library seems to and turned to their librarians to choose the best books of 2024, ranging from children’s book, to young adult, and adult books.

This list will be looking only at the adult books and 50 is a lot for any list. There are a ton of great picks and many books that might have gotten the attention they deserve. This list might not be as big as NPR’s list but it is still a lot and they still have a couple more lists separated by age groups. You can see the full list below!

Best Books for Adults 2024

• Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime by Leonie Swann
• Any Duke in a Storm by Amalie Howard
• Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler
• The Black Utopians by Aaron Robertson
• Bluff by Danez Smith
• Book of Kin by Darius Atefat-Peckham
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• Brittle Joints by Maria Sweeney
• Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
• The Coin by Yasmin Zaher
• A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd
• The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark
• Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer
• The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
• The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
• Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha
• Gaslight by Jonathan Mingle
• Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon
• The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
• Gretel and the Great War by Adam Erlich Sachs
• Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
• Hum by Helen Phillips
• I Was Working by Ariel Yelen
• If Only by Vigdis Hjorth
• The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton
• Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber
• The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger
• Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
• The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey
• My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir by Sarah Moss
• Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
• Rare Flavours by Ram V
• Rat City by Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden
• Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
• Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen
• Sirens of the City by Joanne Starer
• Sketchy, Vol. 1 by Makihirochi
• Small Rain by Garth Greenwell
• Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield
• Sons of Salt by Yaccaira Salvatierra
• Suggested in the Stars by Yōko Tawada
• A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories by Mariana Enriquez
• Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
• Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
• There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
• Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1 by Taiyō Matsumoto
• Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
• You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue
• You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

Conclusion

This is the New York Public Library’s best adult books of 2024. I personal like this list and can’t wait to check out some of these novels. What did you think of this list? Let us know in the comments below!

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