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Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the Year (So Far)

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It might still only be June, so not technically half-way through the year, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t ready to see roundups of some of the best books of 2024 so far. Barnes & Noble released a slate of picks earning the honor so far in 2024.

The best books of 2024 so far are organized into 13 different thematic collections and each book included was hand picked by booksellers nationwide. All of the books included have been published between January and June 2024.

“It is always a joy — and a challenge — to curate our Best Books lists, and this year has been an exceptional one for new publishing,” said Jackie De Leo, Chief Merchandising Officer, Barnes & Noble. “Instead of conforming to a Top 10-style round-up, our booksellers had the freedom to find the best books within a variety of themes. From broad categories like debut novels, to the very niche, like nostalgic horror stories, we’ve had a blast pulling these lists together. We hope our customers find them as interesting and fun to browse as they were to create.”

Here are a handful of titles from each of the 13 categories representing the best books of 2024 so far.

Let It Linger: Four Works of Literary Fiction We Didn’t Want to End

James by Percival Everett
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Modern Love: Six Novels That Changed the Way We Think About Relationships

The Husbands: A Novel by Holly Gramazio
Green Dot: A Novel by Madeleine Gray

A Moment In Time: Nine Histories From Today’s Heavy Hitters

The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Challenger by Adam Higginbotham

The Examined Life: Six Varied & Unforgettable Memoirs

Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
There’s Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib

Micro to Macro: Seven Science & Nature Titles to Explore

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger

The Cutting Edge: Eight Spredges We’re Obsessed With

That’s “sprayed edges” for those who might not know the terminology here. An interesting category for a best of list to say the least.

The Night Ends With Fire by K. X. Song
Gothikana by RuNyx

They Write, We Score: Ten Sports Romances We Cheer For

Cross The Line by Simone Soltani
The Art of Catching Feelings by Alicia Thompson

Audiobooks to Marathon: Because There’s No Way Not To

Funny Story by Emily Henry, Narrated by Julia Whelan
My Black Country by and narrated by Alice Randall

It’s Good to Be Bad: Five Cozy Fantasies With an Edge

Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis
How To Become The Dark Lord or Die Trying by Django Wexler

Horror Rewind: Five VHS Thrills & Chills

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones
The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

Killer Instinct: Eight Tales of Murder, Mystery & Mayhem

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

Mystery Solved: Eight Best Young Detectives on the Case

The Secret Library by Kekla Magoon
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

Time For A Story: Eight Phenomenal Picture Books

The Book That Can Read Your Mind by Marianna Coppo
I Lived Inside a Whale by Xin Li

Check out the full slate of books within each of the categories at Barnes & Noble’s website.

Barnes & Noble also recently announced their winners for their Children’s & YA Book Prize, which launched the start of their summer reading program for kids in grades 1-6.

Find more news and stories of interest from the book world in Breaking in Books.

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