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Rebecca Joines Schinsky

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Rebecca Joines Schinsky is the executive director of product and ecommerce at Riot New Media Group. She co-hosts All the Books! and the Book Riot Podcast. Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccaschinsky.

Welcome to the weekend edition of The Best of Book Riot. This week, the best of the “best of” lists.

The Best Gift Books of 2024

The Book Riot Podcast recommends books released in 2024 that would make great gifts — for a bunch of different kinds of readers.

NPR Shares Their Big List of Favorite Books for 2024

One of the more unique spins on the best books of the year is NPR’s annual Books We Love roundup. This interactively, highly sortable list features titles that will be familiar staples on other best of list, alongside dozens of fresh titles and recommendations for readers.

The New York Times Shares its 100 Notable Books of 2024

The 100 Notable Books of 2024 is split into Fiction and Nonfiction and alphabetical by title within those. Each is also labelled with a genre, which range from the usual—Poetry, Literary Fiction, Biography—to the more more…bespoke, like Sexy Perimenopause Fiction (All Fours by Miranda July), Sad Irish Millenial Fiction (Intermezzo by Sally Rooney), and Mixed-Race Dramedy (Colored Television by Danzy Senna).

The Best Mystery and Thriller Books of the Year, According to Everyone

Check out several lists of the best mystery and thriller books of the year, plus news and an interview for fans of the genre.

The Best New Books of the Week

It is what it says on the tin!