Publishers Weekly Best Books 2024
Publishers Weekly has announced its list of the best books of 2024, divided into 13 categories.
The Book of Love by Kelly Link (Random House) and James by Percival Everett (Doubleday) were on the overall Top 10 list.
The best books in the SF/Fantasy/Horror category are:
- Memorials, Richard Chizmar (Gallery)
- Metal from Heaven, August Clarke (Erewhon)
- Midnight Rooms, Donyae Coles (Amistad)
- The Mercy of Gods, James S.A. Corey (Orbit)
- The Full Moon Coffee Shop, Mai Mochizuki, translated by Jesse Kirkwood (Ballantine)
- Moon of the Turning Leaves, Waubgeshig Rice (Morrow)
- The City in Glass, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
Titles and authors of genre interest in other categories follow.
Fiction
- A Sunny Place for Shady People, Mariana Enriquez, translated by Megan McDowell (Hogarth)
- Pink Slime, Fernanda Trías, translated by Heather Cleary (Scribner)
- Praiseworthy, Alexis Wright (New Directions)
Mystery/Thriller
- Lost Man’s Lane, Scott Carson (Atria/Bestler)
Romance
- The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love, India Holton (Berkley)
- A Novel Love Story, Ashley Poston (Berkley)
Young Adult
- Icarus, K. Ancrum (HarperTeen)
- Songlight, Moira Buffini (HarperCollins)
- The Dividing Sky, Jill Tew (Joy Revolution)
Middle Grade
- Carnival Chaos, Tracey Baptiste (Freedom Fire)
- Sylvia Doe and the 100-Year Flood, Robert Beatty (Disney Hyperion)
- Island of Whispers, Frances Hardinge (Amulet)
- Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell (Knopf)
For more information, including the complete list, see the PW website.
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