Getting an early start on your summer reading pile is the best way to ensure you don't miss out on any of the best books of 2024. Whether reading is a new resolution that you're struggling to stick to or you're cruising through that TBR pile, you can never have enough books on the horizon. Last year saw a deluge of incredible books , from exciting debut fiction novels to books about dads and grief and fashion .
But 2024 is well underway, and it’s time to pick up something shiny, new and even more of the moment – and we’ve got you sorted. Here are all the best books of 2024 across both fiction and nonfiction, from high concept sci-fi murder mysteries and genre-bending memoir to Miranda July’s first novel in a decade. Come and Get It by Kiley Reid (30 January) If you haven’t yet read Kiley Reid’s exceptional 2019 debut, Such a Fun Age , then bookmark this list for another day and read that first.
If you have, then you’ll be pleased to know she’s got a new release out now. Not to be confused with the Selena Gomez track of the same name, this upcoming novel is about a senior resident assistant, Millie Cousins, who “wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance.
But Millie’s starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardised by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue.” Kiley’s first book was wry, smart and very of-the-moment,.
