2024 Notable Books for Adults

Description
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2024 list.
1
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
4,477 members
136 reviews
4.1
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2
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
4,314 members
182 reviews
4
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3
North Woods: A Novel
by Daniel Mason
2,523 members
117 reviews
4.2
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4
Chain-Gang All-Stars
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
1,746 members
61 reviews
4
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5
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond
1,661 members
50 reviews
4.1
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6
The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
1,479 members
35 reviews
½ 4.5
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8
In Memoriam
by Alice Winn
999 members
33 reviews
½ 4.4
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9
King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig
738 members
13 reviews
½ 4.5
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10
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
by Ilyon Woo
728 members
37 reviews
4.1
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11
Biography of X
by Catherine Lacey
648 members
19 reviews
4
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12
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
by Safiya Sinclair
544 members
34 reviews
½ 4.4
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13
Open Throat
by Henry Hoke
473 members
25 reviews
4
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14
Same Bed Different Dreams
by Ed Park
293 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
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15
Y/N: A Novel
by Esther Yi
293 members
14 reviews
½ 3.3
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16
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
by Kate Zernike
229 members
5 reviews
3.9
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17
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle
226 members
7 reviews
4
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18
The Talk
by Darrin Bell
202 members
14 reviews
½ 4.5
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20
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
by Camonghne Felix
126 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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21
Hangman
by Maya Binyam
112 members
7 reviews
3
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22
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
by Ava Chin
110 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
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23
Dearborn
by Ghassan Zeineddine
98 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
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24
Promises of Gold
by José Olivarez
97 members
3 reviews
4
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25
Trace Evidence: Poems
by Charif Shanahan
35 members
5
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26
Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems
by Anastacia-Renee
25 members
4
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