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 Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride
4,408 members
184 reviews
4
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2
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
by David Grann
4,371 members
139 reviews
4.1
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3
North Woods: A Novel
by Daniel Mason
2,419 members
117 reviews
4.1
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4
Chain-Gang All-Stars
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
1,772 members
62 reviews
4
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5
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond
1,686 members
50 reviews
4.1
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6
The Reformatory
by Tananarive Due
1,473 members
38 reviews
½ 4.5
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8
In Memoriam
by Alice Winn
1,013 members
33 reviews
½ 4.4
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9
King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig
752 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
737 members
37 reviews
4.1
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11
Biography of X
by Catherine Lacey
650 members
19 reviews
4
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12
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
by Safiya Sinclair
555 members
35 reviews
½ 4.4
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13
Open Throat
by Henry Hoke
485 members
25 reviews
4
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14
Same Bed Different Dreams
by Ed Park
295 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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15
Y/N: A Novel
by Esther Yi
295 members
15 reviews
3.2
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16
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
by Jake Bittle
232 members
7 reviews
4
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17
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
by Kate Zernike
231 members
5 reviews
3.9
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18
The Talk
by Darrin Bell
205 members
14 reviews
½ 4.5
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20
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
by Camonghne Felix
128 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
111 members
5 reviews
½ 3.7
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23
Promises of Gold
by José Olivarez
100 members
3 reviews
4
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24
Dearborn
by Ghassan Zeineddine
99 members
6 reviews
½ 4.3
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25
Trace Evidence: Poems
by Charif Shanahan
37 members
5
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26
Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems
by Anastacia-Renee
25 members
4
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