November 25, 2024 • Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.

“Von Bek” collects two novels by the influential science fiction and fantasy writer Michael ... For young fans of the film, here are books, including one by Gregory Maguire, that are more ...

The year’s best speculative fiction includes a fantasy novel by Kelly Link, alien epics and promising starts to series. By Amal El-Mohtar Recent books by Minsoo Kang, Margaret Killjoy and ...

Cosy Japanese fiction – featuring bookshops, libraries, and many, many, cats – boomed; as did BookTok’s favourite genre, ...

Translated fiction: books by Stefanie vor Schulte ... The same terrifying thought would fit neatly in Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, translated from German by Daniel Bowles (Serpent’s Tail ...

Taken together, these books offer a reminder: even outsiders are never truly alone. Here, the best fiction books of 2024. In The Coin, a stylish Palestinian schoolteacher navigates a cramped New ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction ...

Ones that repeatedly come up in conversation, like the characters are our best friends and not fictional creatures living on our bookshelves. While millions of fiction books are published each year, ...

Times book critics Mark Athitakis, Jessica Ferri and Bethanne Patrick selected 15 books (though some double picks) that were ...