The votes are all in and we’re ready to celebrate the consensus very best books of 2024, based on a broad collection of lists. As was plainly clear from the start, Percival Everett’s JAMES towered above all others as the consensus book of the year. In nonfiction, Hanif Abdurraqib’s THERE’S ALWAYS NEXT YEAR was a leader from the start as well, joined in the end by Salman Rushdie’s KNIFE to share the distinction of nonfiction book of the year. Liz Moore’s GOD OF THE WOODS was first featured in one of our Buzz Books samplers, and in all, 17 books […]
