New Books To Read in 2024

A shield maiden blessed by the gods battles to unite a nation under a power-hungry king — while fighting her growing desire for his fiery son — in the first book of a Norse-inspired fantasy romance series from the bestselling author of The Bridge Kingdom series.

From the bestselling author, media pioneer, and curator of TED, an inspiring book about one of humankind’s defining but overlooked impulses, and how we can super-charge its potential to build a hopeful future.

The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. Constantly surprising, joyously sensual, Until August is a profound meditation on freedom, regret, self-transformation, and the mysteries of love — an unexpected gift from one of the greatest writers the world has ever known.

It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (Vox), a spellbinding new novel set in the Irish countryside.

A gripping historical novel about a spirited girl who joins a sisterhood working to undermine the Confederates — from the award-winning author of We Cast a Shadow.

A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades — a heralded actor who’s played the roles he wanted, from Brian’s Song to Lando in the Star Wars universe — unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed.

A vivid, blistering memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a rags-to-riches tale of Citibank’s one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up — a Liar’s Poker for a new generation.

The Stepford Wives meets Get Out in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nicola Yoon’s first adult novel, a terrifying and thought-provoking look at what it means to be truly free in America.

The award-winning author of The Leavers offers a visionary novel of friendship, art, and ambition that asks: What is the value of a meaningful life?

A powerful, unforgettable memoir about a girl who escaped her childhood as a preschool drug dealer in rural Indiana — only to find no one can really “make it out” until they make peace with where their story began: home.

The forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas and their fifty-year sisterhood, a legacy erased from history — until now.

A practical guide to aging and health for women who have felt ignored or marginalized by the medical profession, from a leading Ob/Gyn and expert on menopausal and post-reproductive health.

From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students.

An epic imagining of the life of Margaret Fuller — America’s forgotten leading lady and the central figure of a movement that defined a nation — from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post.

A saucy, searingly original debut about two sisters raised in the shadow of El Salvador’s brutal dictator, El Gran Pendejo, and their flight from genocide, which takes them from Hollywood to Paris to cannery row, each followed by a chorus of furies, the ghosts of their murdered friends, who aren’t yet done telling their stories.

From the aggressive rethinking of workload management, to introducing seasonal variation, to shifting your performance toward long-term quality, Slow Productivity provides a roadmap for escaping overload and arriving instead at a more timeless approach to pursuing meaningful accomplishment.

The bestselling author of Stolen Focus offers a revelatory look at the drugs upending weight loss as we knew it — from his personal experience on Ozempic to what these drugs mean for our society’s deeply dysfunctional relationship with food, weight, and our bodies.

In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends make a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade later and embark upon a life-changing adventure together — from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meant to Be.

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures — baseball immortal Pete Rose — and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century.

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people in their resistance by Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. It is the story of ordinary people fighting not just for their homes and their families but for justice and democracy itself.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically attempts to follow the original meaning of the Constitution in search of answers to one of the most pressing issues of our time: How should we interpret America’s foundational document?

The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embracing a healthy relationship with your emotions, one that leads to life-giving connection with God and others as well as to a richer understanding of yourself.

From the “literary icon” (Oprah Daily), Pulitzer Prize finalist, and one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime comes a brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view.

An iconic writer’s lapidary memoir of a life spent pursuing a dream of artistic truth while evading the truth of her own gender identity, until, finally, she turned to face who she really was.

In her revelatory, uplifting debut book from Grammy Award winner Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Billboard’s Gospel Artist of the Decade, shares the transformative power of showing up to hard things with resilient faith and perseverance. With true testimony and conviction, Tasha inspires us toward a bolder way of life with the promise that it will always be worth it on the other side.

An illustrated guide to the mad math and terrible terminology of economics, from one of the internet’s favorite financial educators.

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bold-faced lies, and Javier Perez is willing to cross it. Victim is a fearless satire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the veneer of diversity initiatives and decides to cash in on the odd currency of identity.

The definitive, paradigm-shifting guide to healing intergenerational trauma — weaving together scientific research with practical exercises and stories from the therapy room — from Dr. Mariel Buqué, PhD, a Columbia University-trained trauma-informed psychologist and practitioner of holistic healing.

A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners from the iconic author of Crazy Rich Asians. Lies and Weddings is a juicy, hilarious, sophisticated, and thrillingly plotted story of love, money, murder, sex, and the lies we tell about them all.

Engage the science of positivity for greater health and happiness. With The Gratitude Effect Positivity Journal, you’ll engage your brain’s neuroplasticity to reshape your worldview — and retrain your brain for greater joy, resiliency, and personal empowerment.

A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times author of The Book of Cold Cases.

When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband. There’s only one problem — she’s not married. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, he goes to the attic and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges. Realizing that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands, Lauren confronts the question: If swapping lives is as easy as changing a lightbulb, how do you know you’ve taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living?

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn comes a joyful celebration of love. Full of the compassion and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, Somehow is classic Anne Lamott: funny, warm, and wise. The lessons she underscores are that love enlightens as it educates, comforts as it energizes, sustains as it surprises.