I love mid-year best lists, so I was very excited when The New York Times released a list of the best books of 2024 (so far). Let’s look at what made it and talk about what missed. Expand for more information. 👇

Links 💻
The Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/books/best-books-2024-so-far.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk0.cVnU.7TlXyWvpUszv&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Further Viewing 🎥
The Book Review’s Best Books of 2023: https://youtu.be/mwdULZWQuU0
The New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2023: https://youtu.be/84IoxwSjAyo
My Pride Month Pile of Possibilities: https://youtu.be/bo_XDPlUfZI
Do I Still Want to Read These Books (Featuring Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight)? https://youtu.be/G8OVe7MipVs

Titles Mentioned 📚
James, Percival Everett: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369
Good Material, Dolly Alderton: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801307
Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619
The Hunter, Tana French: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593493434
Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256
Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101
Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374109288
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, Salman Rushdie: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593730249
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis, Jonathan Blitzer: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984880802
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, Hampton Sides: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385544764
The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon, Adam Shatz: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374176426
Fi: A Memoir, Alexandra Fuller: https://bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161048

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