The 10 Best Books of 2024

The Book Review

The New York Times

Books, Arts

4.2 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Don't let anyone tell you differently — end-of-year list time is a wonderful time, indeed. And, as we do every December, we are ready to discuss the 10 best books of the year. Host Gilbert Cruz gathers the editors of the New York Times Book Review to discuss the most exciting fiction and nonfiction of the year.

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0:00.0	I'm Gilbert Cruz, editor of the New York Times book review, and this is the book review podcast.
0:10.3	It's December, which means it's end of year list time, which means it's top ten books of the year time,
0:17.5	which means it's our top ten books of the year podcast time. Joining me on this week's
0:23.2	episode are two groups of editors from the book review to talk about the best fiction and nonfiction
0:29.0	books of the year. Let's start with our fiction panel. Here to talk about the novels that are on this year's top ten books of
0:44.4	2024 list are, Jumanicatib. Hello.
0:48.2	Hi, Gilbert.
0:49.3	Dave Kim.
0:50.3	Hello.
0:51.1	And our regular MJ Franklin.
0:53.5	Hello.
0:54.5	Hello. So the three of usJ. Franklin. Hello. Hello.
0:55.0	So the three of us are fresh, maybe not fresh, off the National Book Awards, which
1:00.1	we all attended last night.
1:01.9	How's everyone feeling today?
1:04.6	Silence.
1:05.4	I was telling MJ and Dave loudly downstairs that the drink, the branded drink of the National Book Awards was called
1:12.6	the plot twist. And it incited a lot of plot twists in my personal life last night. Really?
1:18.7	Yes. Okay. Yeah. Tell us. I sent some emails at two in the morning.
1:23.7	No, no, why did you do that? Never a good idea. Never a good idea. Well, you know, if something was unlocked, the power of literature moved me to write some of my own in Gmail.
1:34.1	So I'm in a fine state to talk about contemporary fiction.
1:38.1	How are you two feeling?
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