The Guardian's Best Books of 2024

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Sally Rooney

Our Evenings

Alan Hollinghurst

Caledonian Road

Andrew O'Hagan

Choice

Neel Mukherjee

Enlightenment

Sarah Perry

The Echoes

Evie Wyld

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

The Lost Love Songs of Boysie Singh

Ingrid Persaud

Rosarita

Anita Desai

Held

Anne Michaels

Crooken Seeds

Karen Jennings

You Are Here

David Nicholls

The Proof of My Innocence

Jonathan Coe

Long Island Compromise

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The Unwilding

Marina Kemp

All Fours

Miranda July

Playground

Richard Powers

James

Percival Everett

Creation Lake

Rachel Kushner

Orbital

Samantha Harvey

Long Island

Colm Toibin

The Women Behind the Door

Roddy Doyle

Heart, Be at Peace

Donal Ryan

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

The Voyage Home

Pat Barker

Gliff

Ali Smith

The Lodgers

Holly Pester

The Night Alphabet

Joelle Taylor

Spent Light

Lara Pawson

Headshot

Rita Bullwinkel

Girl in the Making

Anna Fitzgerald

Only Here, Only Now

Tom Newlands

The Pages of the Sea

Anne Hawk

Portraits at the Palace of Creativity and Wrecking

Han Smith

The Borrowed Hills

Scott Preston

Wild Houses

Colin Barrett

The Safekeep

Yael Van Der Wouden

Going Home

Tom Lamont

Glorious Exploits

Ferdia Lennon

The Heart in Winter

Kevin Barry

Clear

Carys Davies

Dogs and Monsters

Mark Haddon

She's Always Hungry

Eliza Clark

The Land in Winter

Andrew Miller

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley