Talking About the Best Books of 2024

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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.

In this week’s episode, The Book Review editor and host Gilbert Cruz gathers a group of editors to discuss the most exciting fiction and nonfiction of the year.

Here are the books discussed in this week’s episode:

• “James,” by Percival Everett

• “You Dreamed of Empires,” by Álvaro Enrigue; translated by Natasha Wimmer

• “Good Material,” by Dolly Alderton

• “All Fours,” by Miranda July

• “Martyr!,” by Kaveh Akbar

• “The Wide Wide Sea,” by Hampton Sides

• “Everyone Who is Gone is Here,” by Jonathan Blitzer

• “Reagan,” by Max Boot

• “I Heard Her Call My Name,” by Lucy Sante

• “Cold Crematorium,” by József Debreczeni; translated by Paul Olchváry

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