Liane Moriarty, Ian Rankin, Bonnie Garmus, Min Jin Lee and more tell us what they’ve enjoyed reading over the past year.
What happens when you ask 56 authors what they loved reading in 2024? Nearly 180 titles later, we give you the year’s best books guide. is stunning, a reflection and refraction on German history seen through a very particular and intimate lens, that of a destructive sadomasochistic relationship. It’s a daring conceit, and it could have gone very badly, yet Erpenbeck has such control of her craft and her intention that she succeeds in being both profound and affecting.
is the best debut novel I have read in a long time. Part thriller, part crime caper, Mupotsa-Russell’s narrative crackles with dry wit and features incisive commentary on everything from gym-bro culture to grief to child-rearing. by Rachelle Unreich tells the extraordinary true story of Mira, who survived the Holocaust as a young girl through a mix of chance, ingenuity and her own remarkable force of character.
Not every book on my list is a 2024 release, but I’ve realised there’s an abundance of exciting young Australian writers emerging. Some, like Siang Lu’s, were earlier novels. Lu’s book is a cavalcade of ideas, completely unconventional. McKenzie’s is my first real foray into Australian crime, and I loved every minute. Graham Akhurst’s is an example of a literary writer gathering everything she has and betting everything. You can’t ask for more than that.
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