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year in review

Best books of 2024: 20 thrillers, literary fiction, sci-fi and more

Here are our contributors’ four favourite books in five genres.

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“Annihilation,” by Michel Houellebecq, 544 pages, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $40.

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“Creation Lake,” by Rachel Kushner, 416 pages, Scribner, $39.99.

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“Wrong Norma,” by Anne Carson, 192 pages, New Directions, $26.95.

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“The Swan’s Nest,” by Laura McNeal, 320 pages, Algonquin, $38.

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“Interpretations of Love,” by Jane Campbell, 240 pages, Grove Press, $42.95.

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“Diva,” by Daisy Goodwin, 336 pages, St. Martin’s Press, $39.

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“The Phoenix Crown” by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang, 400 pages, William Morrow, $25.99.

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“The Hunter,” by Tana French, 480 pages, Viking, $25.99.

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“Smoke Kings,” by Jahmal Mayfield, 400 pages, Melville House, $19.99.

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“The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels,” by Janice Hallett, 448 pages, Atria, $26.99.

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“Only One Survives,” by Hannah Mary McKinnon, 400 pages, Mira, $23.99.

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“High Vaultage,” by Chris Sugden and Jen Sugden, 390 pages, Gollancz, $36.

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“The Fabulist Play Cycle,” by Hugh A.D. Spencer, 388 pages, Brain Lag, $20.

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“Glass Houses,” by Madeline Ashby, 272 pages, Tor, $36.99.

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“The Tusks of Extinction,” by Ray Nayler, 112 pages, Tordotcom, $35.99.

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“We Used to Live Here,” by Marcus Kliewer, 320 pages, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $34.99.

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“The Angel of Indian Lake,” by Stephen Graham Jones, 464 pages, S&S/Saga Press, $36.99.

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“The Return of Ellie Black,” by Emiko Jean, 320 pages, Simon & Schuster, $25.99.

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“William,” by Mason Coile, 224 pages, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $24.

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