2024 Notable Books for Adults

Beschreibung
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2024 list.
1
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder
von David Grann
1,864 Mitglieder
70 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
2
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
von James McBride
1,715 Mitglieder
89 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
3
North Woods
von Daniel Mason
826 Mitglieder
51 Rezensionen
4.2
Member
sturlington
4
Poverty, by America
von Matthew Desmond
794 Mitglieder
29 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
5
Chain Gang All-Stars
von Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
698 Mitglieder
34 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
6
A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
von Timothy Egan
450 Mitglieder
20 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
7
In Memoriam
von Alice Winn
385 Mitglieder
20 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
8
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
von Ilyon Woo
370 Mitglieder
17 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
9
King: A Life
von Jonathan Eig
325 Mitglieder
7 Rezensionen
½ 4.5
Member
sturlington
10
The Reformatory
von Tananarive Due
313 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
11
Biography of X
von Catherine Lacey
308 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
12
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
von Safiya Sinclair
240 Mitglieder
22 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
13
Open Throat
von Henry Hoke
164 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
14
Y/N: A Novel
von Esther Yi
127 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
3.2
Member
sturlington
15
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
von Kate Zernike
122 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
16
Same Bed Different Dreams
von Ed Park
121 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
17
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
von Jake Bittle
114 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
18
The Talk
von Darrin Bell
102 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
½ 4.6
Member
sturlington
19
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
von Camonghne Felix
78 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
20
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
von Héctor Tobar
74 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
21
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
von Ava Chin
63 Mitglieder
6 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
22
Dearborn
von Ghassan Zeineddine
53 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
23
Hangman
von Maya Binyam
47 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
½ 2.7
Member
sturlington
24
Promises of Gold
von José Olivarez
41 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
25
Trace Evidence
von Charif Shanahan
15 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
5
Member
sturlington
26
Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems
von Anastacia-Renee
9 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
4
Member
sturlington