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
1,957 Mitglieder
70 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
2
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
von James McBride
1,862 Mitglieder
89 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
3
North Woods
von Daniel Mason
924 Mitglieder
46 Rezensionen
4.2
Member
sturlington
4
Poverty, by America
von Matthew Desmond
821 Mitglieder
28 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
5
Chain Gang All-Stars
von Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
754 Mitglieder
32 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
472 Mitglieder
19 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
7
In Memoriam
von Alice Winn
414 Mitglieder
18 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
8
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
von Ilyon Woo
403 Mitglieder
17 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
9
The Reformatory
von Tananarive Due
348 Mitglieder
8 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
10
King: A Life
von Jonathan Eig
342 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
½ 4.5
Member
sturlington
11
Biography of X
von Catherine Lacey
312 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
12
How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
von Safiya Sinclair
254 Mitglieder
19 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
13
Open Throat
von Henry Hoke
175 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
4.2
Member
sturlington
14
Y/N: A Novel
von Esther Yi
130 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
3.2
Member
sturlington
15
Same Bed Different Dreams
von Ed Park
127 Mitglieder
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
16
The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science
von Kate Zernike
123 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
17
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration
von Jake Bittle
118 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
18
The Talk
von Darrin Bell
106 Mitglieder
10 Rezensionen
½ 4.6
Member
sturlington
19
Dyscalculia: A Love Story of Epic Miscalculation
von Camonghne Felix
81 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
20
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino”
von Héctor Tobar
80 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
21
Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
von Ava Chin
65 Mitglieder
4 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
22
Dearborn
von Ghassan Zeineddine
61 Mitglieder
2 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
23
Hangman
von Maya Binyam
48 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
½ 2.7
Member
sturlington
24
Promises of Gold
von José Olivarez
43 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
25
Trace Evidence
von Charif Shanahan
17 Mitglieder
5
Member
sturlington
26
Side Notes from the Archivist: Poems
von Anastacia-Renee
10 Mitglieder
4
Member
sturlington