New Books: Dec 2024

A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR : A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR : ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024 : ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S “100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024” Psychological fiction, road fiction, automobile travel, middle-aged women

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S 2024 YOUTH MEDIA AWARD. Praised by the NYT, Washington Post, Library Journal. Classed as horror fiction; subject headings include families, dreams, Cree

Named a Best Book of the Year by People, The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, CrimeReads; praised by the New Yorker, WaPo, People, NYT, *Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction*

One of TIME’S 100 Must-Read Books of the Year. “Frank, provocative and deeply compelling.” —People. “Remarkable . . . at once forthright, thoughtful, and moving. . . . This is a book poised to fuel plenty of discussion.” —Heller McAlpin, NPR. "Arresting. . . . Bold. . . . Ciment has given readers a brave and beautiful variant on the #MeToo memoir.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR Fresh Air. Also praised by Slate, Oprah Daily and others

NYT bestseller. *NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ATLANTIC, VULTURE, VOGUE, THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, THE ECONOMIST, THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY, VOX, and more*

Praised by NPR and Library Journal. Historical fiction, magical realism

Set in Iceland. Suspense/thriller/mystery. Praised by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, First Clue

WINNER: Canada Reads 2022.
WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction. WINNER: Kobo Emerging Author Prize . Finalist: Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Finalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Prize.
Finalist: BC & Yukon Book Prize
Shortlist: Indigenous Voices Awards

Finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction
Includes the Story "Breastmilk," Shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing.
A Time Must-Read Book of 2024 • One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 •

Thriller/suspense/mystery. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLER OF 2024, A NEW YORK TIMES BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2024. PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S #1 BOOK OF THE YEAR. A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY TOP 10 PICK OF 2024

Praised by Library Journal, NPR, Cosmopolitan, Woman's World Magazine

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PARADE, AND BOOKRIOT. New York Times bestseller

SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST EDITED ANTHOLOGY • BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN AN ANTHOLOGY • LOCUS AWARD FINALIST

Winner of the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, American Academy of Arts & Letters Sue Kaufman Prize, The New England Book Award, and the National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree. A Finalist for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the Chautauqua Prize 2023, and Barnes & Noble Discover Book Prize. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, NPR, Esquire, Oprah Daily, and more

A 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Big Reads Selection. Winner of the Minnesota Book Award. Praised by a wide range of publications, including Sierra Magazine, Walker Art Magazine, The Circle: Native American News & Arts, Bon Appetit Magazine, "Best Summer 2021 Reads"

Thriller. Praised by Library Journal and People Magazine.

Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel!
Arthur C. Clarke Award Finalist!
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction Finalist!

NYT Editors Choice. Praised by Time, NPR, Vogue, People, Nation and more

NYT bestseller. Praised by Library Journal

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner,
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST .
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Praised by Library Journal and WaPo. Humor. Pet POV

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY

FINALIST FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY
WINNER OF THE 2024 HEARTLAND BOOKSELLERS AWARD FOR POETRY

Historical Fiction. Praised by the Times, the NYT Book Review, E!Online, Historical Novel Society, Good Housekeeping, Library Journal, Mystery and Suspense

A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker. Praised by the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post, the Nation, the Financial Times,

"Winner of the ASA Book Prize (Herskovits), African Studies Association", "Winner of the Martin A. Klein Prize, American Historical Association". "One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018"

Praised by the Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Esquire, New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, People. The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • An NPR 2024 “Books We Loved” Pick • An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2024. "braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation’s earliest days, and a small-town murder in the 1990s that led to a Supreme Court ruling reaffirming Native rights to that land more than a century later"

Collection of essays by Pulitzer Prize winning WSJ journalist

The renowned work by the English political philosopher examines the structure of society and legitimate government, arguing for a social contract and rule by an absolute sovereign.

“The Americano’s strength lies in explaining how the three anti-Batista forces constantly jockeyed for supremacy and influence. . . . Shetterly nicely weaves FBI, CIA and State Department files on Morgan into his narrative.” — Washington Post Book World on The Americano

WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE.
Praised by the Wall Street Journal, American Scholar, Missouri Historical Review

The Analects are a collection of Confucius’s sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live.

University of California Press. Praised by Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. Subject headings include:
Ecstasy -- Psychological aspects
Ecstasy -- Religious aspects
Avatars (Virtual reality) -- Psychological aspects
Avatars (Religion) -- Psychological aspects
Video games -- Psychological aspects

Humor. Library Journal likes it. Laurie the Librarian thinks it is a hoot

Praised by the Times, Esquire, Spectator, Boston Globe, Literary Review, Guardian, New Scientist.

Praised by the Seattle Book Review, the Southeastern Librarian, the Louisville Courier Journal. University Press of Kentucky

NYT bestseller. Praised by the NYT, Time, WaPo, Oprah Daily, Seattle Times and more. Only 128 pages!

True crime

Praised by the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Esquire, One of Esquire Best of 2024

Praised by the NYT, WaPo, LA Times, WSJ, Esquire, Elle, the MIT Technology Review. One of Esquire's Top Ten Books of 2024.

University of Illinois Press. Subjects include: Environmental policy -- Economic aspects; Sustainable development; Economic development -- Environmental aspects; Social justice -- United States

NYT bestseller. "She argues that the mechanisms of American power, justice, love, and gender equality remain deeply flawed, and that marriage, like any other cultural institution, is due for a reckoning. A raucous argument for acceptance, solidarity, and collective female refusal,"

A TIME BEST BOOK OF 2024. Praised by the New York Review of Books, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Ms. Magazine, Financial Times