The Year in Reviews: 50 Highlights from 2024

This entirely subjective list of 50 highlights from 2024 include reviews of fiction, literature, poetry and non-fiction. Translations remained strong in this year’s list, including literature, poetry and non-fiction, ranging from Chinese, Korean and Japanese, through Thai, Tagalog and Vietnamese to Kazakh, Bengali, Telegu, Arabic, Russian and French. Non-fiction entries ranges from history, biography and memoir to art, photograpy and culture. (The year in question refers to the date of review, not of publication.)

Click on the title for the review. Some also have podcasts. Books by ARB contributors—something of a bumper crop this year—are listed separately.

Fiction

Poetry

Non-Fiction

Books by ARB Contributors