Top Fiction Books 2024 Best Sellers 2024. Browse the best books of 2024 including our top picks for each category of fiction, nonfiction, mysteries, fantasy, biographies, cookbooks, and more. After digging—in some cases, literally—through as many books as the elle office could squeeze in, we decided to split our annual “best of 2024” list into five categories:

From household names to debut authors, picture books to memoirs, the best books of 2024 (so far) captures the brilliance of publishing in the first half of this memorable year. Jessie thompson shares our guide to the year’s unmissable fiction.