The BEST BOOKS of 2024

We all loved Oprah’s Book Club selections this year (did you read them all?), but here are our editors’ favorite standouts on the shelves—from the thought-provoking to the heartwarming to the hilarious.

NATALIE BEACH, FRANCESCA BILLINGTON, CHARLEY BURLOCK

BOOKS THAT LET YOU ESCAPE The Waters BY BONNIE JO CAMPBELL Hermine “Herself” Zook has spent her life on an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp, known as “The Waters,” brewing potent medicines from the land’s plants as well as raising three girls and, now, a granddaughter, Dorothy, nicknamed Donkey. But when Donkey’s estranged mother returns home, she brings secrets that jeopardize the whole community. Immersive and witchy, a story to savor. The God of the Woods BY LIZ MOORE This atmospheric thriller begins in August 1975, when a girl goes missing from a woodland summer camp in New York State. Barbara Van Laar is the daughter of the wealthy family who own the camp, a family with terrible secrets. Moore’s brilliant characterizations—particularly of the young female investigator and the mother…

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