The Best of Fiction to read in 2024

BOOK : "Day" by Michael Cunningham

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DESCRIPTION: Set on the same day over a three-year period from 2019 to 2021, this novel captures events as they unfold and tracks autumn, winter, spring, and summer.

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"Gold Rush" by Olivia Petter

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"Headshot" by Rita Bullwinkel

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DESCRIPTION: This debut novel is about the best teenage girl boxers in the United States and is recommended by Lorrie Moore.

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"Shy Creatures" by Clare Chambers

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DESCRIPTION: Set in 1960s Croydon, this novel is about an art therapist who has an affair with a married doctor until they discover a troubled man living in a derelict house.

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"You Like it Darker" by Stephen King

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"Come and Get It" by Kiley Reid

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"Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story" by Leslie Jamison

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"Butter" by Asako Yuzuki

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