https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1he2g94/best_books_of_2024_megathread/
created by vincoug on 14/12/2024 at 13:05 UTC*
153 upvotes, 13 top-level comments (showing 13)
Welcome readers!
This is the Best Books of 2024 **MEGATHREAD**. Here, you will find links to the voting threads for this year's categories. Instructions on how to make nominations and vote will be found in the linked thread. Voting will stay open until Sunday January 19; on that day the threads will be locked, votes will be counted, and winners will be announced!
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Best Short Story Collection/Graphic Novel/Essay/Poetry
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To remind you of some of the great books that were published this year, here's a collection of Best of 2024 lists[1].
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1h3c3sx/collection_of_best_books_of_2024_and_2024/
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Comment by caughtinfire at 15/12/2024 at 04:09 UTC
178 upvotes, 5 direct replies
as someone who mostly reads nonfiction, it seems a bit strange that there's literally only one category for that when fiction has so many specific ones. even looking at what's been nominated already there's quite a bit of variety. obv this year is already set, but it'd be nice to see a bit more differentiation next year. at the very least, i'd strongly suggest splitting 'biographies & memoirs' into their own category.
Comment by mg132 at 14/12/2024 at 23:05 UTC
21 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Where do foreign language works that were published in a prior year but only translated into English this year go, given that they're being removed from the non-English thread? Can the translation go in the appropriate genre thread?
Comment by MotherBeyond1111 at 28/12/2024 at 12:01 UTC
10 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Where’s historical fiction?
Comment by Comprehensive-Fun47 at 15/12/2024 at 20:47 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It's that time of year again I wish I had read more new releases!
Comment by general_smooth at 26/12/2024 at 09:04 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thank you so much for separating out SciFi Fantasy and Horror categories. I saw one much praised list that combined all and only 2 out of 10 was scifi. rest? fantasy.
Comment by Teddo102 at 20/12/2024 at 16:00 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It doesn't make much sense to have a mega category for Short Story Collection/Graphic Novel/Essay/Poetry[1]. I'm guessing that each of these are assumed to have low interaction or something and are orphaned into this sort of bulk bin for convenience. Still, they're all quite different from one another, and moreover, marketing budgets alone for the most visible short story and essay collections (how is essay not nonfiction?) all but guarantee that those nominated works would receive the most attention. Poetry—the majority of which is published via small press each year, and the remainder only shares a fraction of big five publishing catalogs—is likely to be lost completely within this mix.
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/1he2dmo/best_short_story_collectiongraphic/
Comment by vaintransitorythings at 14/12/2024 at 13:17 UTC
40 upvotes, 3 direct replies
"best non English fiction" is a really weird category. Most people will at most know 1-2 languages apart from English, so there's basically no basis for comparison and everyone will just vote for whatever book happens to be in their native language.
If you want to highlight books from outside the Anglosphere, why not make a "best translated book" category instead? That way, everyone gets the chance to read the winning book, and people can still nominate books they've read in a non-english language, if an English translation exists.
Comment by TheGeniusBaka at 15/12/2024 at 05:57 UTC
17 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Why can't we separate mystery and thriller. It always annoying me. Not all thrillers are mystery and not all mysteries are thrillers.
Comment by PotentialResident796 at 22/12/2024 at 16:58 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What about poetry?
Comment by [deleted] at 28/12/2024 at 22:34 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 01/01/2025 at 06:12 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by awaldemar at 09/01/2025 at 08:49 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
As someone who does not read modern fiction at all, in your opinion, what is the one book from 2024 I should read to show me modern books can still be good? Any genre goes.
Comment by GR1960BS at 25/12/2024 at 23:23 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What about spirituality or books related to the end times?