Medieval Studies has no shortage of amazing books coming out each year, but which ones are the best of the best? This week, Danièle continues the annual tradition of listing her top five book recommendations of 2024 alongside those of Peter Konieczny, editor of Medievalists.net.

This year's list is:

Beards and Baldness in the Middle Ages, translated by Joseph McAlhany 
Bad Chaucer, by Tison Pugh
Crusader Criminals, by Steve Tibble
The Broadview Anthology of Medieval Arthurian Literature, by Kathy Cawsey and Elizabeth Edwards
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, by Helen Castor
Rewriting the First Crusade, by Thomas W. Smith
A Shattered Realm: Wars and Lives in Fourteenth-Century Japan, translated by Royall Tyler 
House of Lilies: The Dynasty that Made Medieval France, by Justine Firnhaber-Baker
God’s Own Language: Architectural Drawing in the Twelfth Century, by Karl Kinsella
The Illustrated Cairo Genizah, by Nick Posegay and Melonie Schmierer-Lee