We’ve put our 2023 reading lists behind us, and now it's time to look ahead to 2024. Who better to guide us through all the new titles coming our way than Chrissy Ryan, owner of North London’s buzziest bookshop and social space, Bookbar.

New books by favourite authors, a non-fiction page-turner that will have you hooked, a high-concept potential blockbuster and a follow-up novel from the author of a debut that got people talking, we’ve got something for everyone.

Not to mention our tips and strategies for how to avoid feeling overwhelmed by that TBR.

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Books mentioned

You are Here by David Nicholls (April)

All that Glitters by Orlando Whitfield (May)

Some Trick by Helen DeWitt

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Glass Houses (May), and Voyeur by Francesca Reece

England is Mine by Nicholas Padamsee (April)

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (out in paperback May 2024)

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Fire Weather by John Vaillant

Not the End of the World by Dr Hannah Ritchie

The Fraud by Zadie Smith

If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman (March)

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Come and Get It by Kiley Reid (and we also mentioned Such a Fun Age)

Notes

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The 10 Best New Novelists for 2024, The Observer

Who is Still in the Metaverse by Paul Murray for New York Magazine