Best Fiction Books 2024 List Usa. Explore our list of barnes & noble's best fiction of 2024 at barnes & noble®. I’m not sure if 2024 had a novel, like 2022’s “babel” or 2023’s “fourth wing,” that took the world by storm and reshaped the map of speculative fiction.

Most bets were on percival everett’s “james,” but the judges chose samantha harvey’s “beautiful, miraculous” novel, ‘orbital,’ which is set aboard a space. See all our best science fiction books, fantasy fiction, and best novels of 2024 recommendations.