The New Yorker Best Books 2024
The New Yorker Best Books 2024 names 12 books, every one listed here. The most approachable of them is The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (difficulty 41/100, about 5.9 hours); the hardest is The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (72/100).
- All Fours by Miranda July (2025) — difficulty 46/100, about 6.5 hours
- Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner (2024) — difficulty 53/100, about 7.2 hours
- Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel (2024) — difficulty 48/100, about 3.7 hours
- Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (2024) — difficulty 67/100, about 13 hours
- Long Island by Colm Tóibín (2024) — difficulty 51/100, about 5.1 hours
- My Friends by Hisham Matar (2024) — difficulty 54/100, about 7.7 hours
- Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2024) — difficulty 55/100, about 3.1 hours
- Playground by Richard Powers (2024) — difficulty 57/100, about 9.4 hours
- The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (2024) — difficulty 48/100, about 9.6 hours
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (2024) — difficulty 41/100, about 5.9 hours
- The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden (2024) — difficulty 72/100, about 8.8 hours
- Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (2022) — difficulty 58/100, about 6.5 hours
Questions
- How many books are on The New Yorker Best Books 2024?
- 12, all of them listed here with how hard each is to read and how long it takes.
- Which book on The New Yorker Best Books 2024 is the easiest to read?
- The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, difficulty 41/100, about 5.9 hours. The hardest is The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, at 72/100.
- How long would it take to read every book on The New Yorker Best Books 2024?
- About 87 hours for the 12 books ReadingRate measures, at 250 words a minute adjusted for each book's difficulty: 43 days at two hours a day.
Other lists: NYT 100 Notable Books 2024 - Fiction, The Guardian Best Books 2024, NPR Best Books 2024, The Times Best Books 2024, NYT 100 Notable Books 2023 - Fiction. All lists.