NPR Best Books 2024
NPR 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 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (67/100).
- 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
- Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (2024) — difficulty 62/100, about 6.7 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
- Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (2022) — difficulty 51/100, about 1.3 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
Questions
- How many books are on NPR Best Books 2024?
- 12, all of them listed here with how hard each is to read and how long it takes.
- Which book on NPR 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 Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, at 67/100.
- How long would it take to read every book on NPR Best Books 2024?
- About 80 hours for the 12 books ReadingRate measures, at 250 words a minute adjusted for each book's difficulty: 40 days at two hours a day.
Other lists: NYT 100 Notable Books 2024 - Fiction, The Guardian Best Books 2024, The New Yorker Best Books 2024, The Times Best Books 2024, NYT 100 Notable Books 2023 - Fiction. All lists.