This is the best page to bookmark if you'd like to keep up to date with the best new novels as they are released in 2024. We search out notable new releases from literary greats and fan favourites every season, and we listen out for gossip on which new books are going to 'break out' by finding critical or commercial success.
Throughout the literary year, we will also examine the shortlists for major prizes in every genre. Judges of literary prizes are often extremely well-read and unusually up-to-date on recent publications, so we find it illuminating to interview them at length about the novels they have chosen to highlight and why. These lists often include books released over a previous twelve month period, but inclusion on a prize list will often bring them to new prominence.
We will do our best to keep up with the flow of 2024's new novels—but if you think we have missed something crucial, please do let us know; get in touch on social media.
Popular Fiction Highlights of Spring 2024, selected by Cal Flyn
Popular fiction is popular for a reason: confounding mysteries, devastating love stories, and spectacular visions of speculative worlds offer us an escape hatch from everyday life. Here we offer a handy Five Books round-up of superior genre novels of spring 2024 including unmissable new titles from firm fan favourites.
Notable Novels of Spring 2024, recommended by Cal Flyn
Looking for a new book to get stuck into? Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn offers a round-up of the most notable novels of spring 2024, including fresh titles from Percival Everett and Alexis Wright, plus the ‘lost’ final novel by Gabriel García Márquez—published a decade after his death.