The Best Novels of 2024
Last updated: December 20, 2024
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When It's Your Turn for Midnight
by Blessing Musariri -
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Our Beautiful Darkness
Ondjaki, António Jorge Gonçalves (illustrator), translated by Lyn Miller-Lachmann -
3
Where the Heart Should Be
by Sarah Crossan -
4
The Djinn's Apple
by Djamila Morani & translated by Sawad Hussain -
5
Seven Days
by Rebeka Shaid
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