She Reads Awards 2024

17 books

Our annual She Reads Awards are voted on by nearly ten thousands of you – readers and fans – and reflect the books you loved most this year. Here are the winners for the best books of the year in the She Reads Best of 2024 Awards.

The Women

A Novel

Kristin Hannah, 2024

Best Book Club Pick of 2024

All the Colors of the Dark

Chris Whitaker, 2024

Best Debut of 2024

Grown Women

A Novel

Sarai Johnson, 2024

Best Audiobook of 2024

Listen for the Lie

A Novel

Amy Tintera, 2024

Best Book Cover of 2024

The Waters: A Novel

Bonnie Jo Campbell, 2024

Best Literary Fiction of 2024

James

A Novel

Percival Everett, 2024

Best Contemporary Fiction of 2024

The Wedding People

Alison Espach, 2024

Best Historical Fiction of 2024

The Goddess of Warsaw

A Novel

Lisa Barr, 2024

Best Mystery, Thriller & Suspense of 2024

The God of the Woods

A Novel

Liz Moore, 2024

Best Romance of 2024

Just for the Summer

Abby Jimenez, 2024

Best Romantasy of 2024

Phantasma

A Dark Fantasy Romance

Kaylie Smith, 2024

Best Fantasy & Magical Realism of 2024

Somewhere Beyond the Sea

TJ Klune, 2024

Best Science Fiction of 2024

The Ministry of Time

A Novel

Kaliane Bradley, 2024

Best Horror of 2024

We Used to Live Here

A Novel

Marcus Kliewer, 2024

Best Memoir of 2024

From Here to the Great Unknown: Oprah's Book Club

A Memoir

Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, 2024

Best Nonfiction of 2024

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan, 2024

Best Young Adult of 2024

Heartless Hunter

The Crimson Moth: Book 1

Kristen Ciccarelli, 2024