It’s certainly been a good year so far for book lovers. 2024 has seen the much anticipated return of Sally Rooney, whose fourth novel Intermezzo is arguably her best effort to date, as well as new works from American literary heavyweights such as Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner.
There’s also been a spate of brilliant, inventive debuts – from Kaliane Bradley’s time-twisting, genre-busting The Ministry of Time to Rita Bullwinkel’s propulsive Headshot to Yasmin Zaher’s The Coin, a hypnotic tale with shades of Ottessa Moshfegh.
