Best books of 2024 revealed: Goodreads announce winners - from an LGBTQ+ young adult romance to a non-fiction deep dive into Gen Z's mental health emergency (but it's a snub for Sally Rooney!)

Source: Mail Online

Published: Dec, 06 2024 14:31

The best books of 2024 have been revealed after Goodreads announced the winners in 15 categories. The literary review platform, which is owned by Amazon, declared the best fiction book of 2024 to be The Wedding People by Alison Espach, which won 94,000 votes.

Image Credit: Mail Online [Espach (pictured), who is also the author of Notes On Your Sudden Disappearance and The Adults, is also professor of creative writing at Providence College in Rhode Island]

To be applicable for the Goodreads Choice Awards awards, books must be published in the United States in English. They can also include works in translation and re-releases. The books are nominated from the millions that readers have added and reviewed on the platform within the past year, with the winners announced yesterday.

The Wedding People tells the story of Phoebe Stone, who arrives at a grand beachside hotel on Rhode Island - but not all is as it seems as she has the sole intention of killing herself while she's there. She'd dreamed of visiting the hotel for years and is mistaken for one of the wedding guests.

But Phoebe is divorced and depressed and unsure how to go on. She soon meets the bride, Lila, who is furious at the threat to her happy wedding. But as the book goes on, both women find their plans derailed and find an unlikely confidante in one another, as Phoebe finds reasons to enjoy life once more.

The winner of the best fiction book of 2024 in the Goodreads Choice Awards was The Wedding People by Alison Espach. The book is witty and sharp, while providing compassionate reflections on mental health. Espach, who is also the author of Notes On Your Sudden Disappearance and The Adults, is also professor of creative writing at Providence College in Rhode Island.

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