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What Book Should You Read Next?

Finding a book you’ll love can be daunting. Let us help.

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By The New York Times Books Staff

• Published April 16, 2023 Updated Sept. 4, 2024

Fiction | Nonfiction

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At The New York Times Book Review, we write about thousands of books every year. Many of them are good. Some are even great. But we get that sometimes you just want to know, “What should I read that is good or great for me ? Well, here you go — a running list of some of the year’s best, most interesting, most talked-about books.

Give me a ferocious drama about family and art

The Hypocrite , by Jo Hamya

On an August afternoon in 2020, an aging British author arrives at a London theater to watch his daughter’s latest play — only to learn it’s a thinly veiled fictionalization of an argument they had on a Sicilian holiday years earlier. This sharp and agile novel is an art monster story and a dysfunctional family saga that explores the ethics of creating work inspired by real life. (Join the discussion of the book in the Book Review Book Club .)

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