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Great Books You Might Have Missed in 2024

Post Published: December 11, 2024

Looking for a Great Book? We're Here to Help!

So many wonderful books come out every year and 2024 was no exception! Arlington loved “The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride and “The Woman in Me” by Britney Spears. But while we were all trying to read “Lessons and Chemistry” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” before watching their adaptations, we missed hundreds of other great titles!

As much as we try, we know we can’t read everything that comes out, but we do have a list of 2024 titles that deserve a second glance. These books received rave reviews but flew beneath Arlington’s radar.

The books are sorted into subcategories: fiction, nonfiction, graphic, teen, elementary/middle grade and picture books/early readers. And much like browsing the library’s shelves, you're sure to find something unexpected and delightful!

To see which books Arlington readers checked out the most this year, click here.

Browse Full Lists in the Library Catalog

Complete List
Fiction List
Nonfiction List
Graphic Novel List
Picture Books / Early Readers List
Elementary / Middle Grade List
Teen List

December 11, 2024 by Library Communications Officer

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  1. Mary Smaragdis says

    December 13, 2024 at 3:17 PM

    Thank you for this fabulous collection and for helping me find titles I otherwise would have missed. The Arlington Public Library is one of the best things about living in Arlington and it is *by far* the best managed resource in the county. THANK YOU.

  2. Rick Reeder says

    December 17, 2024 at 2:45 PM

    In these bleak post-election days of December 2024, I was hoping to find a few books on your list that specialized in humor. While you did have a couple books that appeared to have a humorous aspect to them (such as the Annies?), I wish there were more of them.

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