{"id":49862,"count":33,"description":"At Five Books<\/em>, we've been doing best-of-the-year lists for nearly a decade and 2024 is no exception. Scroll down for all our best books of the year lists from across our site. If you prefer novels, we've gathered together our best fiction of 2024<\/a>; if you (only) read nonfiction, you can browse our best nonfiction of 2024<\/a> recommendations. We also have a dedicated children's editor, picking both the best kids' books<\/a> and books for teenagers\/young adults<\/a> throughout the year.\r\n\r\nAs we do every year, we include the shortlists of prestigious book prizes as they're announced. We're proud to find you the best fiction<\/a>\u2014including mysteries<\/a>, sci-fi<\/a> , fantasy<\/a> and historical fiction<\/a>\u2014the best biographies<\/a> and history books<\/a>, as well as more specialist best-of-the-year lists on subjects like philosophy<\/a> and business<\/a>.","link":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/books\/best-books-of-2024\/","name":"The Best Books of 2024","slug":"best-books-of-2024","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/49862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=49862"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/book?tags=49862"},{"href":"https:\/\/fivebooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/books_like_this?tags=49862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}