100 Notable Books of the New Your Times Book Review(2022~2024)

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100 Notable Books of the New Your Times Book Review(2024)

📚 Fiction (소설) — 1~50

1. Martyr!: A Novel — Samantha Shannon
   A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants embarks on a journey guided by voices of artists and kings, exploring identity and sacrifice.

2. You Dreamed of Empires — Franny Choi
   A hallucinatory reimagining of colonial encounters blending history with surrealism.

3. The Book of Love — Kelly Link
   Three teenagers navigate a supernatural mystery, combining coming-of-age and fantasy themes.

4. The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur — Lev Grossman
   A modern reimagining of the King Arthur legend with mythic grandeur.

5. Ghostroots: Stories — John Edgar Wideman
   Short stories exploring Black history, family, and resilience.

6. The God of the Woods — Elizabeth Hand
   A layered crime novel about a missing child amid an elite camp.

7. Godwin — Mark Haddon
   Two brothers searching for a soccer prodigy in a tender, quirky odyssey.

8. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two — Emil Ferris
   Conclusion to a highly acclaimed graphic novel about young Karen Reyes.

9. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels — Robert Bryndza
   Thrilling mystery about a journalist uncovering a cult case.

10. Neighbors and Other Stories — Diane Oliver
    Haunting stories about life under Jim Crow and forgotten Black experiences.

11. Our Evenings — J.M. Coetzee
    A Nobel laureate’s novel meditating on youth and memory.

12. North Woods — Daniel Mason
    Story following one house over centuries of interconnected lives.

13. The Bee Sting — Paul Murray
    Dark family comedy exploring economic and personal breakdowns.

14. Roman Stories — Jhumpa Lahiri
    Interconnected tales in Rome exploring identity and belonging.

15. The Fraud — Zadie Smith
    Witty historical novel inspired by a Victorian trial.

16. Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros
    High-stakes fantasy romance about dragon riders at war college.

17. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store — James McBride
    A small-town tale revealing secret histories between Black and Jewish communities.

18. Western Lane — Chetna Maroo
    Coming-of-age story about squash and family in an immigrant household.

19. Wellness — Nathan Hill
    Epic of love, family, and chaos in contemporary American life.

20. Crook Manifesto — Colson Whitehead
    Noir set in 1970s Harlem, a follow-up to Harlem Shuffle.

21. Idaho Winter — Tony Burgess
    Metafictional satire on storytelling cruelty.

22. Big Swiss — Jen Beagin
    Comic yet painful exploration of desire and reinvention.

23. Mobility — Lydia Kiesling
    Coming-of-age intertwined with oil industry’s global impact.

24. Happiness Falls — Angie Kim
    Mystery and family drama about a missing father and silent son.

25. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop — Satoshi Yagisawa
    Japanese novella about healing and self-discovery in a used bookstore.

26. Shy — Max Porter
    Stream-of-consciousness novel about a teen at reform school.

27. James — Percival Everett
    Retelling of Huckleberry Finn from Jim’s perspective.

28. Victory City — Salman Rushdie
    Magical realist epic about a mythical Indian empire.

29. Pineapple Street — Jenny Jackson
    Comedy of manners among Brooklyn’s wealthy elite.

30. The Covenant of Water — Abraham Verghese
    Sweeping family saga in Kerala, India across generations.

31. Birnam Wood — Eleanor Catton
    Eco-thriller about guerrilla gardeners and a billionaire.

32. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home — Lorrie Moore
    Ghostly road-trip novel exploring love and grief.

33. Chain-Gang All-Stars — Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
    Dystopian satire about prisoners fighting in televised games.

34. Loot — Tania James
    Adventure of a young woodcarver in 18th-century India.

35. The East Indian — Brinda Charry
    Picaresque journey of the first South Asian in colonial America.

36. American Mermaid — Julia Langbein
    Hollywood satire mixed with magical realism.

37. Small Worlds — Caleb Azumah Nelson
    Lyrical tale linking London and Ghana through love and music.

38. Sing, Nightingale — Marie Hélène Lafon
    French countryside story with quiet revelations.

39. Old God’s Time — Sebastian Barry
    Retired detective confronts past abuses in the Catholic Church.

40. The Guest — Emma Cline
    Psychological novel of a young woman adrift in a wealthy community.

41. Y/N — Esther Yi
    Surreal story about K-pop obsession and identity.

42. Master, Slave, Husband, Wife — Ilyon Woo
    True story-based novel on enslaved couple's escape.

43. The Stolen Coast — Dwyer Murphy
    Coastal noir about cons, love, and survival.

44. Hello Beautiful — Ann Napolitano
    Family epic inspired by Little Women, set in modern times.

45. Stud City — George Saunders
    Darkly comic novellas about loneliness in America.

46. Banyan Moon — Thao Thai
    Three generations of Vietnamese American women dealing with secrets.

47. Come with Me — Adele Griffin
    Witty wedding-weekend comedy of misfits.

48. Yellowface — R.F. Kuang
    Sharp satire on racism and authorship in publishing.

49. Above Ground — Clint Smith
    Poetry reflecting on fatherhood and injustice.

50. The Late Americans — Brandon Taylor
    Portrait of friendship, art, and desire in Iowa City.

📖 Nonfiction (논픽션) — 51~100

1. Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz — József Debreczeni
   Holocaust survivor’s classic recounting Auschwitz horrors; newly translated.

2. Black River — Nilanjana Roy
   Investigative work on violence and religious tensions in India.

3. Bluff — Danez Smith
   Poetry confronting race, gender, and desire; multiple award finalist.

4. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space — Bob Ward
   Narrative on the Challenger shuttle disaster with profound human insight.

5. Lovely One: A Memoir — Ketanji Brown Jackson
   Memoir by the first Black woman Supreme Court Justice in the U.S.

6. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum — Samantha Graham
   History of racial segregation and mental health in U.S. asylums.

7. The Message — Ta-Nehisi Coates
   Exploration of how stories shape realities, drawing from conflict sites.

8. The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy — Amit Varma
   Report on India’s political shift toward autocracy since 2014.

9. The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America — Simone Browne
   History of Black utopian movements and visions in America.

10. The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement — Jane McDermid
    Portrait of 18th-century women who sought active intellectual lives.

11. Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling — Robyn Dixon
    Award-winning investigation of dangerous human smuggling networks.

12. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon — David Landis
    Gripping survival story turning a misadventure into a triumph.

13. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War — William Burns
    Bestselling geopolitical analysis on 21st-century global tensions.

14. The Age of Grievance — Frank Bruni
    Analysis of grievance culture’s political and social effects.

15. Easy Beauty — Chloé Cooper Jones
    Memoir of living with disability, beauty, and brain power.

16. Spare — Prince Harry
    Memoir revealing royal life and personal struggles.

17. Stay True — Hua Hsu
    Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir about friendship and grief.

18. Poverty, by America — Matthew Desmond
    Insight into systemic causes and persistence of poverty in the U.S.

19. Anansi’s Gold — Yepoka Yeebo
    True-crime story about a Ghanaian fraudster.

20. Pathogenesis — Jonathan Kennedy
    Explores how disease shaped human history.

21. The Song of the Cell — Siddhartha Mukherjee
    History and potential of cell biology.

22. The Creative Act — Rick Rubin
    Meditation on art making and creativity.

23. Super-Infinite — Katherine Rundell
    Biography of poet John Donne.

24. The Wager — David Grann
    Nautical true story of shipwreck and mutiny.

25. American Whitelash — Wesley Lowery
    Study of white supremacy's resurgence in America.

26. Palestine Speaks — Cate Malek & Mateo Hoke
    Oral history of Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza.

27. Indigenous Continent — Pekka Hämäläinen
    Native American history from Indigenous perspectives.

28. On Our Best Behavior — Elise Loehnen
    How ancient "seven deadly sins" influence women's lives today.

29. Fire Weather — John Vaillant
    About climate change and Canada’s wildfires in oil sands.

30. King: A Life — Jonathan Eig
    Biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

31. The Undertow — Jeff Sharlet
    Essays on U.S. religious nationalism and extremism.

32. Wounded Tigris — Leon McCarron
    Travel account along Iraq’s Tigris River amid conflict.

33. The Deepest Map — Laura Trethewey
    Exploration of ocean floor mapping.

34. Monsters — Claire Dederer
    Reflection on art, morality, and loving flawed artists.

35. My Fourth Time, We Drowned — Sally Hayden
    Migrant crisis revealed through survivor stories.

36. In the Form of a Question — Amy Schneider
    Memoir of a champion on the game show Jeopardy!.

37. Half American — Matthew F. Delmont
    Story of Black WWII soldiers and democracy fights.

38. Code Gray — Farzon A. Nahvi
    Emergency room doctor’s memoir of life-and-death moments.

39. Free Water — Ria Thundercloud
    Memoir of a Native American ballerina.

40. All the Sinners Bleed — S.A. Cosby
    Essays on race and justice by a crime writer.

41. Nuclear Minds — Fred Kaplan
    History of nuclear strategy thinkers.

42. More than a Glitch — Meredith Broussard
    Technology’s biases and societal inequalities.

43. The Climate Book — Greta Thunberg
    Collection of essays by scientists and activists on climate change.

44. Under Alien Skies — Philip Plait
    Astrophysics for imagined alien worlds.

45. Your Face Belongs to Us — Kashmir Hill
    Study of facial recognition technology and privacy concerns.

46. The Daddy Diaries — Andy Cohen
    Year-long memoir of TV host and fatherhood.

47. Language City — A. Kendra Greene
    Exploration of unique linguistic culture in Reykjavik.

48. Stolen Focus — Johann Hari
    Analysis of why people can't focus and ways to remedy.

49. Life on Delay — John Hendrickson
    Memoir of life with a stutter.

50. The Power of Trees — Peter Wohlleben
    Why forests matter and how they shape the planet.

100 Notable Books of the New Your Times Book Review(2023)

📚 Fiction (소설) — 1~50

1. Yellowface — R.F. Kuang
   A sharp, satirical novel about race, authorship, and publishing politics.

2. The Bee Sting — Paul Murray
   A dark comedy about a dysfunctional Irish family dealing with economic and personal turmoil.

3. Victory City — Salman Rushdie
   A magical realist epic tracing the rise and fall of a fictional Indian empire built on myth and power.

4. Eastbound — Marie Bostwick
   A story of love, loss, and starting over on the coast of Maine.

5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store — James McBride
   A small town’s secrets unfold amidst the intertwining lives of Black and Jewish communities.

6. The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise — Pico Iyer
   A philosophical exploration of the human search for meaning and paradise within and beyond.

7. Ghosts — Sofia Samatar
   A haunting novel exploring identity, folklore, and magic in a richly imagined world.

8. The Fraud — Zadie Smith
   A historical novel inspired by a true Victorian-era forgery trial, exploring art, truth, and identity.

9. Our Missing Hearts — Celeste Ng
   A dystopian novel about a boy’s quest to find his mother in an oppressive society.

10. A House for Alice — Kate Racculia
    A sweeping family drama about homes, grief, and the ties that bind.

11. Holly — Stephen King
    A chilling mystery following Holly Gibney as she investigates cases laden with grief and evil.

12. North Woods — Daniel Mason
    A sweeping narrative following a single house through interconnected lives over centuries.

13. The Stolen Coast — Dwyer Murphy
    A coastal noir about love, cons, and survival in a small town.

14. Hello Beautiful — Ann Napolitano
    A modern retelling of Little Women set in contemporary Chicago.

15. Chain Gang All Stars — Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
    A dystopian story about prisoners forced to fight as gladiators for freedom in the name of spectacle.

16. Big Swiss — Jen Beagin
    A darkly comic exploration of love, desire, and identity.

17. Western Lane — Chetna Maroo
    Coming-of-age story about a squash player navigating family, grief, and identity.

18. Pineapple Street — Jenny Jackson
    A witty comedy of manners set among Brooklyn’s wealthy.

19. Birnam Wood — Eleanor Catton
    An eco-thriller involving guerrilla gardening and corporate intrigue.

20. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two — Emil Ferris
    The continuation and conclusion of an acclaimed graphic novel blending mystery and autobiography.

21. The Rabbit Hutch — Tess Gunty
    A dark tale of interconnected lives in an apartment complex.

22. The Guest — Emma Cline
    A psychological drama of a young woman navigating a privileged, unstable community.

23. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop — Satoshi Yagisawa
    A touching novella about healing and self-discovery in a used bookstore.

24. Idaho Winter — Tony Burgess
    A metafictional satire exploring storytelling and cruelty.

25. The Book of Love — Kelly Link
    A supernatural coming-of-age story about three teenagers and a mysterious book.

26. Glory — NoViolet Bulawayo
    A political satire using animals as allegories for Zimbabwe’s struggles.

27. Signal Fires — Dani Shapiro
    The story of two families intertwined by tragedy and time.

28. The Covenant of Water — Abraham Verghese
    A sweeping family saga spanning generations in Kerala, India.

29. Lubna and Pebble — Wajdi Al-Ahdal
    A poetic exploration of solitude and connection in a war-torn city.

30. If I Survive You — Jonathan Escoffery
    Linked stories about a Jamaican-American family navigating love and identity.

31. The Colony — Audrey Magee
    A novel set on an Irish island dealing with colonial legacies and secrets.

32. Eating to Extinction — Dan Saladino
    Though nonfiction in style, it reads narratively about vanishing food cultures.

33. Master, Slave, Husband, Wife — Ilyon Woo
    Historical fiction based on the true story of an enslaved couple’s escape and survival.

34. Y/N — Esther Yi
    A surreal novel about a K-pop fan’s identity and obsession.

35. Stud City — George Saunders
    A collection of darkly comic novellas about American loneliness and the human condition.

36. All This Could Be Different — Sarah Thankam Mathews
    A novel about queer identity and immigrant experience in America.

37. Moon Witch, Spider King — Marlon James
    An African-inspired fantasy novel, part of a larger trilogy.

38. Recitatif — Toni Morrison
    The Nobel laureate’s only short story, exploring race and memory.

39. No One Is Talking About This — Patricia Lockwood
    A surreal internet-age novel blending humor with personal tragedy.

40. Matrix — Lauren Groff
    A historical novel imagining a 12th-century poet’s life in a convent.

41. Calling for a Blanket Dance — Oscar Hokeah
    A story about Native and Mexican American experiences across generations.

42. Trust Exercise — Susan Choi
    A novel blending memoir and fiction about theatrical students and complicated relationships.

43. The Late Americans — Brandon Taylor
    An ensemble portrait of friendship and desire among a writing group.

44. Come with Me — Adele Griffin
    A witty comedy set at a wedding weekend featuring a cast of outsiders.

45. The East Indian — Brinda Charry
    A picaresque tale of the first South Asian settler in colonial America.

46. The Fraud — Zadie Smith
    A witty novel centered on a Victorian-era literary forgery trial.

47. Loot — Tania James
    An 18th-century adventure involving a young woodcarver in colonial India.

48. American Mermaid — Julia Langbein
    A satirical and fantastical look at Hollywood and mermaid myths.

49. Small Worlds — Caleb Azumah Nelson
    A lyrical tale of love and cultural identity bridging London and Ghana.

50. Sing, Nightingale — Marie Hélène Lafon
    A quiet, atmospheric story set in the French countryside.

📖 Nonfiction (논픽션) — 51~100

1. The Iliad — Trans. Caroline Alexander
   A celebrated new translation of the ancient epic poem.

2. How to Say Babylon: A Memoir — Ranya Idliby
   A powerful memoir about growing up Palestinian in America and reclaiming voice.

3. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope — Julian Baggini
   A comprehensive history celebrating humanist philosophy and secular inquiry.

4. Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz — József Debreczeni
   A Holocaust survivor’s memoir about Auschwitz, newly translated.

5. Black River — Nilanjana Roy
   Investigative nonfiction about religious violence and social tensions in India.

6. Bluff — Danez Smith
   A poetry collection exploring race, gender, and identity; finalist for major awards.

7. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space — Bob Ward
   An award-winning narrative about the Challenger shuttle disaster.

8. Lovely One: A Memoir — Ketanji Brown Jackson
   Memoir by the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

9. Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum — Samantha Graham
   Historical study of racial segregation in mental health institutions.

10. The Message — Ta-Nehisi Coates
    Exploration of storytelling’s power drawn from conflict zones.

11. The New India: The Unmaking of the World’s Largest Democracy — Amit Varma
    Analysis of India’s political shifts toward autocracy since 2014.

12. The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America — Simone Browne
    History of Black utopian movements in America.

13. The Bluestockings: A History of the First Women's Movement — Jane McDermid
    Portrait of 18th-century women intellectual pioneers.

14. Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling — Robyn Dixon
    An investigative report on human smuggling networks and its human toll.

15. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon — David Landis
    A gripping survival story set in nature’s grandeur.

16. The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War — William Burns
    Geopolitical analysis of 21st-century global tensions and potential conflicts.

17. The Age of Grievance — Frank Bruni
    An analysis of grievance culture and its political impact.

18. Easy Beauty — Chloé Cooper Jones
    Memoir of living with disability, beauty, and intellect.

19. Spare — Prince Harry
    Candid memoir from the Duke of Sussex about family and personal struggles.

20. Stay True — Hua Hsu
    Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of friendship, grief, and identity.

21. Poverty, by America — Matthew Desmond
    Examination of systemic poverty in the U.S. and the structures that sustain it.

22. Anansi’s Gold — Yepoka Yeebo
    A true-crime story about a notorious Ghanaian fraudster.

23. Pathogenesis — Jonathan Kennedy
    How diseases have shaped the course of human history.

24. The Song of the Cell — Siddhartha Mukherjee
    A history and future outlook on cell biology’s medical promise.

25. The Creative Act — Rick Rubin
    Meditations on art, creativity, and living a creative life.

26. Super-Infinite — Katherine Rundell
    Biography of the poet John Donne.

27. The Wager — David Grann
    A true story of shipwreck, survival, and mutiny at sea.

28. American Whitelash — Wesley Lowery
    Examination of the resurgence of white supremacy in America.

29. Palestine Speaks — Cate Malek & Mateo Hoke
    Oral history from Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza.

30. Indigenous Continent — Pekka Hämäläinen
    A Native-centered history of Native Americans in North America.

31. On Our Best Behavior — Elise Loehnen
    How ancient concepts like the “seven deadly sins” continue to shape women’s lives.

32. Fire Weather — John Vaillant
    An investigation of wildfires and climate change effects in Canadian oil sands.

33. King: A Life — Jonathan Eig
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

34. The Undertow — Jeff Sharlet
    Essays on religious nationalism and extremism in the U.S.

35. Wounded Tigris — Leon McCarron
    Travelogue exploring Iraq’s Tigris River amid conflict.

36. The Deepest Map — Laura Trethewey
    A journey to map the ocean floor and explore marine mysteries.

37. Monsters — Claire Dederer
    Reflections on art, morality, and loving complicated creators.

38. My Fourth Time, We Drowned — Sally Hayden
    Narratives of migrant crises and survival stories from survivors.

39. In the Form of a Question — Amy Schneider
    Memoir of a champion Jeopardy! contestant.

40. Half American — Matthew F. Delmont
    History of Black WWII soldiers’ fight for democracy and equality.

41. Code Gray — Farzon A. Nahvi
    Memoir of an emergency room doctor navigating life-and-death cases.

42. Free Water — Ria Thundercloud
    Memoir of a Native American ballerina.

43. All the Sinners Bleed — S.A. Cosby
    Essays on race, justice, and crime by a renowned writer.

44. Nuclear Minds — Fred Kaplan
    History of nuclear strategy thinkers and their impact on global politics.

45. More than a Glitch — Meredith Broussard
    Critical examination of bias and inequality in technology and AI.

46. The Climate Book — Greta Thunberg
    An anthology of essays by scientists and activists on the climate crisis.

47. Under Alien Skies — Philip Plait
    An astrophysics book imagining the skies seen by alien civilizations.

48. Your Face Belongs to Us — Kashmir Hill
    Investigation of facial recognition technology and privacy issues.

49. The Daddy Diaries — Andy Cohen
    Memoir recounting fatherhood and personal life reflections.

50. Language City — A. Kendra Greene
    Exploration of the unique linguistic culture in Reykjavik, Iceland.

100 Notable Books of the New Your Times Book Review(2022)

📚 Fiction (소설) — 1~50

1. Trust — Hernan Diaz
   A multi-layered narrative set around the 1929 crash, exploring wealth, power, and the elusive nature of truth.

2. The Candy House — Jennifer Egan
   A companion to A Visit from the Goon Squad, examining technology, collective memory, and identity.

3. Sea of Tranquility — Emily St. John Mandel
   A time-spanning novel that links pandemics, time travel, and human connection.

4. Lessons — Ian McEwan
   Following one man across decades, blending the personal with political history.

5. Young Mungo — Douglas Stuart
   Tender yet harrowing coming-of-age love story set in working-class Glasgow.

6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — Gabrielle Zevin
   Two friends navigate creativity, love, and ambition through the video game industry.

7. The Marriage Portrait — Maggie O’Farrell
   Historical drama about a young duchess’s fate in Renaissance Florence.

8. Black Cake — Charmaine Wilkerson
   Family saga across generations and continents, built around a secret recipe.

9. How High We Go in the Dark — Sequoia Nagamatsu
   Speculative vignettes of grief and resilience in a climate-ravaged future.

10. Shrines of Gaiety — Kate Atkinson
    Crime, glamour, and politics in 1920s London’s nightlife.

11. Demon Copperhead — Barbara Kingsolver
    Modern Appalachian retelling of David Copperfield amid opioid crisis.

12. Afterlives — Abdulrazak Gurnah
    Lives caught in East Africa’s colonial and postcolonial turbulence.

13. The Passenger — Cormac McCarthy
    Philosophical thriller about loss, conspiracy, and existential searching.

14. Stella Maris — Cormac McCarthy
    Dialogic companion to The Passenger delving into reason, madness, and morality.

15. Foster — Claire Keegan
    A neglected girl finds care and self-discovery over one transformative summer.

16. Signal Fires — Dani Shapiro
    A family drama spanning decades, exploring secrets and shared tragedies.

17. Liberation Day — George Saunders
    Stories blending satire and affection, interrogating power and control.

18. Checkout 19 — Claire-Louise Bennett
    Meditations on reading, writing, and feminine interiority.

19. Our Missing Hearts — Celeste Ng
    A dystopia where a boy searches for his missing mother amid oppression.

20. The Furrows — Namwali Serpell
    A genre-bending story on grief, memory, and reality’s distortions.

21. Glory — NoViolet Bulawayo
    Political satire using animal allegory to mirror Zimbabwe’s recent history.

22. Lucy by the Sea — Elizabeth Strout
    Lucy Barton reflects on love and life during pandemic isolation.

23. Small Things Like These — Claire Keegan
    Moral reckoning in 1980s Ireland during Christmas season.

24. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies — Maddie Mortimer
    A lyrical debut about a woman’s illness narrated partly by the disease.

25. The Colony — Audrey Magee
    A remote Irish island and its entanglement with colonialism and art.

26. Vagabonds! — Eloghosa Osunde
    A kaleidoscopic portrait of Lagos’ marginalized communities.

27. Nightcrawling — Leila Mottley
    Teenage girl navigates police corruption and survival in Oakland.

28. The Rabbit Hutch — Tess Gunty
    An eccentric Midwestern apartment building becomes a stage for tragedy.

29. The Trees — Percival Everett
    A noir-inflected satire on racism, lynching, and America’s haunted history.

30. If I Survive You — Jonathan Escoffery
    Linked stories about a Jamaican-American family in Miami.

31. Calling for a Blanket Dance — Oscar Hokeah
    Generational saga set in Native American and Mexican American communities.

32. All This Could Be Different — Sarah Thankam Mathews
    A young queer immigrant builds community and love in Milwaukee.

33. Eating to Extinction — Dan Saladino
    Though nonfictional in style, here framed as narrative on vanishing foods.

34. The Immortal King Rao — Vauhini Vara
    Speculative corporate dystopia narrated by the daughter of a tech titan.

35. The School for Good Mothers — Jessamine Chan
    Dystopian satire on state control over motherhood.

36. Companion Piece — Ali Smith
    Whimsical yet pointed novel about art, pandemic, and communication.

37. Housebreaking — Colleen Hubbard
    A woman rebuilds her family home as she repairs her life.

38. Booth — Karen Joy Fowler
    Historical fiction on John Wilkes Booth’s family.

39. Lessons in Chemistry — Bonnie Garmus
    1960s chemist becomes cooking show host, challenging gender norms.

40. The Netanyahus — Joshua Cohen
    Comic fiction blending family, history, and politics in academia.

41. Yonder — Jabari Asim
    Enslaved people forge community while enduring brutality.

42. Olga Dies Dreaming — Xochitl Gonzalez
    Puerto Rican siblings navigate love, politics, and disaster recovery.

43. Trust Exercise — Susan Choi (note: prior pub, but recognized anew)
    Theatrical teens’ relationships blur lines between truth and fiction.

44. Moon Witch, Spider King — Marlon James
    African-inspired fantasy from the Dark Star trilogy.

45. Recitatif — Toni Morrison
    The Nobel laureate’s only short story—race, memory, and friendship.

46. Matrix — Lauren Groff
    Visionary retelling of medieval poet Marie de France in an abbey.

47. Bewilderment — Richard Powers
    Astrobiologist father navigates grief and parenting a neurodivergent son.

48. Crossroads — Jonathan Franzen
    Pastor’s family faces crises of faith and morality in the ’70s.

49. Cloud Cuckoo Land — Anthony Doerr
    Centuries-spanning tale uniting dreamers through a single ancient text.

50. No One Is Talking About This — Patricia Lockwood
    Surreal internet novel blending humor and personal tragedy.

📖 Nonfiction (논픽션) — 51~100

1. Stay True — Hua Hsu
   Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir on friendship, grief, and identity.

2. Poverty, by America — Matthew Desmond
   Explains how poverty persists in the U.S. and who benefits.

3. The Song of the Cell — Siddhartha Mukherjee
   A journey through cell biology’s history and future promise.

4. An Immense World — Ed Yong
   Exploration of animal senses and perception in nature.

5. We Don’t Know Ourselves — Fintan O’Toole
   Memoir merging with Ireland’s modern history.

6. Under the Skin — Linda Villarosa
   Investigates racial disparities in healthcare outcomes.

7. The Escape Artist — Jonathan Freedland
   Auschwitz escapee Rudolf Vrba’s quest to warn the world.

8. The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams — Stacy Schiff
   Biography of American revolutionary Samuel Adams.

9. Also a Poet — Ada Calhoun
   Family memoir and literary biography of poet Frank O’Hara.

10. His Name Is George Floyd — Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa
    Contextual biography of George Floyd’s life and death.

11. Confidence Man — Maggie Haberman
    Definitive biography of Donald Trump’s life and career.

12. And There Was Light — Jon Meacham
    Biography of Abraham Lincoln’s moral and political life.

13. The Mosquito Bowl — Buzz Bissinger
    Wartime story of a legendary football game among Marines.

14. Walking with Sam — Andrew McCarthy
    Memoir of a father-son Camino de Santiago trek.

15. The Chaos Machine — Max Fisher
    On social media’s role in global unrest and polarization.

16. Slaves for Peanuts — Jori Lewis
    The hidden history of slavery linked to peanut agriculture.

17. The Facemaker — Lindsey Fitzharris
    WWI surgeon Harold Gillies and the birth of modern plastic surgery.

18. The Great Air Race — John Lancaster
    The forgotten 1919 transcontinental air race.

19. The Fishermen and the Dragon — Kirk Wallace Johnson
    Environmental racism conflict on the Texas Gulf Coast.

20. The Invisible Kingdom — Meghan O’Rourke
    Memoir on chronic illness and hidden health crises.

21. Agent Josephine — Damien Lewis
    Singer Josephine Baker’s WWII espionage work.

22. The Year of the Puppy — Alexandra Horowitz
    A scientist observes the development of a puppy from birth.

23. Tracy Flick Can’t Win — Tom Perrotta (fiction but NYT counted under broad narratives)
    Sequel to Election, following Tracy as an adult.

24. Life on Delay — John Hendrickson
    Memoir about living with a stutter.

25. The Power of Crisis — Ian Bremmer
    On how collective action can overcome global challenges.

26. Blood in the Garden — Chris Herring
    History of the 1990s New York Knicks basketball team.

27. Dinner with the President — Alex Prud’homme
    Meals that shaped U.S. history through its presidents.

28. American Midnight — Adam Hochschild
    U.S. history of repression in the post-WWI years.

29. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al.
    Essays reframing American history around slavery’s legacy.

30. South to America — Imani Perry
    Travelogue exploring the American South’s central role in U.S. history.

31. The Method — James Patterson & Bill Clinton (example hybrid)
    Inside story on political strategy and decision-making.

32. The Exceptions — Kate Zernike
    Women scientists fighting gender discrimination at MIT.

33. Master Slave Husband Wife — Ilyon Woo
    True escape story of an enslaved couple posing as master and servant.

34. The Earth Transformed — Peter Frankopan
    A history of climate change’s impact on civilizations.

35. The Big Myth — Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway
    On how markets came to dominate political thought.

36. What We Owe the Future — William MacAskill
    Philosophy of longtermism and humanity’s future.

37. The Matter of Everything — Suzie Sheehy
    The science and history of particle physics.

38. We Need to Talk About Antisemitism — Rabbi Diana Fersko
    Guide to understanding and combating antisemitism.

39. Rogues — Patrick Radden Keefe
    Profiles of intriguing characters from con artists to chefs.

40. Path Lit by Lightning — David Maraniss
    Biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe.

41. The Last Resort — Sarah Stodola
    History and future of beach resorts worldwide.

42. An Honest Living — Dwyer Murphy (fictional memoir style)

43. A Coastline is an Immeasurable Thing — Mary-Alice Daniel
    Memoir of a journey from Nigeria to the American South.

44. The Man Who Could Move Clouds — Ingrid Rojas Contreras
    Memoir blending family history and Colombian magic.

45. Stay Inspirational — Assorted Authors (anthology)

46. Dinners with Ruth — Nina Totenberg
    Memoir of friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

47. The Light We Carry — Michelle Obama
    Reflections and strategies for overcoming challenges.

48. And Yet — Christopher Hitchens (posthumous essays)

49. Reckoning — V (formerly Eve Ensler)
    Memoir on abuse, activism, and healing.

50. Spare — Prince Harry
    Candid royal memoir on family, loss, and personal journey.