Jane McBride

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December 16, 2024

The ten best novels of 2024 – according to literary experts

Manjeet Ridon, De Montfort University; Alice Kelly, University of Warwick; Ankhi Mukherjee, University of Oxford; Debra Benita Shaw, University of East London; Edward Sugden, King's College London; Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University; Jane McBride, University of Galway; Orlaith Darling, University College Dublin; Sarah Annes Brown, Anglia Ruskin University, and Scarlett Baron, UCL

These are the ten books that made the most lasting impression on our expert reviewers

The best beach companions any lover of fiction could ask for. Knopf Publishing Group/Random House/Fourth Estate/ Mantle/Faber&Faber

July 12, 2024

Sally O'Reilly, The Open University; Alice Kelly, University of Warwick; Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University; Jane McBride, University of Galway, and Scarlett Baron, UCL

Five books to read this summer, which were released in 2024.