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    The best fiction books to read in 2024, from David Nicholls to Kiley Reid

    by Jessie Thompson Jan 03, 2024 7 minutes
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    The secret to a happy life? Read a very good novel at the end of every day. Thank goodness, then, that the coming year is full of gems, from thrilling debuts to the return of big-name authors. Here’s our guide to the best fiction to read in 2024.

    Michael Cunningham’s novel ‘Day’ is about the battle to remain sane in a world gone mad (source)

    Day by Michael Cunningham

    It’s been almost a decade since The Hours author Michael Cunningham published a novel, and according to him, the helter-skelter world events during that period have hardly been a boon for writerly productivity. At least it’s infomed Day, his latest, which is set on the same day over a three-year period from 2019 to 2021. He says it’s “about the battle to remain sane in a world gone mad”. 18 Jan, Fourth Estate

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    The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez

    Here’s the chic new hardback to have on your New Year reading pile. The American author Sigrid Nunez had already published several novels when , about a writer who inherits a friend’s dog after he takes his own life, made her a literary star in 2018. Now she counts Laura Marling and Natalie Portman as fans, meaning we can overlook the fact that  is a pandemic novel (make them stop!), in which a writer befriends strangers in her

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