{"id":242631,"date":"2024-09-17T04:57:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T08:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/?p=242631"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:52:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:52:46","slug":"the-ultimate-fall-2024-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lithub.com\/the-ultimate-fall-2024-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Big Book Season again, and you know what that means: lists. (Yes, there are also lists during all the other seasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/literary-assholes-defending-books-lists-and-more-introducing-the-lit-hub-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lists are (chaotic?) good.<\/a>) It also means that it&#8217;s time again for Literary Hub&#8217;s Ultimate Fall Reading List, in which I valiantly endeavor to read all the seasonal literary recommendation\/anticipation\/best of lists I can find on the internet, and then report.<\/p>\n<p>This season, I processed a total of 27 lists, which collectively recommended a total of 464 books (there were much fewer lists, and therefore books, than last year at this time, alas\u2014support your media!). I then collated the results to find the 78 books that were recommended three times or more, which I present here for you in descending order of popularity, beginning with the winner, which will shock absolutely no one:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>20 lists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/132\/9780374602635\">