Book reviews, October 2024
63 books reviewed by the critics in October 2024, most-reviewed first.
Revenge of the Tipping Point
Malcolm Gladwell
2 of 6 critics positive · 9 reviews
Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino
4 of 6 critics positive · 9 reviews
The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk
3 of 4 critics positive · 9 reviews
Small Rain
Garth Greenwell
3 of 4 critics positive · 8 reviews
Unleashed
Boris Johnson
1 of 7 critics positive · 8 reviews
Entitlement
Rumaan Alam
1 of 3 critics positive · 7 reviews
Kingmaker
Sonia Purnell
1 of 4 critics positive · 7 reviews
Lower Than the Angels
Diarmaid MacCulloch
1 of 1 critics positive · 7 reviews
Patriot
Alexei Navalny
4 of 5 critics positive · 7 reviews
Shattered
Hanif Kureishi
5 of 5 critics positive · 7 reviews
Reagan: His Life and Legend
Max Boot
2 of 2 critics positive · 6 reviews
Colored Television
Danzy Senna
4 of 4 critics positive · 5 reviews
Letters
Oliver Sacks
3 of 4 critics positive · 5 reviews
Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout
4 of 4 critics positive · 5 reviews
The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich
3 of 3 critics positive · 5 reviews
Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer
2 of 3 critics positive · 4 reviews
Goethe: His Faustian Life
AN Wilson
1 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews
Odyssey
Stephen Fry
3 of 4 critics positive · 4 reviews
The Drowned
John Banville
3 of 3 critics positive · 4 reviews
The Great When
Alan Moore
2 of 4 critics positive · 4 reviews
The Outrun
Amy Liptrot
4 of 4 critics positive · 4 reviews
The Scapegoat
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
2 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews
A Sunny Place for Shady People
Mariana Enriquez
2 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
Dusk
Robbie Arnott
3 of 3 critics positive · 3 reviews
From Here to the Great Unknown
Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough
1 of 1 critics positive · 3 reviews
Hip-hop Is History
Questlove
1 of 1 critics positive · 3 reviews
I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You
Miranda Hart
1 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
The Book of Abba
Jan Gradvall
1 of 1 critics positive · 3 reviews
The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz
2 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
The Unfinished Harauld Hughes
Richard Ayoade
1 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
The Use of Photography
Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie
2 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews
We All Shine On: John, Yoko & Me
Elliot Mintz
0 of 3 critics positive · 3 reviews
All the Rage
Josh Cohen
1 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult
1 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews
England: A Natural History
John Lewis-Stempel
0 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews
My Animals, and Other Animals
Bill Bailey
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Paper Boat
Margaret Atwood
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
The Care Dilemma
David Goodhart
0 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
The Map of Bones
Kate Mosse
1 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac
Joan Smith
2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Why Fish Don’t Exist
Lulu Miller
1 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews
Australian Gospel: A Family Saga
Lech Blaine
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Breakthrough
Dr William Pao
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Edith Holler
Edward Carey
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Highways and Byways
Jimmy Barnes
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
In One Ear
Simon Raymonde
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
May Day
Jackie Kay
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Muslims Don’t Matter
Sayeeda Warsi
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
My Hummingbird Father
Pascale Petit
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Nobody’s Empire
Stuart Murdoch
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Psychedelic Outlaws
Joanna Kempner
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Rapture
Emily Maguire
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
She Speaks!
Harriet Walter
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Burrow
Melanie Cheng
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Catchers
Xan Brooks
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Colour of Extinction
S. C. Flynn
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Deal
Alex Miller
1 review, verdicts not stated · 1 review
The Hotel
Daisy Johnson
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
The Third Realm
Karl Ove Knausgård
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
What I Ate in One Year
Stanley Tucci
0 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
What I Ate in One Year (and Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci
0 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
World Without End
Jean-Marc Jancovici and Christophe Blain
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review
Your Journey, Your Way
Horatio Clare
1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review