Book reviews, December 2024

31 books reviewed by the critics in December 2024, most-reviewed first.

Cover of Freedom by Angela Merkel

Freedom

Angela Merkel

2 of 6 critics positive · 7 reviews

Cover of The Place of Tides by James Rebanks

The Place of Tides

James Rebanks

6 of 6 critics positive · 7 reviews

Cover of What in Me Is Dark by Orlando Reade

What in Me Is Dark

Orlando Reade

2 of 2 critics positive · 6 reviews

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Cher

2 of 3 critics positive · 5 reviews

Cover of Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel by Edwin Frank

Stranger than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel

Edwin Frank

2 of 3 critics positive · 5 reviews

Cover of The Season by Helen Garner

The Season

Helen Garner

4 of 5 critics positive · 5 reviews

Cover of Every Valley: The Story of Handel's Messiah by Charles King

Every Valley: The Story of Handel's Messiah

Charles King

2 of 2 critics positive · 4 reviews

Cover of The Granddaughter by Bernhard Schlink

The Granddaughter

Bernhard Schlink

4 reviews, verdicts not stated · 4 reviews

Cover of Time of the Child by Niall Williams

Time of the Child

Niall Williams

4 of 4 critics positive · 4 reviews

Cover of Eurotrash by Christian Kracht

Eurotrash

Christian Kracht

1 of 1 critics positive · 3 reviews

Cover of Polostan by Neal Stephenson

Polostan

Neal Stephenson

2 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews

Cover of The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

The Blue Hour

Paula Hawkins

2 of 2 critics positive · 3 reviews

Darkenbloom

Eva Menasse

1 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of Morning and Evening by Jon Fosse

Morning and Evening

Jon Fosse

1 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of Myself and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

Myself and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year by Alex James

Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year

Alex James

2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of Season of the Swamp by Yuri Herrera

Season of the Swamp

Yuri Herrera

0 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of Seven Deadly Sins by Guy Leschziner

Seven Deadly Sins

Guy Leschziner

1 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz by Malachy Tallack

That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz

Malachy Tallack

2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of The Eagle and the Hart by Helen Castor

The Eagle and the Hart

Helen Castor

2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews

Undefeatable: Odesa in Love & War

Undefeatable: Odesa in Love & War

Julian Evans

2 of 2 critics positive · 2 reviews

Cover of You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024 by Tariq Ali

You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024

Tariq Ali

0 of 1 critics positive · 2 reviews

A Dream of White Horses

A Dream of White Horses

Paul Scraton

1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review

Cover of And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh

And He Shall Appear

Kate van der Borgh

1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review

Cover of And the Walls Became the World All Around by Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing

And the Walls Became the World All Around

Johanna Ekström and Sigrid Rausing

1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review

Cover of Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe by Ian Collins

Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe

Ian Collins

1 review, verdicts not stated · 1 review

Cover of Hubris by Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe

Hubris

Johannes Krause and Thomas Trappe

1 review, verdicts not stated · 1 review

Madame Choi and the Monsters

Madame Choi and the Monsters

Patrick Spät and Sheree Domingo

1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review

The House of Gazes

The House of Gazes

Daniele Mencarelli

1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review

Cover of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review

Troll: A Love Story

Troll: A Love Story

Johanna Sinisalo

1 of 1 critics positive · 1 review

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