Dealing with your boss’s micro-management?

Is the burden of mortgage getting too much to handle?

Have the worsening traffic conditions been testing your patience?

Are the tight deadlines stressing you out?

There might be a way you can escape all this for a little while—enjoying, relaxing, and floating in the world of fantasy, adventure, and everything fiction.

Yes. Getting your hands on the best fiction books for adults of 2024 might just be what you need to blow some steam off.

Put your reading glasses on, hop on the couch, and enjoy a deep dive into a world of imagination that promises you nothing but the perfect escape.

But, what to read?

The Best Fiction Books for Adults to Look Out For This Year

The answer to your question lies here. We have compiled for you a list of fiction books that the adults in 2024 are loving and praising. Don’t just rely on some long, tacky reviews. No one has the time for that. Use this list to pick up your next read and thank us later.

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Insomnia, grief, depression, addiction, and writing—the perfect words to describe the protagonist in Poet Kaveh Akbar's book, Martyr!. Cyrus Shams is a writer who is dealing with unflattering feedback over his writing and the purposeless death of his parents. Diving deep into the story, the readers will understand how Cyrus is obsessed with dying with a purpose. This leads him to mess with the linear timeline and travel through different worlds, with conversations with the dead. The book has a strong plot and combined with Kaveh Akbar’s humor, it just sets a new standard in fiction storytelling.

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

The next on the list of our top picks for fiction books for adults in 2024 is Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars. A follow-up of There There—Pulitzer-finalist, polyphonic book—the story of this one revolves around addiction and adolescence. With the US government, assimilation of Native Americans, violence, imprisonment, and family bonding, you are surely in for a roller coaster ride from the 1860s to the present world.

Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

If you have a knack for action, Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel is the perfect option for you. Describing in ‘brutal and bloody details’—as stated in a review—this book takes the readers to witness an intense youth boxing tournament, where teenage girls face off against each other, bringing a different competitive energy to the competition. Even though this is Rita’s debut novel, it checks everything on the checklist that makes engaging, best fiction books for adults.

The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

For all those readers looking for something out-of-the-ordinary, The Husbands by Holly Gramazio is a great choice. This debut novel introduces to the fiction genre, a book that is super exciting to read—a magic attic offering an endless supply of husbands. Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? The readers will find themselves fully immersed into the read as Lauren, a happy single woman, comes home to find a husband she doesn’t know anything about. And when he returns from the attic, something is exciting for the readers to explore.

These are the best fiction books for adults that are making it big in 2024.

A Bonus Read

Pooja: Destiny Awaits

If you want your little one to give you the space to enjoy your favorite fiction tale, here is a bonus suggestion for you. Get them a copy of Jamison Shults’s Pooja: Destiny Awaits, which will keep your kid hooked for a long time with a great story and captivating illustrations.

When you’re done reading these, place your preorders now for some super exciting new reads that are in the pipeline and ready to be published soon.

· A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enriquez

· The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

· Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson

· The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

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