By Andrew Buckner

*Please note that the inclusion of all the books on this list are based on the criteria of an original publication date in the first half of 2024.*

10. Camino Ghosts

By John Grisham

9. Extinction

by Douglas Preston 

8. Cringerotica

by Soli

7. Only Animals

by Chelsea Sutton

6. Melancholy Arcadia

by John Compton

5. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World– and How You Can, Too

by Ijeoma Oluo

4. Words Left Unspoken

by J. A. McGovern

3. Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema

by Oldie Henderson

2. You Like it Darker: Stories

by Stephen King

1. Sociopath: A Memoir

by Patrick Gagne

Runner-up:

The Angel of Indian Lake

by Stephen Graham Jones

The Bad Weather Friend

by Dean Koontz