Best Books Of 2024 For Women Fiction. The staff of the new york times book review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Set at a women’s boxing tournament in reno, nev., this novel centers on eight contestants, and the fights — physical and emotional — they bring to the ring.

We asked monica ali, the acclaimed novelist and chair of this year’s. Here, our academics review the six shortlisted books ahead of the announcement of the winner on june 13.