Top Books 2024hj. The judges of the walter scott prize aim to highlight the very best new historical novels, and in 2024 they have settled on a varied shortlist featuring a. The mighty red, the latest novel by pulitzer prize winner louise erdrich, is set during the 2008 financial crash in a north dakota farming community.

Fast forward to some eight or so. The protagonist of poet kaveh akbar’s devastating debut novel is grappling with a death that shaped him from an early age.