Every year, She Reads reaches out to readers to discover the books that they thought were the best of the year! This year we had over 8,000 of you cast your vote and the results are in. In our roundups of all the Best Books of 2024, we’ll include the number one book, chosen by you and some favorites from our professional book loving editors. We hope this reading year was as wonderful for you as it was for us!
Best Science Fiction Book of 2024: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
It’s her job to house time travelers, and in this case, a Commander from 1847. What starts as a comic clash of cultures soon evolves into something deeper. Something more like love. Facing dire consequences, our heroine must decide if how she feels is worth the potential to change the future forever.
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This year has been another stellar twelve months of everything sci-fi. From time travel to parallel universes, dystopias and space travel, these are just a few of our favorites.
The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei
Maya had a renowned career as the best art thief in the galaxy, returning stolen artifacts to their home planet. But a job gone wrong sent her into hiding where she tries to live a quiet life. When a new job comes into her life, she must attempt to find something no one living has ever laid eyes on. This could save an alien world, but it could also doom Earth.
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A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen
Mike Chen continues to deliver sci-fi stories with a big dose of heart. In his latest, novel, A Quantum Love Story, a woman is grieving the loss of her best friend when she starts a new job. She’s approached by a man who claims to know her and soon discovers the two are stuck in a time loop. But as the two settle into the loop, memories begin to fade and they discover that the only way to be happy is to permanently break out.
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The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Odile lives in a town where the borders are heavily guarded. On one side is a town living 20 years in the past, on the other side is a town 20 years in the future. When she spots a pair she isn’t supposed to see on a mourning tour, she realizes they are there to visit their son who will die. Their son is Odile’s best friend, Edme, and her feelings for him could compromise her own future.
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Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
Adina was born the same day Voyager 1 launched into space. She knows she’s different because she has a strange ability to communicate with a distant planet. Reporting back to her extraterrestrial relatives, Adina observes Earth in all its peculiarities taking a glimpse at the place we all come home like never before.
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Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
In a shocking event, all white people walk off into the water, leaving America in whole new era. Charlie is released form prison after a wrongful conviction and is confronted with the reality of a daughter he’s never met. After her white mother and step family walk away to their doom, she spent a year in isolation. Now, with a man she’s never known, the two confront a changed country and themselves.
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All This and More by Peng Shepherd
Marsh is not living the life she would have chosen, but all of that is about to change. When she is chosen for All This and More as a contestant, where using quantum technology, she gets to edit her life. Tweaking every decision she’s ever made, she begins to rebuild a life that looks more like her dream life. But can it really be that easy to get everything you ever wanted?
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Made for You by Jenna Satterthwaite
When Julia is cast on a Bachelor-esque reality show and claims the heart of the eligible man being vied for, it’s a controversial outcome as Julia is an AI-programmed synthetic woman. Fifteen months later, she’s living a married life with a child, slightly unsatisfied with her domestic life. Then, her husband goes missing and Julia is the prime suspect.
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