Top Books 2024 Ghumala. Courtesy of doubleday, knopf, mariner, and riverhead books.  — these questions and more drive the best books of the year so far, a crop of novels, memoirs, and essay collections that tackle love, loss, friendship, and more.

See below to find out which books. The times and sunday times books team selects their favourite novels, memoirs and biographies of the year — so far.