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The New Republic’s Books of the Year

A far from exhaustive guide to the books that our critics most admired in 2024

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Does It Hold Up?

Classic works, reconsidered

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Amid Devastation in the Amazon, Diamonds Were Their Best Hope

The Cinta Larga people were sitting on a wealth of diamonds. They didn’t turn to mining until they saw devastation all around them.

By Andre Pagliarini

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The Romanticized Squalor of Queer

Luca Guadagnino makes William S. Burroughs’s novella a love story that is sordid, pathetic, affecting, and true.

By Andrew Marzoni

 

Was Fat Is a Feminist Issue Liberating? Or Weight-Loss Propaganda?

Susie Orbach’s 1978 book is a fascinating snapshot of diet and physical culture in a very different era.

By Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

 

Elon Musk’s Stunning $250 Million Favor to Trump Should Wake Up Dems

It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.

by Greg Sargent

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The Longevity Hot Spots That Weren’t

Our culture has become obsessed with "blue zones," where people purportedly live longer. But does the underlying research stand up to scrutiny?

By Shayla Love

 

Trump 2.0: Here Comes the Night

Well, reality must be faced now. But many courageous Americans are ready to fight.

By Nina Burleigh

 

The Survivors of Child Sex Abuse Who Don’t Want Their Abusers Punished

We assume that victims will find closure when the people who hurt them are imprisoned. But many say that to heal, they need something else entirely.

By Roxanna Asgarian

 

Trump’s Plan to Turn the IRS Into a Grifter’s Paradise

Billy Long, an anti-tax huckster who doesn’t think the IRS should exist, makes his living promising to cut your tax bill 40 percent.

By Timothy Noah

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