The Most Popular Books and Audiobooks on NetGalley in 2024

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Cheers to 2024, readers! As the year draws to a close, the NetGalley team has been reflecting on the great books we read and the ones we can’t wait to read next year. Now we want to look at the buzziest books on NetGalley this year.

Below you’ll find the most popular books, audiobooks, and covers on NetGalley in 2024 (based on total member activity—including requests, widget invites, Read Now access, and auto-approved access) across each of the 15 most popular Categories. Click on the covers to learn more about each book and submit your review if you’ve read it!

General Fiction (Adult)

Book

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Audiobook

The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger, narrated by Vivienne Leheny

Cover

Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez

Romance

Book

Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage

Audiobook

Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood, narrated by Kelsey Navarro Foster

Cover

Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage

Mystery & Thrillers

Book

Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Audiobook

The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden, narrated by Victoria Connolly, Robb Moreira

Cover

Middle of the Night by Riley Sager

Women’s Fiction

Book

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center

Audiobook

The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center, narrated by Katherine Center, Patti Murin

Cover

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Sci Fi & Fantasy

Book

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab

Audiobook

The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson, narrated by Brittany Pressley

Cover

The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent

Teens & YA

Book

Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter

Audiobook

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal, narrated by Maya Saroya

Cover

Nothing Like the Movies by Lynn Painter

Historical Fiction

Book

By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

Audiobook

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams, narrated by Mela Lee, Preston Butler

Cover

Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid

New Adult

Literary Fiction

Book

All the Water in the World by Eiren Caffall

Audiobook

Every Moment Since by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen, narrated by Cassandra Campbell, George Newbern, Kirby Heyborne, Jane Oppenheimer, MacLeod Andrews, Renata Friedman

Cover

The Guncle Abroad by Steven Rowley

LGBTQIAP+

Book

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Audiobook

An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson, narrated by Stephanie Cannon

Cover

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Nonfiction (Adult)

Book

Cabinet of Curiosities by Aaron Mahnke

Audiobook

College Girl, Missing by Shawn Cohen, narrated by Kyle Snyder

Cover

Ordinary Time by Annie B. Jones

Children’s Fiction

Book

When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman

Audiobook

Shark Night by R.L. Stine, narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

Cover

When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman

Horror

Book

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Audiobook

Sleep Tight by J. H. Markert, narrated by Andi Arndt

Cover

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

Biographies & Memoirs

Book

Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz

Audiobook

Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg

Cover

The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

Multicultural Interest

Book

Not in My Book by Katie Holt

Audiobook

The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert, narrated by Rooke Kingston, Keval Shah

Cover

Not in My Book by Katie Holt

We want to know the books, audiobooks, authors, narrators, and covers that stood out to YOU this year! Join us on Instagram for #MyNetGalleyYear story templates and to discover what your fellow readers loved this year.

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