With so many "year-end" and "best-of" book lists to choose from, the Los Angeles Public Library wanted to Spotify—er, simplify, and wrap up your year-end choices with some spot-on picks from our staff.

These lists have it all! From silly read-alouds for your littles to steamy romance for yourself. We've got em! Biographies and my-ographies, cookbooks and controversy, fun with fiction—magical talking horses, black boxes of doom, secret agents, serial killers, and succubi—these lists are lit![erature].

Book Recommendations From Your Friendly Neighborhood Library Staff for 2024

Check the featured book reviews and book lists on LAPL Reads for more suggestions.