NYPL's Best Books of 2024: Accessible Versions with BARD & Bookshare Links
The New York Public Library is pleased to announce its Best Books of 2024 for kids, teens, and adults! Most of the Best Books of 2024 books are available in one or more accessible formats. Find links to them below.
If you find it hard to read standard print, the Andrew Heiskell Library provides free access to talking books, talking book players, braille, a talking book download website, and a free talking book and e-braille app for mobile devices. Learn more and apply.
DB = available on BARD in talkingbook format and as a mailable talking book, available via the link or by mail (call us at 212-206-5400 to order a physical copy).
BK = available through Bookshare via the link. All Heiskell members can gain access to Bookshare for free.
BR = available on BARD in braille format and as mailable physical braille, available via the link or by mail (call us at 212-206-5400 to order a physical copy).
Books for Adults | Books for Teens | Books for Kids
Books for Adults
Agnes Sharp and the Trip of a Lifetime by Leonie Swann: DB, BK
Any Duke in a Storm by Amalie Howard: BK
Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler: BK
The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America by Aaron Robertson: BK
Bluff by Danez Smith: BK
Bride by Ali Hazelwood: DB, BR, BK
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space by Adam Higginbotham: DB, BK
The Coin by Yasmin Zaher: DB, BK
A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd: BK
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark: BK
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis by Jonathan Blitzer: DB, BK
The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce: DB, BK
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo: DB, BK
Forest of Noise by Mosab Abu Toha: BK
Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon: BK
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore: DB, BK
Gretel and the Great War by Adam Erlich Sachs: BK
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay: DB, BR, BK
Hum by Helen Phillips: BK
I Was Working by Ariel Yelen: BK
If Only by Vigdis Hjorth; translated from the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund: BK
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton: DB, BK
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoë Schlanger: DB, BK
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar: DB, BK
The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey: DB, BK
My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir by Sarah Moss: BK
Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi: BK
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen: DB, BK
Rat City: Overcrowding and Urban Derangement in the Rodent Universes of John B. Calhoun by Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden: DB, BK
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte: BK
Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen: DB, BK
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell: BK
Smoke Kings by Jahmal Mayfield: DB, BK
Sons of Salt by Yaccaira Salvatierra: BK
Suggested in the Stars by Yōko Tawada: BK
A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories by Mariana Enriquez; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell: DB, BK
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline Gumbs: BK
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis: BK
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib: DB, BK
Triple Sec by TJ Alexander: DB, BK
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue; translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer: DB, BK
Books for Teens
American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky by Sherri L. Smith, Elizabeth Wein: BK
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson; illustrated by Ekua Holmes: DB, BK
The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington: DB, BK
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo: DB, BK
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa: DB, BK
Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen: DB, BK
The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson: DB, BK
A Crane Among Wolves by June Hur: DB, BK
Crash Landing by Li Charmaine Anne: DB
Death's Country by R.M. Romero: DB, BK
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag: BK
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier: DB, BK
Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson; illustrated by Charly Palmer: BK
49 Days by Agnes Lee: BK
Four Eids and a Funeral by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé; Adiba Jaigirdar: DB, BK
The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equality by Hana Bajramovic: BK
How the Boogeyman Became a Poet by Tony Keith Jr.: DB, BK
In Repair by A.L. Graziadei: DB, BK
The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum: BK
Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari: DB, BK
Just Happy To Be Here by Naomi Kanakia: DB, BK
Karate Prom by Kyle Starks: BK
Kindling by Traci Chee: DB, BK
Little Moons by Jen Storm: BK
Loch Ness Uncovered: Media, Misinformation, and the Greatest Monster Hoax of All Time by Rebecca Siegel: BK
Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell: DB, BK
The Lost Souls of Benzaiten by Kelly Murashige: BK
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang: BK
Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee: DB, BK
Night Owls by A.R. Vishny: BK
The No-Girlfriend Rule by Christen Randall: DB, BK
Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kölsch: DB
On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino: DB, BK
Out of Our League: 16 Stories of Girls in Sports edited by Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli: DB, BK
Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin: DB, BK
Riot Act by Sarah Lariviere: DB, BK
Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town that Looked Away by Candy J. Cooper: DB, BK
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park; translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort: DB, BK
Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike by Amy Cherrix: BK
We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels, and Other Creatures edited by Rob Costello: DB, BR, BK
We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim: DB, BK
Where Wolves Don't Die by Anton Treuer: DB, BK
Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire by Ferin Davis Anderson and Stephanie Sammartino McPherson: DB
Books for Kids
Accidental Demons by Clare Edge: BK
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar: DB, BK
Adela's Mariachi Band by Denise Vega; illustrated by Erika Rodríguez Medina: BK
Anzu and the Realm of Darkness by Mai K. Nguyen: BK
Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted by Ibram X. Kendi; illustrated by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson: BK
Behind My Doors: The Story of the World's Oldest Library by Hena Khan; illustrated by Nabila Adani: BK
Being Home by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Michaela Goade: DB
Born Naughty: My Childhood in China by Jin Wang with Tony Johnston; illustrated by Anisi Baigude: DB, BK
Breaking into Sunlight by John Cochran: BK
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso; illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez: BK
City Girls by Loretta Lopez: BK
City of Stolen Magic by Nazneen Ahmed Pathak: BK
Deep Water by Jamie Sumner: BK
Deer Run Home by Ann Clare LeZotte: BK
Dragon on the Loose by Marty Chan; illustrated by Grace Chen: BK
The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II by Candace Fleming: DB, BK
Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Roy DeCarava by Gary Golio; illustrated by E.B. Lewis: BK
Evidence!: How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera by Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by Nik Henderson: BK
Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming by Steve Asbell: DB, BK
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration by Cynthia Harmony; illustrated by Devon Holzwarth: DB
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel; illustrated by Sammy Savos: BK
Godfather Death by Sally Nicholls; illustrated by Júlia Sardà: BK
Go Forth and Tell: The Life of Augusta Baker, Librarian and Master Storyteller by Breanna J. McDaniel; illustrated by April Harrison: DB, BK
Guts for Glory: The Story of Civil War Soldier Rosetta Wakeman by Joanna Lapati: BK
Hello: How Nüwa Created the World by Viola Wang: BK
I Am La Chiva!: The Colorful Bus of the Andes by Karol Hernández; illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez: BK
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie: BK
Insha'Allah, No, Maybe So by Rhonda Roumani and Nadia Roumani; illustrated by Olivia Aserr: BK
Into the Goblin Market by Vikki VanSickle; illustrated by Jensine Eckwall: BK
Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman; illustrated by Susan Gal: BK
Kindred Spirits: Shilombish Ittibachvffa by Leslie Stall Widener; illustrated by Johnson Yazzie: BK
The Last Stand by Antwan Eady; illustrated by Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey: DB, BK
Leila and the Blue Fox by Kiran Millwood Hargrave; illustrated by Tom de Freston: BK
Lost Words: An Armenian Story of Survival and Hope by Leila Boukarim and Sona Avedikian: BK
Made in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat: BK
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller: DB, BK
Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy: BK
Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice by Anna Lapera: DB, BK
Los mariachis de Adela de Denise Vega, illustrado por Erika Rodríguez Medina: BK
Mid-Air by Alicia D. Williams; illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff: BK
My Daddy Is a Cowboy by Stephanie Seales; illustrated by C.G. Esperanza: DB
My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story by George Takei; illustrated by Michelle Lee: DB, BK
The Night Market by Seina Wedlick; illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu: BK
Next Stop by Debbie Fong: BK
Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu: BK
The Outsmarters by Deborah Ellis: BK
Un plato de esperanza: La inspiradora historia del chef José Andrés y World Central Kitchen de Erin Frankel, ilustrado por Paola Escobar: BK
The Queen of Ocean Parkway by Sarvenaz Tash: BK
The Race to Be Myself by Caster Semenya: BK
Ra Pu Zel and the Stinky Tofu by Ying Chang Compestine; illustrated by Crystal Kung: DB
Red Bird Danced by Dawn Quigley: BK
The School for Invisible Boys by Shaun David Hutchinson: DB, BK
The Spindle of Fate by Aimee Lim: BK
Swimming into Trouble by Angela Ahn; illustrated by Julie Kim: DB, BK
Taming Papa by Mylène Goupil; translated by Shelley Tanaka: BK
Taxi Ghost by Sophie Escabasse: BK
Unlocking the Universe: The Cosmic Discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope by Suzanne Slade: BK
Viewfinder by Christine D.U. Chung and Salwa Majoka: BK
Warrior on the Mound by Sandra W. Headen: BK
We Are Big Time by Hena Khan; illustrated by Safiya Zerrougui: BK
We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang: BK
Weirdo by Tony Weaver, Jr.; illustrated by Jes and Cin Wibowo: BK
When Beavers Flew: An Incredible True Story of Rescue and Relocation by Kristen Tracy; illustrated by Luisa Uribe: BK
The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy: BK
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