10 Beloved Authors We Lost in 2024
This year, we've said goodbye to so many beloved authors, from postmodern maverick Paul Auster to Irish trailblazer Edna O'Brien to poet and icon of the Black Arts movement Nikki Giovanni. Here is a snapshot of ten of the monumental authors who passed away in 2024, along with one recommendation of a work that embodies their literary legacy.
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PAUL AUSTER: Reading this postmodern master is like stepping into a literary labyrinth, where every twist of fate pulls you deeper into a world that’s equal parts mysterious, cerebral and profoundly human.
Alina Stefanescu & Joshua Chaplinsky
The New York Trilogy: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Paul Auster"Auster harnesses the inquiring spirit any reader brings to a mystery, redirecting it from the grubby search for a wrongdoer to the more rarified search for self." – The New York Times Book Review
Alina Stefanescu & Joshua ChaplinskyPaperback, 2006
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EDNA O'BRIEN: This trailblazing Irish author reshaped modern Irish literature with her fearless exploration of female sexuality and identity, amidst the constraints of Irish society. 
Keziah Weir & Feargal Sharkey
The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue: (The Country Girl; The Lonely Girl; Girls in Their Married Bliss; Epilogue)
Edna O'Brien"Despite the burnings and bans, O’Brien’s stories of Kate Brady and Baba Brennan as they leave their country convent school behind and take on Dublin—and with it, love, sex, marriage, and breakups—spurred a cultural revolution in Ireland." — Vanity Fair
Keziah Weir & Feargal SharkeyPaperback, 2017
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DANIEL KAHNEMAN: This Nobel Prize-winning psychologist, known by some as the grandfather of behavioral economics, reshaped our understanding of the human mind with his profound exploration of our hardwired biases—juxtaposing the impulsive, instinctive "fast" brain with the deliberate, analytical "slow" brain.
Steven Johnson & Ben Meer
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman"There have been many good books on human rationality and irrationality, but only one masterpiece. That masterpiece is Thinking, Fast and Slow... This is one of the greatest and most engaging collections of insights into the human mind I have read." —The Financial Times
Steven Johnson & Ben MeerPaperback, 2013
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NIKKI GIOVANNI: This celebrated poet and activist championed Black identity — and Black joy — with a bold and unapologetic voice, blending sharp wit and lyrical elegance.
Jericho Brown
The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998
Nikki Giovanni"Wise and mischievous, Giovanni is a must-read at every stage of her happily, still growing oeuvre." – Booklist
Jericho BrownPaperback, 2007
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VERNOR VINGE: Now is the time to get to know this award-winning sci-fi author and visionary computer scientist, who was especially prescient with his groundbreaking exploration of virtual reality and the Singularity—the moment when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence.
A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge"This Hugo Award winner is a masterpiece of universe building: Vast, riveting, far-future saga...The overall concept astonishes; the aliens are developed with memorable skill and insight, the plot twists and turns with unputdownable tension." – Kirkus Reviews
Paperback, 2020
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MARYSE CONDÉ: One of the most celebrated authors and playwrights in the French-speaking world, this Guadaloupean multi-time Booker finalist had the unique distinction of being awarded a controversial "alternative" Nobel Prize in 2018. 
Henry Louis Gates Jr & JMJ-is-on-break
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Maryse Conde "A wondrous novel about a period of African history few other writers have addressed... Much of the novel's radiance comes from the lush descriptions of a traditional life that is both exotic and violent." — The New York Times Book Review
Henry Louis Gates Jr & JMJ-is-on-breakPaperback, 1996
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ALICE MUNRO: Canada's only Nobel laureate in literature has long been hailed as the master of the contemporary short story. After her death, fans were shocked by revelations that she turned a blind eye to her husband's sexual abuse of her daughter.
Lisa Allardice & Cheryl Strayed
Lives of Girls and Women
Alice Munro"Here lies the key to Munro’s greatness – the way in which she polished the same apparently humdrum material to a luminous sheen. Her stories are small miracles of humane understanding." – The Guardian
Lisa Allardice & Cheryl StrayedPaperback, 2001
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DR. RUTH: This therapist became an icon for making sex and relationship advice accessible—and candid. In the late arc of her career, she turned her attention to addressing the loneliness epidemic.
The Joy of Connections: 100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More Meaningful Life
Ruth K. Westheimer"Who better to take on the loneliness epidemic than the legend who helped us talk about sex without blushing. As Dr. Ruth knows, our needs go well beyond the bedroom. This is urgent work. We're lucky to have her in the fight." — Dan Harris
Hardcover, 2024
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JOAN ACOCELLA: A distinguished cultural critic, whose name any long-time subscriber to The New Yorker or New York Review of Books will recognize, married scholarly depth with accessibility in her writing.
Kirkus Reviews
The Bloodied Nightgown and Other Essays
Joan Acocella"24 astute, consummately readable, and often droll essays on mostly literary topics... the author’s wit and insight make anything worth reading about... A top-notch collection full of information, elegance, and humor." — Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus ReviewsPaperback, 2025
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IRIS APFEL: Until her death at the age of 102, this style and fashion icon continued to inspire us all to live our lives in full, saturated and unapologetic color.
Iris Apfel: Colorful: A Treasure Trove of Inspiration, Influences, and Ideas
Iris Apfel"Packed into this visual bible of larger-than-life style are bite-size bits of her philosophy, her history, her advice: the Book of Iris. She jumps so vividly to life that as you turn the last, pink-edged page, you almost expect a pop-up Iris to burst from the turquoise endpapers to share just one more aperçu." — Air Mail
Hardcover, 2024
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