OUP Best Books 2024

Every book published by OUP is the result of years of hard work on the part of our authors and the full collaborative team at the press, and we are proud of the accomplishment that each and every one of them represents.  


Each year though we like to celebrate and share the Oxford books—across history, science, politics, philosophy, and more—that reviewers, critics, and readers loved. 

From Tudor to Stuart

Forbidden Desire

Otherworld

COMBEE

TLS Best Books of the Year

History Today Books of the Year 2024
The Critic Books of the Year, 2024

The Telegraph’s Best History Books of 2024

History Today Books of the Year 2024

 Aspects of History Books of the Year 2024

The New Statesman Books of the Year 2024

The New Yorker Best Books 2024

The Civil War Monitor’s Best Civil War Books 2024

On Xi Jinping

Financial Times Best Books of 2024: Politics

Blue Jerusalem

History Today Books of the Year 2024

This Volcanic Isle

The Telegraph’s Best Science Books of 2024

Venice

The Best Books of 2024, as Chosen by The Economist

The AI Mirror

Upstart

Quantum Drama

The Invention of Good and Evil

New Statesman The Best of the Academic Presses for Spring 2024

The Best Books of 2024, as Chosen by The Economist

New Statesman The Best of the Academic Presses for Autumn 2024

The Conversation's Best Books of 2024

The Telegraph's Summer 75 Hottest Books of the Year So Far

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AI Morality

Dancing with the Devil

Origins Uncertain

The Religion of Whiteness

New Statesman The Best of the Academic Presses for Autumn 2024

New Statesman The Best of the Academic Presses for Spring 2024

The Best Books of 2024, as Chosen by The Economist 

New Statesman The Best of the Academic Presses for Autumn 2024

Selfish Genes to Social Beings

Henry David Thoreau

God Gave Rock and Roll to You

The New Scientist Best New Popular Science Books of 2024

TLS Best Books of the Year

Christianity Today 2024 Book Award Winner, History/Biography Category

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