Bestselling author Sally Rooney’s fourth book, Intermezzo, is one of the best novels published in 2024, writes Telegraph literary editor Cal Revely-Calder. Photo / Kalpesh Lathigra
This year’s standout novels offer a mix of brains and fun, with side helpings of sex, God and rural Australia.
Last year, many a leading novelist had something new to sell: Salman Rushdie, Sebastian Barry, Zadie Smith. But, by and large, it was nothing special. Only