David Nicholls' You Are Here named Amazon Books' Best Book of the Year for 2024

David Nicholls’ You Are Here (Sceptre) has been awarded the title of Best Book of the Year for 2024 by the Amazon Books editorial team, who also take Amazon Charts data and customer review ratings into account.

Other shortlisted books included Reckless by Lauren Roberts (Simon & Schuster Children’s UK), James by Percival Everett (Mantle) and All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (Orion).

The romance novel by the author of One Day (Hodder & Stoughton), which was published in April of this year, follows two protagonists on a long-distance walking trail. It also trumped other shortlisted novels such as The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (The Borough Press), as well as non-fiction titles like Emily English’s cookbook, So Good (Seven Dials).

"I’ve read so many wonderful books in 2024, and for You Are Here to be chosen is a great delight," David Nicholls commented. "Huge thanks to all the readers who’ve followed Michael and Marnie’s journey this year."

Jen Barrett of Amazon Books UK added: "You Are Here was a novel that won all of our hearts this year. It is a beautiful, gentle love story that refreshingly explores relationships in a way that reflects real life. Nicholls is such an excellent creator of character and touching slow-burn romance, so it really was no surprise that we would all be taken with it. Having two protagonists can be tricky to write, but Nicholls does it with enough care and attention that readers find themselves caring so deeply about both of them and rooting for them to find each other."