This is definitely a top book of 2024 for me! Rachel Khong writes a beautiful, sweeping family saga centered on the lives of Lily during Y2K NYC, her son Nick during 2021 Washington state, and her mom May in 2030 San Francisco reflecting on her experiences in 1966 China during the Cultural Revolution. This book tackles a lot of big themes such as immigration, race (the relationship between Lily and Nick and how race factors in really hit home for me!), privilege, fortune, science, ethics—basically all the things I LOVE to explore in a novel—all the while posing the existential question of what it means to be a real American. I loved Khong’s writing and how she made the characters so enjoyable yet complicated. My favorite was Lily’s timeline, then May’s, and their stories could easily be separate books!