As most folks know, I don’t get around to books right away. Even the paperbacks that I purchase on initial release mostly sit stacked in the corner of my apartment, so clearly I haven’t gotten around to any of these. I will probably refer to this list for purchases next year and in years to come, and about now am referencing last year’s list. Stay tuned for the best of what I read this year.
- The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg – Am
- Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon – MK
- This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz – Ti
- Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers – Am, MK, NYT, SFG
- The Round House by Louise Erdrich – Am, PW, SFG
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn – Am, JM
- Canada by Richard Ford – WP
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain – Am, JM, SFG, Ti, WP
- Broken Harbor by Tana French – WP
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green – Am, Ti
- Arcadia by Laren Groff – JM, WP
- The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson – Am
- The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle – PW
- Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch – JM
- Watergate by Thomas Mallon – JM
- Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel – Am, JM, NYT, PW, Ti, WP
- The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis – MK
- Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan – Am
- Dear Life by Alice Munro – SFG
- Happiness Is a Chemical in the Brain by Lucia Perillo – PW
- The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers – Am, MK, NYT
- The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling – Ti
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple – JM, Ti
- NW by Zadie Smith – NYT, Ti
- At Last by Edward St. Aubyn – Ti
- The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne Valente – Ti
- Building Stories by Chris Ware – NYT, PW, Ti, WP
I feel like my suppliers for top ten book lists has shrunken, anyone have any other good lists?
Am – Amazon, JM – Janet Maslin, MK – Michiko Kakutani, NYT – New York Times, PW – Publisher’s Weekly, SFG – SFGate, Ti – Time, WP – Washington Post
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