I read 43 books this year, for a grand total of 12,695 pages. The longest was Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch, which weighs in at 771 pages. Here, listed alphabetically by author, are the 10 best: Atkinson, Kate. Life After Life Fergus, Jim. One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd French, Tana. Faithful Place […]
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There Are Way Too Many ‘Best Of 2014′ Lists If you despair over working your way through all these lists, just take a look at Hayley Munguia’s distillation: I set about compiling lists of the best books, movies and TV shows of 2014 in prominent national publications.1 My colleague Andrew Flowers helped me run the
Jonathan Yardley’s favorite books This is not a “best books of the year” list: As longtime Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley retires this week, he lists some of the books he’s cherished most during his 33-year tenure with Book World. Some of the titles here he reviewed for The Post, and others he read
The best biographies and memoirs of 2014 From the U. K.’s The Guardian: “ this year’s roundup of life writing.” The best poetry books of 2014 Also from the U. K.’s The Guardian Best Books 2014: Slate Staff Picks Slate’s columnists, editors, and bloggers pick their favorite books of the year. Our Favorite Books of
The “best books of the year” lists will be coming thick and fast. I’ll try to keep up with them here. Writers pick the best books of 2014: part one It’s been a year of calls to action. Naomi Klein tackled climate change, Owen Jones got to grips with class politics, and Russell Brand preached
2014 Best Books of the Year: The Top 100 in Print Format via Amazon.com: Best Books of 2014. Yes, the Best Books of 2014 lists are beginning already. The link here features Everything I Never Told You: A Novel by Celeste Ng as top book of the year. If you click around this page a
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