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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Several of these books number among the usual suspects of lists of this kind, but many remain anything but widely known. Almost all are fiction and most are novels; some were written for children, but just about every genre is represented. All are literary in voice and spirit; every last one will let you understand
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September 21–27, 2014 Celebrate Banned Books Week! Read something outrageous! Buzzfeed has some suggestions for you here. Read more about Banned Books Week from the American Library Association.
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Open Library Open Library is an open, editable library catalog with an attractive facade and a lofty mission. The mission? To build an online catalog with a web page for every book ever published. The best part? You can help. From the homepage, click Sign Up, then create a free Open Library account in two
SEPTEMBER 2014’S BEST BOOKS: 12 FICTION MUST-READS FOR YOUR IMAGINATION TO RUN WILD THIS FALL It’s fall—the start of a new school year and the time for a new reading list. Morgan Ribera’s got you covered with a list of a dozen books to be published during September that will keep you reading at least
