Fiction
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
State Of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Emily Alone by Stewart O'Nan
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Honorable Mention - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Non-Fiction
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Lit by Mary Karr
The Memory Palace by Mira Bartok
Where is the Mango Princess by Cathy Crimmins
Made in Detroit by Paul Clemens
Honorable Mention - Rainbow Pie by Joe Bageant
Other Distinguished books
Short Stories - Swim Back to Me by Ann Packer
Graphic work - My Perfect Life by Lynda Barry
5 comments:
Great choices! I LOVED Emily, Alone (did you read Wish You Were Here first?) and State of Wonder. The Paris Wife was very good on audio, too. A few others are on my wish list...off to investigate the rest.
I actually read Wish You Were Here after reading Emily Alone. Kinda weird to read out of order but it still worked out alright. O'Nan is one of my favorite writers. Guess he has a new novel out or about to be published. Happy!
Wonderful list ... some I've read and some are on my wish list and others I plan to explore. I just finished The Emperor of All Maladies on audio -- it was exhausting, amazing, informative, comforting and frightening all mixed up into one book.
Couldn't agree more with your assessment of Emperor of All Maladies.
Lots of these are on my wish list, but I haven't read any of them! I should have asked for an extra hour a day for Christmas!
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