Here are my favorite books for 2014. Favorites for earlier years and my list of all-time favorites are available through the Favorites tab at the top of the page:
FAVORITES FOR 2014
Bohumil Hrabal–HARLEQUIN’S MILLIONS
Anthony Doerr–ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Juan Gabriel Vasquez–THE SOUND OF THINGS FALLING
Valeria Luiselli–FACES IN THE CROWD
Rabih Alameddine–AN UNNECESSARY WOMAN
Richard Flanagan–THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH
Haruki Murakami–COLORLESS TSUKURU TAZAKI AND HIS YEARS OF PILGRIMAGE
Merethe Lindstrom–DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF SILENCE
Deirdre Madden–TIME PRESENT AND TIME PAST
Jonas T. Bengtsson–A FAIRY TALE
Favorite Novella: Antonio Skarmeta–A DISTANT FATHER
Favorite mysteries: William McIlvanney–LAIDLAW and THE PAPERS OF TONY VEITCH
Most unusual short story collection: Dorthe Nors, KARATE CHOP
Most Important Memoirs: Galsan Tschinag, THE BLUE SKY and THE GRAY EARTH, and Diogo Mainardi, THE FALL
Most Unusual Memoir: Tete-Michel Kpomassie, AN AFRICAN IN GREENLAND
Favorite Classics: Christina Stead–THE LITTLE HOTEL and Elizabeth Taylor–A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK
Favorite Non-Fiction: Laurel Braitman–ANIMAL MADNESS and Roger Rosenblatt–THE BOY DETECTIVE
