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cover In Sunlight and shadowFor those who have not yet finished their holiday shopping and/or have not yet discovered the Favorites tab at the top right of my website, here are some of my Favorites for 2017.  

Not all on this list will appeal to your great-aunt, your teenage grandchild, or your boss, so please take a look at the review, especially the last paragraph, for a few cautionary signs before you purchase a book you do not know.  (Mike McCormack’s celebrated SOLAR BONES, for example, is a book I loved, once I got used to the style, but other readers might be less enchanted.)  The books at the beginning of the list, identified by a brief description, might be more fun for someone you do not know well.cover15

Most fun to read:  Lawrence Block, Editor: IN SUNLIGHT AND IN SHADOW: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper

Most delightful new edition of a classic mystery novel:  Junichiro Tanizaki–DEVILS IN DAYLIGHT

Favorite short story collection:  Penelope Lively–THE PURPLE SWAMP HEN

Mocover-lost-cityst surprising:  Hiromi Kawakami–THE NAKANO THRIFT SHOP

Most exciting debut novels:  Karl Geary–MONTPELIER PARADE   and Ian Bassingthwaighte–LIVE FROM CAIRO

Non-FictionDouglas Preston–THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GODS

Most interesting experimental novels:  Mike McCormack–SOLAR BONES  and N. J. Campbell–FOUND AUDIO

 

cover-swamp-henFavorite Literary Fiction:

(tie) Karl Geary–MONTPELIER PARADE

(tie) Mike McCormack–SOLAR BONES

Julie Lekstrom Himes–MIKHAIL AND MARGARITA

Sebastian Barry–DAYS WITHOUT END

Amos Oz–JUDAS

Salman Rushdie–THE GOLDEN HOUSE

Josephicover-henrik-groenne Rowe–A LOVING, FAITHFUL ANIMAL

Hendrik Groen–THE SECRET DIARY OF HENDRIK GROEN, 83 1/4 YEARS OLD

Camille Laurens–WHO YOU THINK I AM

Ya’a Gyasi–THE HOMEGOING

Fay Weldon–BEFORE THE WAR

Alice McDermott–THE NINTH HOUR

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