We’ve counted 15 more “votes” since our last tabulation of consensus “best books of the year” — including, most recently, lists from Kobo, the WSJ, the Seattle Times, the Daily Beast and People magazine. But the top of the chart remains essentially the same, with titles by Anthony Doerr and Emily St. John Mandel still vying for “Book of the Year,” though Phil Klay’s Redeployment, which beat them both at the National Book Awards, has risen the most, now tied with Marlon James in third place. This year’s contest looks very similar to a year ago, when George Saunders’ Tenth of December and […]
