Time magazine named its best books of the year, with Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing topping the fiction list, and Hillary Clinton’s What Happened topping nonfiction. The rest of the fiction list names: White Tears, Hari Kunzru Transit, Rachel Cusk Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Exit West, Mohsin Hamid The Changeling, Victor LaValle The Ninth Hour, Alice McDermott Days Without End, Sebastian Barry New People, Danzy Senna In nonfiction: We Were Eight Years in Power, Ta-Nehisi Coates Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari The Rules Do Not Apply, Ariel Levy Hunger, Roxanne […]
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Briefs: More Best Books of the Year
Barnes & Noble released its 2017 Best Books of the Year merchandising package. They highlight 217 titles across a number of categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, romance, children’s books, and more. Separately, Hudson Booksellers picked Douglas Preston’s The Lost City of the Monkey God as their Book of the Year, along with these top category picks: Best Fiction Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan American War, Omar El Akkad History of Wolves, Emily Fridlund Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman Magpie Murders, Anthony Horowitz The Changeling, Victor LaValle The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, Arundhati Roy Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Swimmer Among the Stars, Kanishk […]
Washington Post’s Books of the Year
The Washington Post named their 10 best books of the year: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst, by Robert M. Sapolsky The Future Is History, by Masha Gessen I Can’t Breathe, by Matt Taibbi I Was Told to Come Alone, by Souad Mekhennet Less, by Andrew Sean Greer Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders The Power, by Naomi Alderman Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama, by David Garrow Saints for All Occasions, by J. Courtney Sullivan Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward
Indigo’s Best of 2017
Leading Canadian bookseller Indigo recently released their best of the year package, including their top 50 books of the year. The top 20 comprises: 1. The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas 2. The Sun and Her Flowers, by Rupi Kaur 3. Beartown, by Frederik Backman 4. Lonely Hearts Hotel, by Heather O’Neill 5. Ranger Games, by Ben Blum 6. Option B, by Sheryl Sandberg 7. The Stranger in the Woods, by Michael Finkel 8. Hunger, by Roxane Gay 9. The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld 10. Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman 11. The Woman in Cabin 10, by Ruth […]
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Ralf Markmeier will join Harper Germany as managing director and publisher starting January 15. He succeeds Thomas Beckmann, who will retire in February, after 18 years with Harlequin and Harper. Markmeier was previously with Random House Germany, which he joined in 2003. Harper Collins cdo and evp of international publishing Chantal Restivo-Alessi said, “Ralf’s extensive trade publishing knowledge and management skills, gained at the biggest publishing conglomerate in Germany, will help us continue our growth trajectory.” Restivo-Alessi also commended Beckmann’s “outstanding service over the last two decades” and added: “During his career, Thomas consistently demonstrated his deep understanding of book […]
Grann Tops Amazon’s Best Books of the Year
Amazon released their big annual Best Books of the Year package, naming David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon their No. 1 title. It’s the first time they have picked a nonfiction title as their favorite since choosing The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot in 2010. (At the year’s midpoint, the editors preferred Arundhati Roy’s novel, but now it has dropped to No. 14 on their list. 12 of the titles, marked with a +, were on the mid-year list as well; asterisks denote books featured in one on of our Buzz Books samplers.) 1. Killers of the […]