The last day has brought another big batch of “best books” lists, including ones from the Wall Street Journal, the three individual NYT book critics, the Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly, Shelf Awareness, LAT critic David Ulin, Vanity Fair, and Vogue — as well as Sarah Weinman’s list, published today in Publishers Lunch. And yes, it’s not just your imagination — many of these lists are landing earlier than usual this year. In the weekly update of our comprehensive, absolutely Best of the Best Books of 2015 aggregation, some things have stayed the same and a lot has changed as the nonfiction […]
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Miriam Altshuler will join DeFiore and Company on January 1. She has run her own agency for the past 21 years, working with authors including including Robb Forman Dew, Elizabeth Rosner, Maya Lang, Andrew Carroll, Marja Mills, Wednesday Martin, and the late Walter Dean Myers. Also joining DeFiore and Company is Reiko Davis, Altshuler’s associate for the last four years, where she will take on some new duties while continuing to develop her own list of clients. Altshuler said in the announcement: “After running my own agency for many years, I am excited to join a company where I will have […]
Amazon Bestselling New Books for 2015, and Apple’s Best
Amazon has released their annual package of the year’s bestselling, newly-published books for 2015, across multiple categories. Note in particular that, as usual, the publicized lists cover books published during 2015 only. So if you are interested in the titles that sold the best at Amazon during the year, you want to refer to their product bestseller lists that show the most popular print books and ebooks. In the lists released today, these are their top 20 new books for 2015, with combined print and ebook sales: 1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 2. Grey: Fifty Shades […]
More Best Books of the Year
There has been an abundance of new “best books” over the past few days, among them: Time magazine’s top 10 works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as: Huffington Post Best Fiction Seattle Times critics’ picks Boston Globe St. Louis Post Dispatch Globe and Mail Among retailers, lists were issued by: Kobo Amazon Canada And Canada’s National Post finished their countdown, naming Ta-Nehisi Coates‘ Between the World and Me as their number one pick for the year.
The Best Books of 2015 — From the NYT, and Overall
The NYT Book Review announced their top 10 books of the year, a mix of critics’ favorites (Ferrante and Coates) and less expected outliers (Szabo and Seierstad): Fiction The Door, by Magda Szabo (translated by Len Rix) A Manual for Cleaning Women, by Lucia Berlin Outline, by Rachel Cusk The Sellout, by Paul Beatty The Story of the Lost Child, by Elena Ferrante (translated by Ann Goldstein) Nonfiction Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates Empire of Cotton, by Sven Beckert H Is for Hawk, by Helen Macdonald The Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf One of Us: The […]
Goodreads Choice, LibraryReads’ Favorites, Amazon December, and Other Picks
Goodreads announced the voting for their Best Books of 2015 across all categories. The top vote-getter by a margin of more than two to one — with over 100,000 reader votes — was The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, topping their mystery & thriller category. Readers also picked: Historical Fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Fiction: Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee Young Adult: All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Romance: Confess by Colleen Hoover Science Fiction: Golden Son by Pierce Brown Fantasy: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman Horror: Saint Odd by Dean Koontz […]