Lots of new lists landed today. Goodreads announced their Best Books of the Year, based on over 3 million member votes. E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars was the most searched for book on the site this year, but Rick Riordan’s latest in the Heroes of Olympus series was the top vote-getter of all the category winners, with over 63,000 votes. (Cassandra Clare’s latest Mortal Instruments book was the number two, with over 53,00 votes.) The winners: Landline by Rainbow Rowell (fiction) Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (mystery & thriller) All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (historical fiction) […]
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More Bests, for December and 2014
In monthly lists, Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz is Amazon’s Spotlight Pick, and Viv Albertine’s memoir Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys is their Featured Debut. The rest of the list: When Books Went to War, Molly Guptill Manning Here, Richard McGuire The Strange Library, Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen Spare Parts, Joshua Davis Becoming Richard Pryor, Scott Saul Skylight, José Saramago Empire of Cotton, Sven Beckert The Boston Girl, Anita Diamant At Costco, Pennie’s Pick for December is The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, by Andrew Sean Greer. For a full selection of over 45 notable December releases, see our […]
Washington Post’s Ten Best of 2014
The Washington Post announced a slew of Best of 2014 lists, including the top 50 in fiction and nonfiction, along with notable standouts for romance, mystery-thriller, science fiction & fantasy, and graphic novels. Their top ten books include Booker winner Richard Flanagan’s THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH and National Book Award nominees Emily St. John Mandel and John Lahr. The list: A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James Fourth of July Creek, Smith Henderson The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan The Paying Guests, Sarah Waters Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel Being Mortal, Atul […]
Holiday Picks From Barnes & Noble; Governor General’s Awards; and More
The Governor General’s Literary Award announced winners in a number of categories this morning, with THE BACK OF THE TURTLE by Thomas King taking the prize for fiction and THE END OF ABSENCE by Michael Harris winning for nonfiction. Barnes & Noble announced its top books for the holiday season in fiction, nonfiction, young adult, and children’s, choosing from “personal recommendations and customer favorites”: Fiction All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett Gray Mountain by John […]
Awards and More: Giller, Waterstones’ Candidates, Etc.
Sean Michaels‘ debut novel US CONDUCTORS won Canada’s Giller Prize Monday night, surpassing heavy favorite Miriam Toews and becoming only the second debut novelist to win the Giller. The book was by Random House Canada and in the US by Tin House Books. Michaels receives $100,000 (CA) as part of the expanded prize purse announced earlier this year. In the UK, Waterstones named their eight candidates for “book of the year”: Everyday Sexism, by Laura Bates The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan Persiana: Recipes from the Middle East & Beyond, by Sabrina Ghayour Once […]
Amazon Picks Top Books, Naming Ng’s “Sleeper” Novel As Top Pick
Amazon published their lists of best books of the year, including their top 100 titles, and 10 favorites, plus “editor’s picks” across 20 categories. Hachette Book Group lands just four titles on Amazon’s top 100, and all four are the only hardcovers offered at full retail price, without any discount. In order, they are: Those Who Wish Me Dead, by Michael Koryta (29); To Rise Again at a Decent Hour: A Novel, by Joshua Ferris (54); The Fever, by Megan Abbott (96); and The Farm, by Tom Rob Smith (97). Their pick for “book of the year” is Celeste Ng’s novel. 1. Everything I Never Told […]