Time Magazine pairs the expected (Hilary Mantel and Richard Holmes) with the exotic (Night Shade’s The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi), and stands alone on everything from acknowledgment for Suzanne Collins’ crossover hit Catching Fire to Jonathan Littell’s otherwise unliked The Kindly Ones. And in a separate list, Time also picked Barnes & Noble’s nook as their No. 2 gadget of the year. Top 10 Fiction1. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel2. The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter3. Swimming by Nicola Keegan4. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins5. Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower6. Jeff in Venice, Death […]
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More Picks for Best of 2009
The latest lists come from the Boston Globe (which goes for 12 novels and 8 works of nonfiction), and the Christian Science Monitor, which adds their top nonfiction books: WOLF HALL, By Hilary MantelTHE COLLECTOR OF WORLDS, By Iliya TroyanovLAND OF MARVELS, By Barry UnsworthTHE IMMORTALS, By Amit ChaudhuriRED APRIL, By Santiago RoncaglioloTHIS IS HOW, By M.J. HylandLOVE AND SUMMER, By William TrevorLOOK AT THE BIRDIE, By Kurt VonnegutTHE COMPLETE STORIES OF J.G. BALLARD, By J.G. BallardTOO MUCH HAPPINESS, By Alice MunroTHE IGNORANCE OF BLOOD, By Robert WilsonTHE LONG FALL, By Walter Mosley Fiction TRUE COMPASS, By Edward M. KennedyLAST […]
BN Review Editors' Picks
Barnes & Noble’s online Review magazine–which has commissioned a lot of quality reviewing this year–lists their top 10 fiction and 20 nonfiction picks: FictionThe Anthologist, by Nicholson BakerWolf Hall, by Hilary MantelFinch, by Jeff VandermeerThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia DavisWhite Is for Witching, by Helen OyeyemiAsterios Polyp, by David MazzucchelliBlame, by Michelle HunevenFlying, by Eric KraftEvery Man Dies Alone, by Hans FalladaBrothers, by Yu Hua Click through for the nonfiction
More Best of Lists: LAT's Top 25s
Their fiction list includes three collections of poetry: FictionThe Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Anthologist by Nicholson BakerThe Book of Genesis Illustrated” by R. CrumbAsterios Polyp by David MazzuchelliBoth Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile MeloyThe City & The City by China MievilleThe Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia DavisEverything Matters! by Ron Currie Jr.The Financial Lives of the Poets: A Novel by Jess WalterInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonIt’s Beginning to Hurt by James LasdunLark & Termite by Jayne Anne PhillipsLove and Summer: A Novel by William TrevorLove in Infant Monkeys by Lydia MilletThe […]
NYT Book Review's Top 10, Plus CSM Fiction Picks and Amazon's Consensus Mash-Up
Take three Michiko Kakutani picks, two Janet Maslin favorites (Richard Holmes made PW’s top 10 as well), and none from Dwight Garner’s list (or the National Book Awards, or Amazon’s 10 Best, or…) and you have the NYT Book Review’s ten best of the year: FictionBOTH WAYS IS THE ONLY WAY I WANT IT, By Maile MeloyCHRONIC CITY, By Jonathan LethemA GATE AT THE STAIRS, By Lorrie Moore [K]HALF BROKE HORSES: A True-Life Novel, By Jeannette WallsA SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN, By Kate Walbert NonfictionTHE AGE OF WONDER: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, By […]