I put together a few best book lists so you can copy and paste them and take them along with you to the bookstore. Hope you had a good year in reading, I can see by the lists that I missed way too many good reads and need to hit the books in the coming year!
PW TOP TEN
Cheever: A Life – Blake Bailey
Await Your Reply – Dan Chaon
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon – Neil Sheehan
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders –Daniyal Mueenuddin
Big Machine – Victor LaValle
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science – Richard Holmes
Stitches – David Small
Shop Class as Soulcraft – Matthew B. Crawford
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi – Geoff Dyer
Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon – David Grann
OPRAH’S TOP TEN
The Bolter – Frances Osborne
Dreaming in Hindi – Katherine Russell Rich
Little Bee – Chris Cleave
Blame – Michelle Huneven
Losing Mum and Pup – Christopher Buckley
Zeitoun – Dave Eggers
Say You’re One of Them – Uwem Akpan
Some Things That Meant the World to Me – Joshua Mohr
The Invisible Mountain – Carolina De Robertis
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness – Tracy Kidder
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It – Maile Meloy
Chronic City – Jonathan Lethem
A Gate at the Stairs – Lorrie Moore
Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel – Jeannette Walls
A Short History of Women – Kate Walbert
BARNES & NOBLE
The Anthologist – Nicholson Baker
Wolf Hall – Hilary Mantel
Finch – Jeff Vandermeer
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis – Lydia Davis
White Is for Witching – Helen Oyeyemi
Asterios Polyp – David Mazzucchelli
Blame – Michelle Huneven
Flying – Eric Kraft
Every Man Dies Alone – Hans Fallada
Brothers – Yu Hua
LA TIMES
The Angel’s Game – Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Anthologist – Nicholson Baker
The Book of Genesis Illustrated – R. Crumb
Asterios Polyp – David Mazzuchelli
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It – Maile Meloy
POPULAR BOOK CLUB BOOKS IN 09
Sarah’s Key – Tatiana de Rosnay
The Help – Kathryn Stockett
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout
The Next Thing on My List: A Novel – Jill Smolinski
Firefly Lane – Kristin Hannah
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations . . . One School at a Time – Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
The Shadow of the Wind – Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel – Jamie Ford
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Thanks Lilli… I’m going to pass this on to a couple of blog friends who love to read.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Thanks for sharing!
Ah, I have not been keeping up with my reading lately…have a stack of books waiting for me before the year is done and I am just not sure that is going to happen.
So for now, no more new books for me 😦
Oh dear, I need to get reading. Although many of these are on my shelves or on my wish list I have only read one, Stitches.
I know Stacy, I’ve usually read more books that show up on these lists too, not a good reading year for me for some reason.
Cute pic Lilli! I had 7 books from the library that I took back and hadn’t read any of them!
It’s on iStock, I’ve sold one so far, I make a good out-of-focus model;-)
i love these end of the year book lists. it’s always fun to see books i’ve already read and have a handy resource for the library or bookshop. thanks!! missing though, I think are two books I loved which came out this year – atwood’s the flood and kingsolver’s the lacuna. really delighted to see local talent dan chaon – love both await your reply and his earlier novel you remind me of me
for me it’s been a good year of reading. i soon am taking a long train ride and have wolf hall checked out for the trip! I love train and plane trips specifically for the time provided of uninterrupted reading!
may 2010 be a good year of reading for you!
I loved The Bolter too, it’s one of my faves this year!
PS: don’t miss the giveaway on my blog!
Wow! Where have I been, lol. I like to read and yet I haven’t read one book on these lists. I’ll have to look for some of them 🙂
There are so many amazing books that I need to read! Thank you for sharing!! 🙂