Best Books of 2014

Celebrate the New Year with one of the "Best Books of 2014!"

New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2014:

FICTION

• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
• Euphoria by Lily King
• Family Life by Akhil Sharma
• Redeployment by Phil Klay

NONFICTION 

• Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
• On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss
• Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life by Hermione Lee
• The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
• Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David by Lawrence Wright

 Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2014:

 FICTION

• A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
• Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
• The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

NONFICTION

• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
• Berlin: Portrait of a City Through the Centuries by Rory MacLean
• Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist
• The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
• Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr 

See also Goodreads Choice Awards (selected by readers), Publishers Weekly, and Slate for other "top" lists.

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Happy New Year!