This weekend is the third anniversary of this blog. As I have done the first two years, I have put together a list of what I consider the ten best books I reviewed this year. To get the list down to ten books, I had to make some tough decisions. For example, if I picked more than one book by the same author as a Best Book during the year, I will only put one of them on the list, and which one I pick may be fairly arbitrary. They are not listed in the order of preference but in the order I reviewed them. This year’s list is unusual for me, because it contains one book of poetry (The World’s Wife) and one nonfiction book (Giving Up the Ghost).
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham
- The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
- Stoner by John Williams
- We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
- The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- Maddaddam by Margaret Atwood
- The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
- Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel
What? Me Read? 
Happy Anniversary! And yes, I agree with Luminaries! A truly wonderful book!
If I had to pick a favorite, that would be it.
So far, it’s my second favorite Booker Prize winner!
Oh, yeah? What’s your first favorite? I haven’t made a practice of trying to read them until just recently, so I may have missed it.
I think my favorite is probably Wolf Hall (and Bringing Up the Bodies, but I just count that as a continuation of Wolf Hall). A friend asked me recently which was my favorite, so I’ve had some time to think about it 🙂
Oh yes, Wolf Hall was in my 10 Best Books list, I think two years ago and Bring Up the Bodies last year, I am pretty sure. Wolf Hall is my favorite! The third one is coming out soon, I believe.
I hope so! Btw…the Wolf Hall mini-series aired its first episode 2 days ago on BBC Two…if you’re interested!
Oh, dear, I guess I’ll have to wait. I’m in the states and just get BBC America. Maybe I can find it from Netflix in a while. How exciting! I hate to have to wait!
You can download it off the internet 😛
Great reading list! Congrats on hitting three years!
Thanks!
Happy anniversary! And very interesting to see your list. Several of them are on my TR list as well. Best wishes for lots more good reading this year 🙂
You have some great reading ahead of you, then. Thanks!
Congratulations on 3 years, Kay! The only book I have read on your list is Maddaddam, but it’s a good one! I am happy to see it here. Also, there are some on your list that I just haven’t read yet. I can’t wait to get to them!
It will be worth it, I think. Thanks for the congrats!
Congratulations. I hope there will be lots more great books and book reviews to come. I haven’t read a single book on your list, but they are all on my TBR pile. 🙂
Hah! Sounds like a great pile!
Congratulations on your 3rd blogiversary! And nice list! I hope to finally read Stoner this year
Thanks! I hope you like Stoner.
Congratulations on another year of reviews!
Thanks, Deb!