This year’s New York Times Notable Books of the Year is out. At 100 titles, the list is more of a catalog of the noteworthy than a distinction. Sticking with the fiction exclusively, it appears that we touched upon a few of these books as well:
- Beautiful Children by Charles Bock (Garth’s review, Beautiful Children Goes Free, Beautiful Children: The Numbers)
- A Better Angel by Chris Adrien (a most anticipated book)
- The Boat by Nam Le (Edan’s interview with Le)
- Breath by Tim Winton (a most anticipated book)
- Diary of a Bad Year by J.M. Coetzee (Mark Sarvas’ pick for a Year in Reading)
- His Illegal Self by Peter Carey (Garth’s review)
- Home by Marilynne Robinson (a most anticipated book, a National Book Award finalist)
- Indignation by Philip Roth (a most anticipated book)
- A Mercy by Toni Morrison (a most anticipated book)
- My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru (Garth’s Inter Alia #9: The Aquarian Age is All the Rage)
- Netherland by Joseph O’Neill (Garth’s review, Kevin’s review)
- Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff (a most anticipated book)
- Telex from Cuba by Rachel Kushner (a National Book Award finalist)
- 2666 by Roberto Bolaño (Why Bolaño Matters, Arriving 658 Years Ahead of Schedule…, Bolaño’s Big Book Makes Landfall)
- Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri (a most anticipated book)
- When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson (a most anticipated book)
- The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike (a most anticipated book)
