This year’s New York Times Notable Books of the Year list 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:
- The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker (a most anticipated book)
- Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli (my review, Millions Top Ten book)
- Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon (a most anticipated book, The Millions Interview with Dan Chaon, Best of the Millennium Longlister)
- Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem (a most anticipated book, The Kakutani Two-Step)
- Do Not Deny Me by Jean Thompson (Jean Thompson on Edward P. Jones)
- Don’t Cry by Mary Gaitskill (Best of the Millennium Longlister)
- Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower (Wells Tower’s Year in Reading, a most anticipated book, my review, Best of the Millennium Longlister, Millions Top Ten book)
- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (a most anticipated book, Edan’s review)
- Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers (a most anticipated book)
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Manil Suri’s Year in Reading selection, National Book Award Finalist)
- Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips (National Book Award Finalist)
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (a most anticipated book, my review, National Book Award Winner)
- The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (Booker Shortlister)
- Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Lion, The Witch and Ishiguro)
- Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead (a most anticipated book)
- The Song Is You by Arthur Phillips (Anne’s review, Arthur Phillips’ Year in Reading, Arthur Phillips on Kelly Link)
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Booker Prize Winner)
- Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (a most anticipated book)
