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 Ask by Sam Lipsyte (our profile of Lipsyte, a most anticipated book)
- Bound by Antonya Nelson (a most anticipated book)
- Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick (a most anticipated book)
- Freedom by Jonathan Franzen (our review, an all-female book club reads Freedom, taking down B.R. Myers’ take on Freedom, “Is Big Back?,” the Franzen cover of Time, a Millions Top Ten book, a most anticipated book)
- Fun With Problems by Robert Stone (our review, a most anticipated book)
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson (The Stieg Larsson takedown, a most anticipated book, a Millions Top Ten book)
- Great House by Nicole Krauss (National Book Award finalist, a most anticipated book)
- I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson (a most anticipated book)
- The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman (our review)
- The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer (“20 More Under 40,” a most anticipated book)
- The Long Song by Andrea Levy (Booker shortlister)
- The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli (Tatjana Soli’s writing at The Millions)
- Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes (“Is Big Back?“)
- Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr (our review, a most anticipated book)
- The Privileges by Jonathan Dee (The Millions interview)
- Room by Emma Donoghue (our review, Booker shortlister, a Millions Top Ten book)
- Selected Stories by William Trevor (a most anticipated book)
- Solar by Ian McEwan (a most anticipated book)
- Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart (our review, a most anticipated book, a Millions Top Ten book)
- The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee (a most anticipated book)
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell (a morning with David Mitchell, our review, a Millions Top Ten book, a most anticipated book)
- To the End of the Land by David Grossman (our review)
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (our profile of Jennifer Egan, our review, a Millions Top Ten book, a most anticipated book)
- What Becomes by A.L. Kennedy (a most anticipated book)
