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 Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo (Most Anticipated)
- The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach (The Gay Question: Death in Venice, By Nightfall, and The Art of Fielding)
- The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka (2011 National Book Award Finalists Announced)
- The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje (The Sea and the Mirror: Reflections and Refractions from a Voyage by Ship in Michael Ondaatje’s The Cat’s Table)
- Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes by William Kennedy (William Kennedy’s Long Dry Spell Ends with Chango’s Beads and Two-Toned Shoes)
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King (Most Anticipated)
- The Free World by David Bezmozgis (The Price of the Dream: David Bezmozgis’s The Free World, The Millions Interview: David Bezmozgis)
- Ghost Lights by Lydia Millet (Most Anticipated)
- Gryphon by Charles Baxter (Most Anticipated)
- House of Holes by Nicholson Baker (Ham Steaks and Manstarch: Nicholson Baker Returns to the Sex Beat)
- The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta (Most Anticipated)
- The London Train by Tessa Hadley (Most Anticipated)
- Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks (Porn, Lies, and Videotape: On Russell Banks’ Lost Memory of Skin)
- The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Write ‘The Marriage Plot’, Wanting it Bad: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides)
- A Moment in the Sun by John Sayles (Robert Birnbaum in Conversation with John Sayles)
- My New American Life by Francine Prose (Albania the Beautiful: Francine Prose’s My New American Life)
- 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (A Novelist Unmoored from Himself: Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84, Reading 1Q84: The Case for Fiction in a Busy Life)
- The Pale King by David Foster Wallace (The Burden of Meaningfulness: David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King)
- Parallel Stories by Peter Nadas (Most Anticipated)
- Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman (Most Anticipated)
- The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (The Favorite Takes Home the Booker)
- Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta (Rock ‘n Roll Malaise: Dana Spiotta’s Stone Arabia)
- The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst (The Impermanence of Memory: Alan Hollinghurst’s The Stranger’s Child, The Millions Interview: Alan Hollinghurst Answers his Critics)
- Swamplandia! by Karen Russell (The Millions Interview: Karen Russell)
- Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson (The Millions Interview: Eleanor Henderson)
- The Tiger’s Wife by Téa Obreht (The Stories We Tell Ourselves: Téa Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife)
- The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips (Most Anticipated)
- Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (Most Anticipated)
