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:
- Arcadia by Lauren Groff (a Staff Pick, Paradise Regained: An Interview with Lauren Groff)
- At Last by Edward St Aubyn (Most Anticipated, Illicit Pleasures: On Edward St Aubyn’s At Last)
- Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (Everything is Political: An Interview with Ben Fountain, National Book Award Finalist)
- Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Booker Prize Winner)
- Building Stories by Chris Ware (Infographics of Despair: Chris Ware’s Building Stories)
- By Blood by Ellen Ullman (Who We Are Now: On Ellen Ullman’s By Blood)
- Canada by Richard Ford (Across the Border: Richard Ford’s Canada)
- City of Bohane by Kevin Barry (The Mad Music of Kevin Barry’s City of Bohane)
- Fobbit by David Abrams (Post-40 Bloomer: David Abrams Taking As Long As It Takes)
- The Forgetting Tree by Tatjana Soli (Going Back to the Page: An Interview with Tatjana Soli, A Millions contributor)
- Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru (Plot, Rhyme, and Conspiracy: Hari Kunzru Colludes with His Readers, Fractured World: Hari Kunzru’s Gods Without Men)
- HHhH by Laurent Binet (Exclusive: The Missing Pages of Laurent Binet’s HHhH)
- A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers (National Book Award Finalist)
- Home by Toni Morrison (Where the Heart Is: Toni Morrison’s Home)
- Hope: A Tragedy by Shalom Auslander (So, Nu?: Shalom Auslander’s Hope: A Tragedy)
- How Should a Person Be? by Sheila Heti (How Should a Writer Be? An Interview with Sheila Heti)
- NW by Zadie Smith (Lamenting the Modern: On Zadie Smith’s NW, Exclusive: The First Lines of Zadie Smith’s NW)
- The Round House by Louise Erdrich (National Book Award Winner)
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (National Book Award Winner)
- Shout Her Lovely Name by Natalie Serber (Mothers and Daughters: On Natalie Serber’s Shout Her Lovely Name)
- Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (The Lies We Tell: Ian McEwan’s Sweet Tooth)
- Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (Booker Shortlisted)
- Telegraph Avenue by Michael Chabon (Golden Oldie: Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue, Exclusive: The First Lines of Michael Chabon’s Telegraph Avenue)
- This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz (The ‘You’ In Yunior: Junot Díaz’s This Is How You Lose Her, A Brief Wondrous Interview with Junot Díaz)
- Watergate by Thomas Mallon (I Am Not A Character: On Thomas Mallon’s Watergate)
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander (Speaking of Anne Frank…)
- The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers (National Book Award Finalist)
