Best non-fiction: The White Darkness by David Grann. Technically, this was the only non-fiction I read this year, but it doesn't diminish the fact that he can make walking over miles of snow and ice interesting.
Best non-genre fiction: Transcription by Kate Atkinson. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this one (I'm not fond of spy type stories), but I should never doubt Kate Atkinson.
Overall Best: Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury. I never get tired of this book.
Overall Worst: Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling). I liked the previous books in this series, but I hated this book. Someone needed an editor.
1. Alasdair Gray, Lanark
2. Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
3. Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer
4. John Burnside, Ashland and Vine
5. Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
6. Ödön von Horváth,Youth Without God
7. Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray
8. Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation
9. Volker Kutscher, Babylon Berlin
10. Jeff VanderMeer, Authority
11. Jeff VanderMeer, Acceptance
12. Ali Smith, How to be Both
13. Donald E. Westlake, Somebody Owes Me Money
14. Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (repeat)
15. Bram Stoker, Dracula (repeat)
16. James Kelman, A Chancer
17. John Burnside, The Devil's Footprints
18. Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None
19. Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine (repeat)
20. George Orwell, Animal Farm
21. Robert Galbraith, Lethal White
22. Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins
23. Kate Atkinson, Transcription - Read this book.
24. Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden
25. John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids
26. Kate Atkinson, Human Croquet
27. David Mitchell, Slade House
28. Jeff VanderMeer, Borne
29. Jeffrey Eugenides, Fresh Complaint
30. Ian Rankin, Black and Blue
31. Alex Garland, The Beach
32. David Grann, The White Darkness
33. Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds
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ReplyDeleteI read Annhiliation this year as well. I’m still having trouble wrapping my mind around it.
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