Books in 2014

Bolds are favorites. Titles followed by genre.

January:
1. A Day in the Life of Hannah, Brooke Love. childrens
2. Claudius the God, Robert Graves. historical fiction
3. Love Wins, Rob Bell. nonfiction, religious
4. Feminine Appeal, Carolyn Mahaney. nonfiction, religious
5. Divergent, Veronica Roth. teen, sci-fi
5. The Nick Adams Stories, Ernest Hemingway. short stories
6. The Way We Live Now, Anthony Trollope. classic, british

February:
7. Caddy’s World, Hilary McKay. teen, modern
8. The Moon and More, Sarah Dessen. teen, modern
9. About a Boy, Nick Hornby. british, modern, comedy
10. Insurgent, Veronica Roth. teen, sci-fi

March:
11. Guards! Guards!, Terry Pratchett. fantasy, comedy
12. Good Boys and Dead Girls, Mary Gordon. nonfiction, lit crit
13. Alleigent, Veronica Roth. teen, sci-fi
14. Little Big, John Crowley. fantasy, modern
15. We Don’t Need Another Wave, Melody Berger. nonfiction, feminism
16. Sweet Tooth, Ian McEwan. historical fiction, modern

April:

17. Tenth of December, George Saunders. short stories, lit fic
18. Witches Abroad, Terry Pratchett. fantasy, comedy
19. Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy. modern, lit fic, americana
20. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz. lit fic, modern

May:
21. How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accent, Julia Alverez. short stories, american
22. This Is How You Lose Her, Junot Diaz. short stories, lit fic
23. One Year in Coal Harbor, Polly Horvath. childrens
24. By Nightfall, Michael Cunningham. modern, fiction
25. The Walking Dead: Days Gone By, Robert Kirkman. graphic novel, sci-fi
26. Swamplandia!, Karen Russell. lit fic, fantasy, americana
27. He Knew He Was Right, Anthony Trollope. classic, british
28. Drown, Junot Diaz. short stories, lit fic
29. Willful Creatures, Aimee Bender. short stories, modern, fantasy

June:
30. Bird of America, Lorrie Moore. short stories, modern
31. Mrs. Hemingway, Naomi Wood. historical fiction, biographical
32. In Persuasion Nation, George Saunders. short stories, lit crit, fantasy
33. Brotherhood, AB Westrick. historical fiction, americana
34. Saga: Volume 1, Brian K Vaughan. graphic novel
35. The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith. crime, mystery, british

July:
36. Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work, Jason Brown. short stories, americana
37. Small Wars, Sadie Jones. historical fiction, modern
38. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway. classic
39. I Don't Know What You Know Me From, Judy Greer. nonfiction, comedy
40. Dear Life: Stories, Alice Munro. stories

August:
41. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez. classic, colombian, fantasy
42. A Long Way from Verona, Jane Gardam. british, modern
43. One More Thing, BJ Novak. stories, lit
44. Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel García Márquez. classic, colombian, romance

September:
45. My Heart Lies South, Elizabeth Borton de Treviño. nonfiction, autobiography, culture
46. A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore. novel, modern
47. The Sound of Things Falling, Juan Gabriel Vásquez. colombian, mystery
48. Snow Country, Yasunari Kawabata. romance, japanese
49. When I Was Puerto Rican, Esmeralda Santiago. memoir, culture
50. Marine Park, Mark Chiusano. modern, memoir, stories, culture

October:
51. Lady of the Forest, Jennifer Robinson. historical fiction, lore, romance
52. Woman in White, Wilkie Collins. classic, romance
53. The Amado Woman, Désirée Zamorano. modern, americana, culture
54. The Painted Veil, W Someset Maugham. british, classic
55. Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco. italian, classic
56. What We See When We Read, Peter Mendelsund. nonfiction, lit crit
57. Laughing Boy, Oliver La Farge. americana, classic
58. The Woman Destroyed, Simone De Beauvoir. modern, classic, feminism
59. Queen Emma and the Vikings, Harriet O’Brien. nonfiction, history, british

November:
60. Cinder, Marissa Meyer. fantasy, sci-fi, teen
61. American Afterlife, Kat Sweeney. nonfiction, culture
62. Lila, Marilynn Robinson. modern, lit fic, americana
63. Last Friends, Jane Gardam. british, modern
64. Outlander, Diana Gabaldon. historical fiction, romance, scifi

December:
65. Dubliners, James Joyce. classic, stories
66. Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You, Alice Munro. stories, modern
67. Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, John H McWhorter. nonfiction, history, linguistics
68. To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf. classic, british
69. Yes Please, Amy Poehler. nonfiction, comedy
70. The Monk Downstairs, Tim Farrington. modern, romance, religion
71. The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri. culture, lit fic
72. Open Veins of Latin American, Eduardo Galeano. nonfiction, hisory
73. Dragonfly in Amber, Diana Gabaldon. historical, romance, scifi
74. The 100, Kass Morgan. teen, scifi
75. Drift, Caroline Bergvall. poetry, history