2014 Reading List
In alphabetical order
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A
AFTER DARKNESS ~ Christine Piper **
AFTER I'M GONE ~ Laura Lippman **
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE ~ Anthony Doerr **
AMERICANAH ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ****
ANNIHILATION ~ Jeff Vandermeer x
AT NIGHT WE WALK IN CIRCLES ~ Daniel Alarcon **
B
THE BEES ~ Laline Paull x-
BETWEEN HERE AND THE YELLOW SEA ~ Nic Pizzolatto -
THE BLAZING WORLD ~ Siri Hustvedt x-
BLINDNESS ~ Jose Saramago **
BONE CLOCKS ~ David Mitchell ***
BOY, SNOW, BIRD ~ Helen Oyeyemi **
BROKEN MONSTERS ~ Lauren Beukes ***
BY NIGHT IN CHILE ~ Roberto Bolano x-
C
CALIFORNIA ~ Eden Lepucki ***
D
A DANCE WITH DRAGONS ~ George R. R. Martin ****
THE DINNER ~ Herman Koch ***
DINNER AT THE HOMESICK RESTAURANT ~ Anne Tyler **
E
EGG AND SPOON ~ Gregory Maguire ****
THE ENCHANTED ~ Rene Denfeld *****
EREBOS ~ Ursula Poznanski ***
EUPHORIA ~ Lily King ***
EVERY SECRET THING ~ Laura Lippman **
F
FAMILY LIFE ~ Akhil Sharma x
FOURTH OF JULY CREEK ~ Smith Henderson ****
THE FRACKING KING ~ James Browning x
FROG MUSIC ~ Emma Donoghue x
G
GALVESTON ~ Nic Pizzolatto ****
GHOSTWRITTEN ~ David Mitchell ****
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS ~ M. R. Carey ****
THE GOLDEN AGE ~ Joan London ****
THE GOOD PARENTS ~ Joan London ***
H
HALF A YELLOW SUN ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ****
HILL WILLIAM ~ Scott McClanahan **
HOW A MOTHER WEANED HER GIRL FROM FAIRY TALES ~ Kate Bernheimer x -
I
THE INTERESTINGS ~ Meg Wolitzer **
J
K
L
THE LEFTOVERS ~ Tom Perrotti ***
LIFE OR DEATH ~ Michael Robotham ***
LONG DIVISION ~ Kiese Laymon x-
LOST FOR WORDS ~ Edward St Aubyn **
THE LUMINARIES ~ Eleanor Catton *****
M
THE MARTIAN ~ Andy Weir ***
THE MAGICIANS ~ Lev Grossman x-
MERMAIDS IN PARADISE ~ Lydia Millett x-
N
THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH ~ Richard Flannagan ****
NEUROMANCER ~ William Gibson x
THE NEW FRONT PAGE ~ TIM DUNLOP ****
NORWEGIAN BY NIGHT ~ Derek B Miller **
O
P
THE PACIFIC WAR COMPANION ~ Daniel Marston (ed) **
THE PAYING GUESTS ~ Sarah Waters x
PERFIDIA ~ James Elroy x-
THE PEOPLE IN THE TREES ~ Hanya Yanagihara ****
THE PROFESSOR AND THE SIREN ~ Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lamedusa ***
Q
R
RED RISING ~ Pierce Brown x-
S
SATORI ~ Don Winslow ***
SCOOP ~ Evelyn Waugh **
THE SECRET PLACE ~ Tana French
SERENA ~ Ron Rush x
SHIBUMI ~ Trevanian ****
THE SON ~ Philipp Myer x
STATION ELEVEN ~ Emily St John Mandel *****
T
THIS IS THE WATER ~ Yannick Murphy x-
TOURIST SEASON ~ Carl Hiaasen ***
THE TURNER OF SILENCES ~ Mia Couto x
U
AN UNTAMED STATE ~ Roxane Gay ***
V
W
WE WERE LIARS ~ E. Lochart **
WINTER'S BONE ~ Daniel Woodrall ***
THE WITCH & OTHER TALES RETOLD ~ Jean Thompson **
THE WOLF IN WINTER ~ John Connolly ****
THE WONDERS ~ Paddy O'Reilly x
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