Another list I can get behind because, well, I created it. Or, prompted it. The Editors at LAist share their favorite books they read this year.
Mine is in the bunch and will be no surprise: Tom McCarthy's Remainder.
But: there were several lurking just behind and I want to make mention of the books that really got to me this year (even if they weren't published this year) for a range of reasons. In short, every one of these books has inspired me to continue writing fiction. I can't think of a better reason to admire them than that:
- The Interloper by Antoine Wilson
- Jamestown by Matthew Sharpe
- Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
- The Unforeseen by Christian Oster
- All Over by Roy Kesey
- Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name by Vendela Vida
- Distant Star by Roberto Bolaño
- Varieties of Disturbance by Lydia Davis
