Sunday, December 21, 2014

Melinda's Top 10 Best Books of 2014

My list consists of what I have read in the past year.  The list includes Non-Fiction as well as Fiction and covers an international group of writers.  In alphabetical order:

A Constellation of Vital Importance - set in worn torn Chechnya by Anthony Marra

Americana - by Nigerian author C. Adichie

A Tale for the Time Being - by Canadian author Ruth Ozeki

Levels of Life - Non-Fiction by British author Julian Barnes

On Such a Full Sea - by Korean author Chang-rae Kee

Suspicion Nation - Non-Fiction by American Lisa Bloom

The Days of Abandonment - by Italian author Elena Ferrante

The Life of an Unknown Man - by Russian author Andrei Makine

The Sound of Things Falling - by Colombian author Juan Vasquez

Times Present and Times Past - by Irish author Deidre Madden

I also recommend:

The Rose that Grew from Concrete - a collection of poetry by Tupac Shakur

The Sunflower an autobiography by Austrian writer Simon Wiesenthal & collection of essays by others on the subject of the possibilities & limits of forgiveness

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