Saturday, June 30, 2018

Melinda's Mindful Reads - Top 10 Picks of Literary Finds; Fiction, Non-F, Short Stories, Poetry

The following books are my top ten favorite reads since the new year.  The books, arranged in alphabetical order by author are by nat'l & int'l authors.  The list consists of fiction, non-fiction, memoir, short story collections and poetry.

Top 10 Picks:

1.   Paul Auster's 4,3, 2,1 - Book Prize nominated Four trajectories for the same young man's life.

2.   Nathan Englander's short story collection WHAT WE TALK about when WE TALK ABOUT ANNE FRANK nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

3.   T S Eliot's phenomenal poetry collection THE FOUR QUARTETs

4.   Jason Felch & Ralph Framolino's CHASING APHRODITE Non-Fiction account of outrageous alchemy in the art world.

5.   Lisa Hadley's ASYMMETRY - an amazing debut novel reminiscent of Philip Roth.

6.   Moshni Hamid's "Exist West" nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

7.   Tayari Jones' AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE

8.   George Saunders' Nat'l Book Award winning LINCOLN at the BARDO

9.   David Sedaris' humorous & bittersweet memoirs CALYPSO.

10.  Madeleine Thien's  Booker Prize nominated DO not SAY WE HAVE NOTHING - historic fiction of Chinese Cultural Revolution.

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