Best of the Year
Posted in M John Harrison, Orhan Pamuk, Other fiction, Science Fiction at 12:00 on 22 December 2013
It’s traditional at this season of the year to list what has most impressed over the past twelve or so months. Except I’ve only done it once before. Twelve months ago.
Once again I find ten books stood out over the year.
In order of reading they were:-
Snow by Orhan Pamuk
Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon
Empty Space by M John Harrison
New Finnish Grammar by Diego Marani
Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
Spin by Nina Allan
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa
Girl Reading by Katie Ward
Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky
4 are translations, 4 are SF*, 3 are by women. Make of that what you will.
*If you count the last section of Girl Reading, that would be 4 and a bit.
Tags: Chris Beckett, Dark Eden, Diego Marani, Empty Space, Fire in the Blood, Gentlemen of the Road, Girl Reading, Ian McDonald, Irène Némirovsky, Katie Ward, M John Harrison, Mario Vargas Llosa, Michael Chabon, New Finnish Grammar, Nina Allan, Orhan Pamuk, Planesrunner, Snow, Spin, The Feast of the Goat
