Best 100 Books List for 2013
Amazon has released their 100 Best of Books List for 2013.
As an avid reader, I love Best of Books List. I always come across books I have never heard of before, but after reading an excerpt, description and reviews, become determined to read. This is a great resource if you are looking for a future book club book or one for yourself.
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Amazon 100 Book List
1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
3. Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
4. Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson
5. Pilgrim’s Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia
6. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson
7. Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders
8. The Son by Phillip Meyer
9. A House in the Sky: A Memoir by Amanda Lindhout
10. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
11. Who Owns the Future? by Jaron Lanier
12. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
13. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
14. The Sound of Things Falling: A Novel by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
15. The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel by Helene Wecker
16. The Woman Who Lost Her Soul by Bob Shachochis
17. Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
18. The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Neal Gaiman
19. Allegiant (Divergent Series) by Veronica Roth
20. The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer
21. The Woman Upstairs by Claire Messud
22. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg
23. One Summer: America 1927 by Bill Bryson
24. The Luminaries: A Novel by Eleanor Catton
25. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin
26. Joyland (Hard Case Crime) by Stephen King
27. The Signature of All Things: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert
28. The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks by Amy Stewart
29. Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton
30. Anything That Moves: Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture by Dana Goodyear
31. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris
32. The Circle by Dave Eggers
33. Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm by Monte Reel
34. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach
35. Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II by Mitchell Zuckoff
36. The Maid’s Version: A Novel by Daniel Woodrell
37. All That Is by James Salter
38. After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story by Michael Hainey
39. Burial Rites: A Novel by Hannah Kent
40. Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories by Karen Russell
41. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
42. Coming Clean: A Memoir by Kimberly Rae Miller
43. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
44. The Good Lord Bird: A Novel by James McBride
45. Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan
46. The Rosie Project: A Novel by Graeme Simsion
47. The English Girl: A Novel (Gabriel Allon) by Daniel Silva
48. Help for the Haunted: A Novel by John Searles
49. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena: A Novel by Anthony Marra
50. The Mushroom Hunters: On the Trail of an Underground America by Langdon Cook
51. Wise Men: A Novel by Stuart Nadler
52. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman
53. The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko
54. Local Souls by Allan Gurganus
55. Fiend: A Novel by Peter Stenson
56. Bobcat and Other Stories by Rebecca Lee
57. A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story by Qais Akbar Omar
58. Manresa: An Edible Reflection by David Kinch
59. Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe by Tim Leong
60. Babayaga: A Novel by Toby Barlow
61. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
62. Nilsson: The Life of a Singer-Songwriter by Alyn Shipton
63. TransAtlantic: A Novel by Colum McCann
64. A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert “Believe It or Not!” Ripley by Neal Thompson
65. MaddAddam: A Novel by Margaret Atwood
66. Doctor Sleep: A Novel by Stephen King
67. Remodelista by Julie Carlson
68. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II by Denise Kiernan
69. Tartine Book No. 3: Modern Ancient Classic Whole by Chad Robertson
70. My Notorious Life: A Novel by Kate Manning
71. Marble Season by Gilbert Hernandez
72. Night Film: A Novel by Marisha Pessl
73. Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove by Ben Greenman
74. The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
75. Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football by Rich Cohen
76. Schroder: A Novel by Amity Gaige
77. NOS4A2: A Novel by Joe Hill
78. The Night Guest: A Novel by Fiona McFarlane
79. Alex: The Commandant Camille Verhoeven Trilogy by Pierre Lemaître
80. The Property by Rutu Modan
81. Smoke and Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen by Edward Lee
82. The Execution of Noa P. Singleton: A Novel by Elizabeth L. Silver
83. Detroit: An American Autopsy by Charlie LeDuff
84. The Silent Wife: A Novel by A. S. A. Harrison
85. Red Moon: A Novel by Benjamin Percy
86. Provence, 1970: M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child, James Beard, and the Reinvention of American Taste by Luke Barr
87. Wheelmen: Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever by Reed Albergotti
88. Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Sami Tamimi
89. Stay Up With Me by Tom Barbash
90. The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman
91. Parasite (Parasitology) by Mira Grant
92. My Education by Susan Choi
93. We Need New Names: A Novel Hardcover by NoViolet Bulawayo
94. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
95. The Shining Girls: A Novel by Lauren Beukes
96. Floating City: A Rogue Sociologist Lost and Found in New York’s Underground Economy by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh
97. The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith
98. Benediction by Kent Haruf
99. The Flower Recipe Book by Jill Rizzo
100. The Day the Crayons Quit by Oliver Jeffers
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