Friday, 27 December 2013

My Best Reads of 2013

My 2013 top ten reads, in no particular order, chosen for enjoyment as much as literary merit are:
 


Flight Behaviour - Barbara Kingsolver

Island Songs – Alex Wheatle

A Virtual Love - Andrew Blackman

On Holloway Road - Andrew Blackman

The Best of Everything – Rona Jaffe

Infinite Sky – C.J. Flood

Bring Up the Bodies – Hilary Mantel

Honour – Elif Shafak

The Road to Urbino – Roma Tearne

The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared – Jonas Jonasson







3 comments:

Wendy's Writing said...

Thanks, Lindsay. Am always on the look out for recommendations.

Joanna said...

Thanks, Lindsay. This is really interesting. Like Wendy, I'm always keen to have new ideas. x

Andrew Blackman said...

Very kind of you to name both of my books, Lindsay! I'm really glad you enjoyed them.

Some interesting choices on the rest of the list too. I liked Island Songs as well, and can recommend a few of Wheatle's other books if you haven't read them. East of Acre Lane is my favourite, but I also enjoyed his latest one, Brenton Brown. I've been meaning to read The Road to Urbino for a while now, so I'll take your recommendation as my cue :-)