A few more international looks back at the year that was:
- El País now has their mejores libros del año 2012, which is always an interesting (and nicely presented) collection. Great to see Zbigniew Herbert's collected poetry at number two overall, and, for example, books by Thomas Bernhard and Svetislav Basara in the top five translated-fiction category.
What I also really like is that they list each critic's top ten (warning ! dreaded pdf format !), which gives a great picture of what of significance has been published in Spain in the last year.
- There's a bit of Indian insight in What we read in 2012, as 'Mint staffers and columnists pick the best book they read in the year gone by'.
- And more Indian insight, here at Rediff, purporting to show (in annoying slideshow fashion ...) The books India read in 2012.
- El País now has their mejores libros del año 2012, which is always an interesting (and nicely presented) collection. Great to see Zbigniew Herbert's collected poetry at number two overall, and, for example, books by Thomas Bernhard and Svetislav Basara in the top five translated-fiction category.
What I also really like is that they list each critic's top ten (warning ! dreaded pdf format !), which gives a great picture of what of significance has been published in Spain in the last year.
- There's a bit of Indian insight in What we read in 2012, as 'Mint staffers and columnists pick the best book they read in the year gone by'.
- And more Indian insight, here at Rediff, purporting to show (in annoying slideshow fashion ...) The books India read in 2012.