The flood of 'best of the year'-lists has begun.
Among the more interesting ones are the personal recommendations from writers and critics (rather than the institutional ones, like The New York Times Book Review's ridiculous 100 notable books list, due out any day now ...). The Times Literary Supplement only reveals a small selection of their admirable collection online, but, for example, The Guardian has so many Writers pick the best books of 2014 that they apparently have to space it out over several pages and days -- this is just part one.
Elsewhere, the Financial Times offers a mix of celebrity- (by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Elena Ferrante, among others) and critic-picks in their extensive, multi-category Best books of 2014 selection.
In the Irish Times their 'Literary Correspondent' gets to do the honors, with Eileen Battersby's books of 2014 -- lots of fiction in translation (a lot of which hasn't been published in the US yet ...), and quite a few titles under review at the complete review.
Among the more interesting ones are the personal recommendations from writers and critics (rather than the institutional ones, like The New York Times Book Review's ridiculous 100 notable books list, due out any day now ...). The Times Literary Supplement only reveals a small selection of their admirable collection online, but, for example, The Guardian has so many Writers pick the best books of 2014 that they apparently have to space it out over several pages and days -- this is just part one.
Elsewhere, the Financial Times offers a mix of celebrity- (by Karl Ove Knausgaard and Elena Ferrante, among others) and critic-picks in their extensive, multi-category Best books of 2014 selection.
In the Irish Times their 'Literary Correspondent' gets to do the honors, with Eileen Battersby's books of 2014 -- lots of fiction in translation (a lot of which hasn't been published in the US yet ...), and quite a few titles under review at the complete review.