The past two weeks The Spectator has been having contributors name their best and most overrated books of the year (see my previous mention), and now the New Statesman also gets a nice cast of "friends and contributors" to weigh in on their favorites of the year, in Books of the year: the essential NS reading list.
Always interesting to see what people come up with -- and these also include some older titles
Always interesting to see what people come up with -- and these also include some older titles