What book that released for the first time in 2013 do you think was “The Book of the Year”? Since we know you may have trouble selecting just one, you can name up to three.
Lee Cobb
THE LOWLAND by Jhumpa Lahiri
Michelle
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
THE GHOST BRIDE by Yangsze Choo
Bev Golden
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
BLOOD SONG: A Raven's Shadow Novel, by Anthony Ryan
Kathryn McNamara
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
Julie Mackey
WE ARE WATER by Wally Lamb
Gloria Fabijanic
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
Jean M
ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger
Roe Postilio
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
Lisa
This year, there wasn't one book that really "wowed" me over. But a couple of standouts were THE GOOD NURSE: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder, by Charles Graeber, and THE CUCKOO'S CALLING by J.K. Rowling (had more of an impact when I thought it was a debut novel by a new author vs. a publishing gimmick).
Peggy Niles
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
THE AVIATOR'S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin
Marcia Sailer
THE HIGHWAY by C.J. Box
KILLING JESUS by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
Elizabeth Petrovich
ONCE WE WERE BROTHERS by Ronald H. Balson
THE PARIS ARCHITECT by Charles Belfoure
THE OTHER TYPIST by Suzanne Rendell
Fran
THE BURGESS BOYS by Elizabeth Strout
LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson
Diane
BURIAL RITES by Hannah Kent
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
Anne Marie Koschnick
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny
ONE SUMMER: America 1927, by Bill Bryson
Patty wright
NEW YEAR ISLAND by Paul Draker. It's 709-page thriller. Amazing book.
Patty Worley
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny
GUESTS ON EARTH by Lee Smith
Phyllis Goodman
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI by Helene Wecker
Jean Kruse
PARIS: THE NOVEL by Edward Rutherfurd
LONGBOURN by Jo Baker
Linda Zarett
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
MY MOTHER'S SECRET: A Novel Based on a True Holocaust Story, by J.L. Witterick
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
Linda M. Williams
LIGHT OF THE WORLD: A Dave Robicheaux Novel, by James Lee Burke - all his books are good, but this is above and beyond!!!
GHOST MAN by Robert Hobbs
IF YOU WERE HERE by Alafair Burke - the first time I had read any of her books, loved it!
BJ Simon
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny
Gale Schexnayder Moch
SUSPECT by Robert Crais
UNSEEN by Karin Slaughter
ANY DUCHESS WILL DO by Tessa Dare
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NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Helen Wright
THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Liane Moriarty
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
Jan Zahrly
ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger
TELL THE WOLVES I'M HOME by Carol Rifka Brunt
Suzanne carter
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown
Kathryn Hemstead
A SPEAR OF SUMMER GRASS by Deanna Raybourn
BENEDICTION by Kent Haruf
ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger
Anne Stanley Hoffman
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown
Natasha Rose
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East, by Scott Anderson
THE BULLY PULPIT: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Annette Schmidt
THE AVIATOR'S WIFE by Melanie Benjamin
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny
Katherine Stephens
A HUNDRED SUMMERS by Beatriz Williams
ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO'S LIBRARY by Chris Grabenstein
OUT OF THE EASY by Ruta Sepetys
Norene Wittlin
IDENTICAL by Scott Turow
Lynn Jarrett
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
Lonnie Elliott
ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Kline
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman
Marion Webb
THE AFTERMATH by Rhidian Brook
Selma Slossburg
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
Terri
WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD by Susan Crandall
Tricia Douglas
THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Liane Moriarty
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
techeditor
FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, by Sherri Fink, is the best nonfiction I've read in years and the best book of 2013. But two books of fiction were right up there this year: THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS by Elizabeth Gilbert and A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA by Anthony Marra. I normally prefer thrillers, but these three books were so good, no thriller came close.
Cherry
SUSPECT by Robert Crais
THE CUCKOO'S CALLING by J.K. Rowling, writing as Robert Galbraith
THE PERFUME COLLECTOR by Kathleen Tessaro
Sharon Lumb
THE DINNER by Herman Koch
Pamela Castle
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny
Michele Kaminski
FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, by Sheri Fink
PAIN, PARTIES, WORK: Sylvia Plath in New York, Summer 1953, by Elizabeth Winder
GOING CLEAR: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, by Lawrence Wright
Jerry Arnken
THE LUDWIG CONSPIRACY by Oliver Potzsch
Brenda K.
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
PARIS: THE NOVEL by Edward Rutherfurd
AN OPEN HEART by Harry Kraus
Debra Rehn
THE DAUGHTERS OF MARS by Thomas Keneally
THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS by Elizabeth Gilbert
THE INFATUATIONS by Javier Marias
Mary Shaw
THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Liane Moriarty
THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS by M.L. Stedman
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
Deb Muzik
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital, by Sheri Fink
LONGBOURN by Jo Baker
kathy wright
WE ARE WATER by Wally Lamb
DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King
THE DINNER by Herman Koch
Nancy Nemec
RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA by Kimberly McCreight
ORDINARY GRACE by William Kent Krueger
Linda Troftgruben
LONGBOURN by Jo Baker
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny
Debbie
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt - an amazing book!
Valerie Giambona
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
PALISADES PARK by Alan Brennert
THE PROMISE OF STARDUST by Priscille Sibley
jean maxwell
THE TILTED WORLD by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly
Barbara Clark-Greene
THE RATHBONES by Janice Clark
THE SON by Philipp Meyer
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
Sonia Zaffiris
AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED by Khaled Hosseini
MOM & ME & MOM by Maya Angelou
THE LAST RUNAWAY by Tracy Chevalier
Sandy
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
ELEANOR & PARK by Rainbow Rowell
THE HUSBAND'S SECRET by Lianne Moriarty
Robert L. Cusick
KILLING JESUS by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
SYCAMORE ROW by John Grisham
CROSS MY HEART by James Patterson
Nancy Smith
POLICE: A Harry Hole Novel, by Jo Nesbo
Barb March
MY NOTORIOUS LIFE by Kate Manning
Diane Porter
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, by Louise Penny
Kathy Cole
THE LOWLAND by Jhumpa Lahiri
sandi ward
THE OBITUARY WRITER by Ann Hood
VICIOUS by V. E. Schwab
ASYLUM by Madeleine Roux
michelle
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
Linda Reck
BURIAL RITES by Hannah Kent
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson
Mary Adgate
ME BEFORE YOU by Jojo Moyes
Susan Spencer
ORPHAN TRAIN by Christina Baker Kline
READ IT AND WEEP: A Library Lover's Mystery, by Jenn McKinlay
Bridget L
SISTERLAND by Curtis Sittenfeld
Linda Johnson
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt
Lauren Breakstone
THE ROSIE PROJECT by Graeme Simsion
Kara Shamy
THE LUMINARIES by Eleanor Catton
Darlene
LIGHT OF THE WORLD: A Dave Robicheaux Novel, by James Lee Burke
NIGHT FILM by Marisha Pessl
Harriet Castrataro
SOMEONE by Alice McDermott
OLEANDER GIRL by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Sophia Aniston
DO NO HARM by Danielle Singleton
