Best 2014 Novels To Get Your Book Club Talking

by Christos Tsiolkas

A tough, unsparing, closely observed and decidedly R-rated look at the many challenges and disappointments that life brings,... Full review >

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by Elizabeth Crook

Shelly reflects that “[s]he had never come anywhere near perfection, but had come close to a rightness with herself, through... Full review >

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by Judith Frank

Strong storytelling driven by emotionally complex characters: first-rate commercial fiction. Full review >

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by Siri Hustvedt

Blazing indeed: not just with Harry’s fury, but with agonizing compassion for all of wounded humanity. Full review >

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by Emily St. John Mandel

Mandel’s solid writing and magnetic narrative make for a strong combination in what should be a breakout novel. Full review >

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by Dinaw Mengestu

Weighted with sorrow and gravitas, another superb story by Mengestu, who is among the best novelists now at work in America. Full review >

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by Liane Moriarty

Deservedly popular Moriarty invigorates the tired social-issue formula of women’s fiction through wit, good humor, sharp... Full review >

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by Helen Oyeyemi

Dense with fully realized characters, startling images, original observations and revelatory truths, this masterpiece... Full review >

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by Marilynne Robinson

Fans of Robinson will wish the book were longer—and will surely look forward to the next. Full review >

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by Bill Roorbach

Lyrical, reserved and sometimes unsettling—and those are the happier moments. Another expertly delivered portrait of the... Full review >

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by C.J. Sansom

A rich and densely plotted story that will make Winston Churchill buffs admire the man even more. Full review >

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by Akhil Sharma

A moving story of displacement and of the inevitable adjustments one must make when life circumstances change. Full review >

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by Miriam Toews

“Sadness is what holds our bones in place,” Yoli thinks. Toews deepens our understanding of the pain found in Coleridge's... Full review >

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by Megan Abbott

Nothing should be taken at face value in this jealousy- and hormone-soaked world except that Abbott is certainly our very... Full review >

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by Sarah Waters

Waters keeps getting better, if that’s even possible after the sheer perfection of her earlier novels. Full review >

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by Tim Winton

Another exquisite portrait of troubled modern life from Winton, who solidifies his reputation as one of the best writers at... Full review >

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