2013
was a successful year for Bibliodyssey with a blog posted every week. From the
48 titles reviewed the following are picked out as books of my year and are
recommended (full review in bracketed month).
General
Fiction:
When Will
There Be Good News - Kate Atkinson (Aug)
Black
Swan Green - David Mitchell (Sep)
Pure -
Andrew Miller (Jul)
Care
of Wooden Floors - Will Wiles (Jul)
Books
for serious readers:
Headlong
- Michael Frayn (Mar)
Love
in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Sep)
The
Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson (May)
Heart
of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (Oct)
Plus a
top quality trilogy:
The
Blackhouse (Mar); The Lewis Man (Oct); The Chessmen (Dec) - Peter May
Best
sport book:
Seabiscuit
- Laura Hillenbrand (Jan)
Nonfiction:
The
Scramble for Africa - Thomas Pakenham (Dec)
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