Not many great books this year, but there were a few. My favorite is Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain. Number two is Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, about climbing Mount Everest.
I also enjoyed the collection of short stories by Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others. The titular story, “Story of Your Life,” was made into the science fiction movie Arrival, released in 2016.
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James M. Cain
Mildred Pierce (1941) - Ted Chiang† Stories of Your Life and Others (2002)
- Gretchen Bakke† The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future (2016)
- Ursula K. Le Guin A Wizard of Earthsea (1968)
- Jon Krakauer Into Thin Air (1997)
- James S. A. Corey† Leviathon Wakes (2011)
- Elmore Leonard† Maximum Bob (1991)
- Lauren Beukes† Zoo city (2010)
- Alice Feeney† Sometimes I Lie (2017)
- A. J. Finn† The Woman in the Window (2018)
- Eric H. Cline† 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (2014)
- Michael Lewis Moneyball (2003)
- Devin Murphy† The Boat Runner (2017)
| † | First time to read author |
