The Top 57 from the Best Books of 2021 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2021, Akwaeke Emezi, Amor Towles, Anthony Doerr, Anthony Veasna So, Ashley C. Ford, book list, Brandon Hobson, Brandon Taylor, Brian Broome, Casey Mcquiston, Chang-Rae Lee, Claire Vaye Watkins, Clint Smith, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, Damon Galgut, Dantiel W. Moniz, Dawn Turner, Dawnie Walton, Elizabeth Kolbert, Elizabeth Strout, Francis Spufford, Gabriela Garcia, Gary Shteyngart, Hanif Abdurraqib, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Imbolo Mbue, Jason Mott, Joan Didion, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Jonathan Franzen, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Katie Kitamura, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kirstin Quade, Lauren Groff, Lauren Oyler, Louise Erdrich, Maggie Shipstead, Melissa Broder, Michelle Zauner, Nadia Owusu, Patricia Engel, Patricia Lockwood, Patrick Radden Keefe, Qian Julie Wang, Rachel Cusk, Richard Powers, Rivka Galchen, Robert Jones Jr, S. Cosby, Sally Rooney, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Tiya Miles, Torrey Peters, Tove Ditlevsen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Zakiya Dalila Harris December 20, 2021

Presenting the 2021 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2021-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 57 books.

(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 45 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2021 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). Continue reading →

Six Degrees of Separation – from The Bass Rock to Così

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Anke Stelling, Claire Fuller, Colson Whitehead, David Nicholls, Evie Wyld, Louis Nowra, opera, Pulitzer Prize, Six Degrees of Separation, Stella Prize, theatre, William Shakespeare, Women's Prize for Fiction June 5, 2021

It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading →

The Top 50 from the Best Books of 2019 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2019, Adrienne Brodeur, Ali Smith, Ann Patchett, Ben Lerner, Bernardine Evaristo, book list, Bryan Washington, Candice Carty-Williams, Carmen Machado, Casey Cep, Casey Mcquiston, Chanel Miller, Colson Whitehead, David Wallace-Wells, Deborah Levy, Elizabeth Gilbert, Elizabeth McCracken, Elizabeth Strout, Esme Wang, Helen Oyeyemi, Helen Phillips, Jacqueline Woodson, Jami Attenberg, Jason Greene, Jennifer Weiner, Jenny Odell, Jia Tolentino, Jodi Kantor, Julia Phillips, Karen Russell, Kevin Barry, Kevin Wilson, Kristen Arnett, Laila Lalami, Lauren Wilkinson, Leigh Bardugo, Lisa Taddeo, Lori Gottlieb, Lucy Ellmann, Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Max Porter, Mira Jacob, Miriam Toews, Namwali Serpell, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Ocean Vuong, Olga Tokarczuk, Patrick Keefe, Rion Scott, Robert Macfarlane, Ronan Farrow, Saeed Jones, Sally Rooney, Sarah Broom, Sarah Moss, Stephen King, Susan Choi, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Tamsyn Muir, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Tea Obreht, Tony Chiang, Tressie Cottom, Valeria Luiselli, Yangsze Choo, Yoko Ogawa, Zadie Smith December 16, 2019

This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 56 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2019 – A List of Lists. Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Alice Pung, AS Patrić, author talk, Booker Prize, Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Colson Whitehead, Elizabeth Kostova, film, gin, Hannah Kent, Heather Rose, Jenny Valentish, Joyce Carol Oates, Kate Cole-Adams, Kate Grenville, Kate Holden, Laura Becherer, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Megan Abbott, Melbourne Writers Festival, Mohsin Hamid, movie, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Tracy Chevalier, Virginia Woolf, Zadie Smith, Zelda Fitzgerald July 27, 2017

01. Are we excited about the Man Booker 2017 longlist? I’ve read two (Exit West – didn’t like it much at all; Swing Time – loved some bits, other bits not so much) and have one more in the reading pile (The Underground Railroad). I’m intrigued by 4 3 2 1 and Lincoln in the Bardo. Tell me who you think will win and I’ll endeavour to read those before it’s announced so I can feel smug about being ahead of the curve 🙂 Continue reading →

The Top 36 from the Best Books of 2016 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2016, Adam Haslett, Affinity Konar, Alexander Chee, Amor Towles, Ann Patchett, Annie Proulx, book list, Brit Bennett, C. E. Morgan, Claire Louise Bennett, Colson Whitehead, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, David Szalay, Deborah Levy, Don DeLillo, Elizabeth Strout, Emma Cline, Garth Greenwell, Han Kang, Helen Oyeyemi, Jacqueline Woodson, Jade Chang, Jonathan Safran Foer, Julian Barnes, Karan Mahajan, Louise Erdrich, Madeleine Thien, Maria Semple, Matthew Desmond, Michael Chabon, Nathan Hill, Paul Kalanithi, Paulette Jiles, Stephanie Danler, Zadie Smith December 7, 2016

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This is my community service to book bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on all of the lists I listed on Best Books of 2016 – A List of Lists. So before I have to write the word ‘list’ again, here it is, the 2016 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2016-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 36 books. Continue reading →