It’s that time of year, like most serious readers, we get to half way through the year and we start to reflect on what we liked most in the past six months of reading. I thought I might as well do a post about what I thought was great, but I always struggling with posts like this. Do you pick the best books you’ve read in the past six months or the best books released in that period? So normally I do a bit of both; a top five list of each to make a top ten list (which seems the norm). When I started doing top five lists on this blog, I picked the number five because I thought I hadn’t read enough books to necessitate a top ten list, but it turns out maybe it was just easier, so I stuck with it.
Top Five Reads Released In the First Half Of 2013
5. TransAtlantic by Colum McCann
4. The Love Song to Jonny Valentine by Teddy Wayne
3. Tenth of December by George Saunders
2. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
1. The Son by Phillipp Meyer
Top Five Reads Of the First Half Of 2013
5. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
4. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
3. The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu
2. The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
1. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
With honourable mentions to Black Vodka, Gentlemen & Players, Main Street, The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Seating Arrangements. Also some great rereads include Lolita, The Great Gatsby and Heart of Darkness (which I really got a lot out the second time around).
Now it’s your turn to let me know of your favourite books, the new releases and the older books. It doesn’t matter; just what you discovered and loved.
