My Favorite Reading in 2014

These are in no particular order because each one is special in its own way.  To see a few of my comments, visit my Goodreads page: www.goodreads.com 

Literary Fiction

1.       All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

2.       Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson

3.       Nora Webster by Colm Toibin

4.       The Paying Guests by Sara Waters

5.       A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra

6.       Girls in Their Married Bliss by Edna O’Connor

Mysteries

7.       The Son by Jon Nesbo

8.       Police by Jon Nesbo

Short Stories

9.       Dear Life by Alice Munro

Memoir and Biography

10.   Country Girl by Edna O’Brien

11.   Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher:  The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan