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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Books of the year: 2013
Here are my picks for the best books of 2013, fiction and nonfiction. These aren't the best books published this year, but rather the best I've read in the last twelvemonth. The winner in both categories is barely distinguished from the pack, and the runners up are all worthy of reading. Runners up appear in alphabetical order by their author's surname.Fiction:
Winner:Runners up:
- Xenophobia by Peter Cawdron
- The Racketeer by John Grisham
- Expatriates by James Wesley, Rawles
- The Rocket Company by Patrick J. G. Stiennon, David M. Hoerr, and Doug Birkholz.
- The Obligation by Steven Wolfe
Nonfiction:
Winner:Runners up:
- The Last Lion, Vol. 3 by William Manchester and Paul Reid
- Colossus edited by Jack B. Copeland
- Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
- The Battle of Bretton Woods by Benn Steil
- Going Clear by Lawrence Wright
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