Best Books of 2005

[verbminx]

It being nigh-on December, the Best Books of 2005 lists are starting to come out. They're posting them at Bookslut as they find them, and I'm going to compile 'em right here.

Book that seems to pop up often or most (but that wasn't one of the Booker nominees) is Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black... it's on my "to read" list but quite a lot is ahead of it. Maybe I should bump it higher on the list. Also want to read Barnes's Arthur and George.

The New York Times Notables

London Times

The Guardian *

Christian Science Monitor


* note annoying pretentiousness of Chuck Palahniuk contribution. I Am Jack's Complete Lack of Surprise.

Comments

[brocade-city.livejournal.com]

Hilary Mantel's memoir, "Ghost of a Chance," (that sounds like the right title but maybe it's not) that came out a couple years ago seemed pretty good, but I never bought it. I keep turning down opportunities to buy Flud, too. She always strikes me as interesting if overrated.

[verbminx.livejournal.com]

I keep hearing great things about Mantel but haven't gotten around to reading her yet, which I could say about many writers.

One of these days.................

(Also keep meaning to read Ali Smith's Hotel World.)