{"id":6931,"date":"2015-01-21T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T04:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2015-01-23T12:33:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T20:33:12","slug":"the-books-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=6931","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>So many books, so little time\u2014part eight.<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the eighth year we\u2019ve done this.<\/p>\n

My favorite books of 2014\u00a0were probably One More Thing<\/em> <\/a>by B.J. Novak, The Interestings<\/em><\/a> by Meg Wolitzer, and My Latest Grievance<\/em><\/a> by Eleanor Lipman. All are\u00a0fiction but otherwise they have very little in common other than sharp writing.\u00a0
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Anyway, I\u2019d love to hear about other people\u2019s favorite books this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2014 Book List<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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title<\/td>\nauthor last<\/td>\nauthor first<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whiskey Beach<\/td>\nRoberts<\/td>\nNora<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Girl Who Stopped Swimming<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\nJoshilyn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don’t Go<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Playdate With Death<\/td>\nWaldman<\/td>\nAyelet<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elsewhere<\/td>\nRusso<\/td>\nRichard<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is the Story of a Happy Marriage<\/td>\nPatchett<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What My Mother Gave Me: 31 Women on the Gifts That Mattered<\/td>\nBenedict<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fast Women<\/td>\nCrusie<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eleanor & Park<\/td>\nRowell<\/td>\nRainbow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winners<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Big Burn<\/td>\nEgan<\/td>\nTimothy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Until the End of Time<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Tenth of December<\/td>\nSaunders<\/td>\nGeorge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Replacement Wife<\/td>\nGouge<\/td>\nEllen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Divergent<\/td>\nRoth<\/td>\nVeronica<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Island<\/td>\nHildenbrand<\/td>\nElin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Latest Grievance<\/td>\nLipman<\/td>\nElinor<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
That Summer<\/td>\nDessen<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Magician’s Assistant<\/td>\nPatchett<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girlchild<\/td>\nHassman<\/td>\nTupelo<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer at Willow Lake<\/td>\nWiggs<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irresistable Forces<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\nBrenda<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Patron Saint of Liars<\/td>\nPatchett<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Sixes<\/td>\nWhite<\/td>\nKate<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Empty Mansions<\/td>\nDedman<\/td>\nBill and Paul Clark Newell Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Good Luck of Right Now<\/td>\nQuick<\/td>\nMatthew<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Smart One<\/td>\nClose<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tempting Fate<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slim to None<\/td>\nGardiner<\/td>\nJenny<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Madwoman in the Volvo<\/td>\nTsing Loh<\/td>\nSandra<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee<\/td>\nMiller<\/td>\nRebecca<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Gap Year<\/td>\nBird<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tempted<\/td>\nCast<\/td>\nP.C. & Kristen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodbye for Now<\/td>\nFrankel<\/td>\nLaurie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crow Planet<\/td>\nHaupt<\/td>\nLyanda Lynn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diary of a Mad Fat Girl<\/td>\nMcAfee<\/td>\nStephanie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Day I Ate Whatever I wanted<\/td>\nBerg<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cinderella Ate My Daughter<\/td>\nOrenstein<\/td>\nPeggy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Renaissance Soul<\/td>\nLobenstine<\/td>\nMargaret<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Big Short<\/td>\nLewis<\/td>\nMichael<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One More Thing<\/td>\nNovak<\/td>\nB.J.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Miguel<\/td>\nBoyle<\/td>\nT.C.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Signature of All Things<\/td>\nGilbert<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wedding Night<\/td>\nKinsella<\/td>\nSophie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Interestings<\/td>\nWolitzer<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Traveling With Pomegranites<\/td>\nMonk Kidd<\/td>\nSue & Ann Kidd Taylor<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Foolish Consistency<\/td>\nWeir<\/td>\nAndrea<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tiny Beautiful Things<\/td>\nStrayed<\/td>\nCheryl<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Truth and Beauty<\/td>\nPatchett<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Can Date Boys When You’re Forty<\/td>\nBarry<\/td>\nDave<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/td>\nAlexie<\/td>\nSherman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
When I Found You<\/td>\nRyan Hyde<\/td>\nCatherine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve Still Got It \u2026 I Just Can’t Remember Where I Put It<\/td>\nMcCarthy<\/td>\nJenna<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Famous Baby<\/td>\nRizzo<\/td>\nKaren<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blossom Street Brides<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prospect Park West<\/td>\nSohn<\/td>\nAmy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
And the Heart Says Whatever<\/td>\nGould<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Chaperone<\/td>\nMoriarty<\/td>\nLaura<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Astonish Me<\/td>\nShipstead<\/td>\nMaggie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Reading Life<\/td>\nConroy<\/td>\nPat<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Backseat Saints<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\nJoshilyn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Apple Orchard<\/td>\nWiggs<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Picture of Dorian Gray<\/td>\nWilde<\/td>\nOscar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Wonder Bread Summer<\/td>\nBlau<\/td>\nJessica Anya<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summerland<\/td>\nHildenbrand<\/td>\nElin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Buddha in the Attic<\/td>\nOtsuka<\/td>\nJulie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gratitude & Trust<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\nTracey & Paul Williams<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Here and Now<\/td>\nBrashears<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The One and Only<\/td>\nGriffin<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100 Names<\/td>\nAhern<\/td>\nCecilia<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Love Letters<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Girls of August<\/td>\nSiddons<\/td>\nAnne Rivers<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beautiful Ruins<\/td>\nWalter<\/td>\nJess<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Engagements<\/td>\nSullivan<\/td>\nJ. Courtney<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vintage<\/td>\nGloss<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Not That Kind of Girl<\/td>\nDunham<\/td>\nLena<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Half Life<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Before We Kiss<\/td>\nMallery<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Choose Your Own Autobiography<\/td>\nHarris<\/td>\nNeil Patrick<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Should Have Known<\/td>\nKorelitz<\/td>\nJean Hanff<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Save the Date<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Click to read The Books of 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read The Books of 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2010<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Click to read\u00a0The Books of 2007<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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