Paul's Best Reads - 2013

[Paul]

Better almost too late than never.  Here are my best reads for 2013, out of 68 total.

 

Literary Fiction
New Finnish Grammar by Diego Marani. The utterly lost man seeks notice.
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa. Forgetful math professor.
Ravelstein by Saul Bellow. Rambling, interesting fictional biography.
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler. Allegorical novel of the horrors of Stalin's Show Trials.

Short Story
The Lost Decade by F. Scott Fitzgerald (short story). Excellent.
Brief Loves That Live Forever by Andrei Makine. Vignettes of Soviet life, vividly done.
Akhnilo (short story) from Dusk and Other Stories by James Salter. Prize-winning stories.

Espionage
Asset by Jonathan Orvin. Excellent espionage story.

Sci-fi
World War Z by Max Brooks. The World-Wide Zombie War. Fabulous!

Scholarly for lay reader.
The Cambridge Guide to Thomas Pynchon. Excellent. Informative. Clearly written.
General Relativity from A to B by Robert Geroch. Fabulous! Just Fabulous!.

Edited December 29, 2013 by Paul

[Athena]

I'm glad you had a good reading year !