Reference Librarian, Ellen would like to pass on this alternative list of titles to our readers.
The staff at Time Magazine has come up with its annual list of "best" books, some of which are unusual titles. So, if you've read all the bestsellers, you may want to investigate some of their picks!
Fiction
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
The Financial Lives of the Poets - Jess Walter
Swimming - Nicola Keegan
Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned - Wells Tower
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi - Geoff Dyer
In Other rooms, Other Wonders - Daniyal Mueenuddin
Beat the Reaper - Josh Bazell
The Windup Girl - Paolo Bacigalupi
The Kindly Ones - Jonathan Littell
Non-Fiction
The Age of Wonder - Richard Holmes
D-day - Antony Beevor
Lit - Mary Karr
Changing My Mind - Zadie Smith
Lords of Finance - Liaquat Ahamed
Logicomix - Apostolos Doxiandis et al
Manhood for Amateurs - Michael Chabon
Strength in What Remains - Tracy Kidder
Cooking Dirty - Jason Sheehan
Cheever: a Life - Blake Bailey
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