Know I can't do it in the sense of coming up with a trio of books (fiction or otherwise) published in the last year (unlike the films thread on ILE). Come up with a top three later tho'.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 24 July 2014 09:44 (twelve years ago)
Top three that I've read this year, in a couple of genres.
Fiction:
Peter Weiss - The Aesthetics of ResistanceMalina - Ingeborg BachmannCeline - North
Poetry:
Trakl - Selected PoemsBrecht - Complete PoemsPetrarch - Songs & Sonnets
Non-fiction (only one thing but so good its noted):
Marina Tsvetaeva - A Captive Spirit: Selected Prose
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 24 July 2014 09:55 (twelve years ago)
Robin Wood - Hollywood from Vietnam to ReaganMorrissey - AutobiographyDonal Ryan - The Spinning Heart
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Thursday, 24 July 2014 10:41 (twelve years ago)
i can do exactly 3 of new this year that I've read, but all are recommended
Rivka Galchen - American InnovationsAdam Begley - UpdikeEvan Osnos - Age of Ambition
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 24 July 2014 12:01 (twelve years ago)
New this year:
Andres Neuman - Talking to OurselvesKarl Ove Knausgaard - My Struggle, Book 3Leslie Jamison - The Empathy Exams
New to me:
Fiction:Imogen Binnie - NevadaJean Rhys - Good Morning, MidnightJames Baldwin - Giovanni's Room
Non-fiction and autofiction:James Baldwin - Notes of a Native SonDavid Wojnarowicz - Close to the Knives: A Memoir of DisintegrationEileen Myles - Inferno
― one way street, Thursday, 24 July 2014 15:34 (twelve years ago)