2013 Notable Books for Adults

Descripció
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2012 list.
1
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
de Susan Cain
11,572 membres
495 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, rretzler
2
The Orphan Master's Son
de Adam Johnson
3,943 membres
288 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
3
El Pelegrinatge insòlit de Harold Fry
de Rachel Joyce
5,307 membres
461 ressenyes
4
2 Members
KimarieBee, sturlington
4
The Round House
de Louise Erdrich
3,920 membres
220 ressenyes
4
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
5
Canadà
de Richard Ford
2,299 membres
135 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
6
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
de Katherine Boo
4,374 membres
292 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
7
This Is How You Lose Her
de Junot Díaz
2,907 membres
122 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
8
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
de Jeanette Winterson
2,101 membres
102 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
9
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
de Ben Fountain
1,725 membres
125 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
10
A Hologram for the King
de Dave Eggers
1,692 membres
70 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
11
Half Blood Blues
de Esi Edugyan
1,447 membres
85 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
12
Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story
de Jim Holt
1,135 membres
31 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
13
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe
de George Dyson
1,057 membres
33 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
14
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
de Timothy Egan
848 membres
42 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
15
One Last Thing Before I Go
de Jonathan Tropper
629 membres
40 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
16
Battleborn
de Claire Vaye Watkins
505 membres
46 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
17
Leonardo and the Last Supper
de Ross King
463 membres
6 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
18
The Headmaster's Wager
de Vincent Lam
366 membres
30 ressenyes
4
Member
sturlington
19
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
de Kristen Iversen
329 membres
27 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: Not at library
20
Stag's Leap: Poems
de Sharon Olds
339 membres
10 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
21
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
de Paul Thomas Murphy
259 membres
8 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
22
The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea
de Callum Roberts
173 membres
4 ressenyes
4.2
Member
sturlington
23
Some of My Best Friends Are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America
de Tanner Colby
134 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
sturlington
24
Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
de Paul Ingrassia
118 membres
2 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sturlington
25
Infern
de Dante Alighieri
23,864 membres
212 ressenyes
4.1
Member
sturlington
26
The Dog Stars
de Peter Heller
2,877 membres
221 ressenyes
3.9
Explicacions