The National Book Critics Circle has posted their list of “good reads” for spring. These are book critics – people who spend their professional lives reading and who at least cast an eye on most of what’s new and interesting out there. So when they post a list, it’s usually worth taking a look.
Here’s what they’ve enjoyed reading this season:
Fiction
Richard Price, LUSH LIFE
Jhumpa Lahiri, UNACCUSTOMED EARTH
Steven Millhauser, DANGEROUS LAUGHTER
Charles Baxter, THE SOUL THIEF
Peter Carey, HIS ILLEGAL SELF
J. M. Coetzee, DIARY OF A BAD YEAR
James Collins, BEGINNNER’S GREEK
Brian Hall, FALL OF FROST
Roxana Robinson, COST
Owen Sheers, RESISTANCE
Nonfiction
1. Nicholson Baker, HUMAN SMOKE: THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR II, THE END OF CIVILIZATION
2. Drew Gilpin Faust, THIS REPUBLIC OF SUFFERING: DEATH AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
3. Mark Harris, PICTURES AT THE REVOLUTION: FIVE MOVIES AND THE BIRTH OF THE NEW HOLLYWOOD
4. Honor Moore, THE BISHOP’S DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR
5. Susan Jacoby, THE AGE OF AMERICAN UNREASON
