John's votes on the list Best Books of 2014

Listopia > John's votes on the list Best Books of 2014 - The Critics' Picks (57 Books)

1	All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 2,085,997 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Lila (Gilead, #3) by Marilynne Robinson 3.95 avg rating — 36,785 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 16,140 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Redeployment by Phil Klay (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 25,389 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James 3.89 avg rating — 40,079 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters 3.46 avg rating — 84,848 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu 3.61 avg rating — 4,987 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 630,330 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Can't and Won't by Lydia Davis 3.57 avg rating — 5,475 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (Neapolitan Novels, #3) by Elena Ferrante 4.36 avg rating — 217,257 ratings John rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Fourth of July Creek by Smith Henderson 3.81 avg rating — 15,512 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan 4.04 avg rating — 66,034 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 655,880 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David by Lawrence Wright (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 3,334 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande 4.49 avg rating — 228,822 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 82,996 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 26,412 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	10:04 by Ben Lerner 3.78 avg rating — 17,399 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 66,151 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell 3.85 avg rating — 102,394 ratings John added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	How to Build a Girl (How to Build a Girl, #1) by Caitlin Moran 3.71 avg rating — 37,310 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Family Life by Akhil Sharma 3.54 avg rating — 10,147 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine 3.83 avg rating — 14,897 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Euphoria by Lily King (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 112,284 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride 3.48 avg rating — 14,609 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas by Anand Giridharadas (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,563 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss 3.94 avg rating — 12,207 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 29,428 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast 4.16 avg rating — 32,941 ratings John rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher 3.77 avg rating — 22,846 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (Southern Reach, #1-3) by Jeff Vandermeer (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 11,212 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion by Meghan Daum 3.74 avg rating — 5,522 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 30,507 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín 3.63 avg rating — 25,025 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Magician's Land (The Magicians, #3) by Lev Grossman (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 84,184 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Ballad of a Small Player by Lawrence Osborne (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 1,811 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber 3.66 avg rating — 33,554 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 31,316 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Revival by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 147,409 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt 3.70 avg rating — 9,088 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami 3.87 avg rating — 212,206 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	In the Light of What We Know by Zia Haider Rahman 3.65 avg rating — 4,780 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Thrown by Kerry Howley (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 708 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 202,373 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Blood Will Out by Walter Kirn 3.26 avg rating — 4,926 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Women in Clothes by Sheila Heti (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,263 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records by Amanda Petrusich (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 1,369 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh by John Lahr (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 962 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love by James Booth 3.73 avg rating — 174 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film by Glenn Kurtz 4.20 avg rating — 526 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 3,141 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan by Rick Perlstein 4.25 avg rating — 3,555 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion by Harold Holzer 4.01 avg rating — 236 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore 3.74 avg rating — 17,185 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 4,058 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford 4.25 avg rating — 2,036 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books by Azar Nafisi 3.78 avg rating — 1,664 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars