As always, this is a list of my favorites among the books I've read this year, not books published this year. In fact, as always, it's a mix of new, old and very old books. In the face of some health struggles that arose as I entered my seventh decade, a good book has become even more important to getting me through my days. Here are my year's best:
Nonfiction
Assata: An Autobiography, Assata Shakur
Fiction (in no special order)
The People in the Trees, Hanya Yanagihara
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Mohsin Hamid
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Walter Mosley
Mo Said She Was Quirky, James Kelman
I Am an Executioner: Love Stories, Rajesh Parameswaran
The Wall, William Sutcliffe
NW, Zadie Smith
Flight Behavior, Barbara Kingsolver
Freedom Road, Howard Fast
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis
A Naked Singularity, Sergio de la Pava
