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Best Books of 2014

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Best Books of 2014 Honors by Book - Fiction Ranking (updated dec 6 2014)

04/20/2015: All the Light We Cannot See wins the 2015 Pulizer Prize for Fiction
03/12/2015: Lila by Marilynne Robinson wins the 2014 NBCC Award for Fiction
01/19/2015: 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists for Fiction
12/04/2014: TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books of 2014
12/04/2014: New York Times 10 Best Books of 2014
11/19/2014: Redeployment wins the 2014 National Book Award for Fiction
11/10/2014: Amazon Top 10 Literature & Fiction of 2014
10/06/2014: 2014 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction
10/14/2014: The Narrow Road to the Deep North wins the 2014 Man Booker Prize
09/09/2014: 2014 Man Booker Prize Shortlist


Top Fiction


A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
598 reviews (704p) October 2, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #28
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Top 10 #6
Michiko Kakutani's Favorite Books of 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Library Journal Best Books 2014: The Top Ten
Man Booker Prize Winner
TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #9
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist
Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2014
Economist Books of the Year: Fiction
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Euphoria by Lily King
1512 reviews (256p) June 3, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #10
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #16
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #8
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
28875 reviews (544p) May 6, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #2
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #2
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
National Book Award Finalist
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner
ALA Notable Books - Fiction
Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2014: Fiction
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Redeployment by Phil Klay
1034 reviews (304p) March 4, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #3
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #5
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2014
Michiko Kakutani's Favorite Books of 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
National Book Award Winner
TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #4
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The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
1679 reviews (640p) September 2, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #8
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #14
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Library Journal Best Books 2014: The Top Ten
TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #2
ALA Notable Books - Fiction
Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2014: Fiction
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Lila by Marilynne Robinson
1177 reviews (272p) October 7, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #87
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
Michiko Kakutani's Favorite Books of 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
National Book Award Finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Winner
Economist Books of the Year: Fiction
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Other Notable Fiction


On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
246 reviews (368p) January 7, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #84
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist
ALA Notable Books - Fiction
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An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
422 reviews (320p) February 4, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #92
National Book Award Finalist
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist
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Bark: Stories by Lorrie Moore
157 reviews (208p) February 25, 2014
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Top 10 #8
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
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All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu
163 reviews (272p) March 4, 2014
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
Michiko Kakutani's Favorite Books of 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
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Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi
385 reviews (320p) March 6, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #86
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist
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Family Life by Akhil Sharma
241 reviews (224p) April 7, 2014
New York Times 10 Best Books of 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Library Journal Best Books 2014: More of the Best
Economist Books of the Year: Fiction
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Fourth Of July Creek by Smith Henderson
534 reviews (480p) May 27, 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2014
Economist Books of the Year: Fiction
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
1823 reviews (352p) August 12, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #93
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Man Booker Prize Winner
ALA Notable Books - Fiction
Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2014
Economist Books of the Year: Fiction
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
1085 reviews (400p) August 12, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #67
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
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We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
1319 reviews (640p) August 19, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #32
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
4160 reviews (352p) September 9, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #6
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #10
National Book Award Finalist
TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #7
ALA Notable Books - Fiction
Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2014
PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
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A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride
110 reviews (227p) September 9, 2014
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Library Journal Best Books 2014: More of the Best
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Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood
316 reviews (288p) September 16, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #56
Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2014: Fiction
Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2014: Fiction
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The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
2024 reviews (576p) September 16, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #7
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #12
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Hudson Booksellers Best Books of 2014: Fiction
Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2014
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Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín
578 reviews (384p) October 7, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #34
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
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The Book Of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
713 reviews (512p) October 28, 2014
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
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Let Me Be Frank With You: A Frank Bascombe Book by Richard Ford
322 reviews (256p) November 4, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #72
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist
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The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
116 reviews (240p) November 4, 2014
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #9
Amazon Best Books of 2014: Top 100 Editors' Picks #15
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #10
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