Family Life by Akhil Sharma

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Best of 2014

December is typically a  time to look back and assess the highlights of the past year.  In keeping with this tradition, various magazines/newspapers/websites take out a list of the Best Books of 2014.  I too will follow suit but with a difference.  Below, I have included titles that have been the most popular books of the year, in that they have been featured in more than two lists.  Some of the sites I have looked at are: The Guardian, The Book Beast, Oprah, Time, The Independent.

*How to Be Both by Ali Smith (probably the most popular book)

*The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (a serious contender to Ali Smith's book in terms of popularity)

*Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyami

*Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

*Us by David Nichols

*All the Light We Can See by Anthony Doerr

*Family Life by Akhil Sharma

*Lila:A Novel by Marilynne Robinson

*Redeployment by Philip Klay

*The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

*The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison