1. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. Hands down the most thought provoking book (fiction or nonfiction) of the year.
2. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. The first of the Russians that my book club read. Love.
3. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. There really aren't words for how much I loved this book. Favorite fiction read of the year.
4. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. One of the most beautiful, honest memoirs I've ever read.
5. The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Children's Lit combined with gorgeous, gorgeous pencil drawing illustrations. So enjoyable.
6. Compassion by Henri Nouwen. Most influential book in my thought life. How I want to live.
7. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano. Bolano fascinates me (his Amulet made last year's list).
8. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Long, but so worth it, especially when reading with a book club.
10. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Not so much for its literary value, but for the perfect morning of escapism I had in Central Park this summer.
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The Year of Magical Thinking was truly gorgeous and heart wrenching. It made me terrified at the idea of lost love but also made me feel powerful and inspired by such a strong woman - and writer.
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