Looking Back, Looking Forward

5 Jan

We love lists. Particularly lists of books. Here are some books that ASF staff read and loved this past year:

Atmospheric Disturbances, Rivka Galchen

Break It Down, Lydia Davis

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz

Coeur de Lion, Ariana Reines

How Fiction Works, James Wood

Lush Life, Richard Price

Netherland, Joseph O’Neill

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, Kate Summerscale

Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson

Here are some new works by our contributors we’re looking forward to digging into in 2009:

AM/PM, Amelia Gray

Best Online Writing 1996-2006, Kim Chinquee

Dear Husband, Joyce Carol Oates

Once the Shore, Paul Yoon

What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us, Laura van den Berg

The Wilding, Benjamin Percy

Add your picks for 2009 in the comments . . .

3 Responses to “Looking Back, Looking Forward”

  1. Sarah Wambold 15. Jan, 2009 at 4:42 pm #

    I know it came out in 2008, but I’m looking forward to finishing Roberto Bolano’s 2666 in 2009. So many narrators surrounding you from so many differeny places- it has been a wonderful read so far!

  2. Johannes Lichtman 29. Jan, 2009 at 5:02 pm #

    I can’t wait to read “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,” by Daniyal Mueddin, as well as Antonya Nelson’s new collection. Love me some short fiction.

  3. Rachel B Glaser 04. Feb, 2009 at 1:15 am #

    Log of the S.S., the Mrs. Ungentine by Stanley Crawford

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