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