NYTBR 100 Notable Books of 2013

The New York Times Book Review just came out with
their 100 Notable Books of 2013 for fiction, poetry and
nonfiction. If you're looking for book gifts this year this is a great place to start. There's probably something for everyone on your list. Below is a sample from the list.
For a complete list go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/08/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2013.html

Fiction

The Dinner - Herman Koch - In this clever, dark Dutch
novel, two couples dine out under the cloud of a
terrible crime committed by their teenage sons. (Fic)

The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt - The "Goldfinch" of the title
of Tartt's smartly written Dickensian novel is a painting
smuggled through the early years of a boy's life - his prize, his guilt and his burden. (Fic)

The Lowland - Jumpa Lahiri - After his radical brother is killed, an Indian scientist brings his widow to join him in
America in Lahiri's efficiently written novel. (Fic)

Someone - Alice McDermott - Members of a Texas clan grope their way from the ordeals of the frontier to celebrity
culture's absurdities in this masterly multigenerational saga. (Fic)

Tenth of December - George Saunders - Saunder's relentless humor and beatific generosity of spirit keep his highly
moral tales from succumbing to life's darker aspects. (Fic)

Nonfiction

Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism - Doris Kearns Goodwin -
A dynamic history of the muckraking press and the first decade of the Progressive era as told through the intense
friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. (973.91 GO 2013)

Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 - Rick Atkinson - Tells the dramatic story of the titanic
battle for Western Europe from D-Day to the thrust to the heart of the Third Reich. (940.54 AT)

Country Girl: a Memoir - Edna O'Brien - O'Brien reflects on a fraught and distinguished life, from the restraints of her Irish childhood to literary stardom. (921 O'BR)

Men We Reaped: a Memoir - Jesmyn Ward - A raw, beautiful elegy for Ward's brother and four male friends, who died young in Mississippi between 2000-2004. (921 WAR)

Riddle of the Labyrinth: the Quest to Crack an Ancient Code - Margalit Fox - Focusing on an unheralded but heroic Brooklyn classics professor, Fox turns the decipherment of Linear B into a detective story. (487 FO)