As ever, I'm honored to have California Review of Books as a home for my literary criticism. Once again, they have compiled a top books of the year list, which, of course, is a semi-ridiculous quest--what lucky person gets to read enough of the books out any year to make that decision?
That said, never-as-read-as-I should-be-me made some choices, as two of my favs are listed at the link to the full slate.
