As nominated by our writers, here are the books of 2014 we cant recommend highly enough…
Closing the final page on the very best books leaves you with a single urge: to share it.
With acclaimed adult authors now entering the fray, 2014 showed that YA is definitely here to stay.
You cant help but get swept up in the tale, and look forward to part two.
Carey managed to do just that.
By Kaci Ferrell
Jack Reacher, Alex Cross, Jason Bourne, Harry Hole.
Cross spends as much time on his supporting cast as he does his hero.
Wardell makes for a very memorable and ruthless adversary for Blake.
The author Cross has been compared to most is Lee Child.
2015 follow up,The Samaritan, cant come soon enough.
They are, however, finite, and thats where Anthony Horowitz comes in.
Hes a salve to bereft Doyle readers.
With this yearsMoriarty, he repeats the same impressive turn.
More than that, the action scenes are dare we say even more gripping than anything in the originals.
Doyle addicts need our fix.
The easy part might be breaking through; the harder part is capitalizing on that success.
He does so with the Sand Omnibus.
Sandpresents the world as cataclysm.
Humanity huddles in scavenged buildings, constantly buffeted by howling winds and omnipresent blowing sand.
In readingSilo, you’re able to witness his development as an author.
By Ron Hogan
Ashley Cordova is beautiful and dead.
Oh, youre not familiar with Cordova?
Scott McGrath, our narrator, does eventually find the solution…but only debatably solves the mystery.
By Holly Hogan (NB: This refers to the paperback edition.)
I happened across Michael PitresFives And Twenty Fivescompletely by accident.
Nate, the narrator, is part of a primitive male community living in The Valley Of The Rocks.
Its a lean, smart modern fable thats as grotesque as it is entertaining.
The characters are convincing and the prose is beautiful even in its darkest moments.
And, boy, does this get dark.
Aliya Whiteley seems to take joy in finding ever-imaginative ways to provoke the reader and it works splendidly.
I was provoked, shocked, disgusted, touched and, ultimately, I emerged feeling wiser.
A brilliant, haunting original.
