Category: Best Books of 2010s
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (2013) Burial Rites is based on the true story of Agnes Magnusdottier, the last person to be executed in Iceland, in 1830. The story depicts Agnes’s last weeks when a farming family is forced to take…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Quick Takes of 2019 Novels
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. These are shorter reviews of good reads published in 2019. The Institute by Stephen King (2019) Solid King entertainment. True to form, once I was hooked I couldn’t put it down. King gives his characters heart in a way that so…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Body Lies by Jo Baker
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Body Lies by Jo Baker (2019) From its opening, when a young woman is sexually assaulted by a stranger on the street, this story has a subtle but growing sense of menace and dread. That one event starts a chain…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Poison Thread by Laura Purcell
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Poison Thread by Laura Purcell (2018) The original British title of this old-fashioned horror tale is The Corset, which I think is much more fitting than The Poison Thread. Not only does a corset feature prominently in the story, but…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Foe by Iain Reid
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Foe by Iain Reid (2018) Foe has a claustrophobic setting, an old farmhouse out in the middle of unending canola fields, and it has only three primary characters: Junior, the narrator; his wife, Hen; and a visitor, Terrance. Terrance shows up…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Hunger by Alma Katsu
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Hunger by Alma Katsu (2018) Certain historical events have always held a grisly fascination, and the infamous Donner Party is certainly one of those. Fictionalized accounts cast different members of the party as heroes and villains because we don’t really…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay (2018) If countless horror movies haven’t convinced you that it’s never a good idea to vacation in a remote cabin in the woods, this book surely will. Married couple Eric…
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Favorite Books of the 2010s: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. Red Clocks by Leni Zumas (2018) This takes place in an alternate United States (or in the near future?), when a Personhood Amendment to the Constitution has made abortion and in vitro fertilization illegal. It alternates among four women, who are…
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