Tag: Top 5

• Favorite reads of 2017

  At the end of each year, I round up my favorite five reads of the year–although not all of them were necessarily published this year. This year overall was a good year for reading. I discovered the Nocturnal Readers’ box, a monthly mystery box of horror and dark fiction, which although it contained some real…

  Shannon Turlington

  December 31, 2017

  Reading

  2017, Adam Johnson, Ben H Winters, Borne, Colson Whitehead, Dan Chaon, Ill Will, Jeff VanderMeer, LibraryThing, Nocturnal Reader’s Box, Pulitzer Prize, The Orphan Master’s Son, The Underground Railroad, Top 5, Underground Airlines

• Best Reads of 2016

  An annual tradition with me is choosing my top 5 reads of the year–not necessarily books that were published during the year, but books that I read and stayed with me, that stood out above the crowd. This year’s roundup is a varied assortment, but I highly recommend them all. 1. A Head Full of…

  Shannon Turlington

  January 9, 2017

  Reading

  A Head Full of Ghosts, Best of 2016, City of Mirrors, Descent, Isabel Allende, Justin Cronin, Paul Tremblay, Recommended Reading, The Passage, Tim Johnston, Top 5

• Top Five Reads of the Year

  Here are my five favorite reads of the year, a nice mix of old classics and new discoveries. Please post your favorite reads of the year in the comments. (These are books read during the past year and enjoyed, but not necessarily published in 2015.) Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (my essay on a kinder, gentler…

  Shannon Turlington

  December 30, 2015

  Reading

  A Tale for the Time Being, Age of Innocence, Annihilation, Best of 2015, Edith Wharton, Emily St. John Mandel, Jeff VanderMeer, Ruth Ozeki, Station Eleven, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Top 5, Zora Neale Hurston