My 2013 Favorites: Fiction

Late December is, without a doubt, my favorite time of the blogging year. I love year-end lists... both reading yours and compiling my own. Typically, I wait until after Christmas to post my lists but, in anticipation of a short blogging break, I'm trying to wrap things up a little early. Here is my favorite fiction of 2013, listed in the order read. Click on the title for my review.

Mudbound 

by Hilary Jordan

…my book club loved it, too

The Burgess Boys

by Elizabeth Strout

…a favorite author tackles sibling relationships

And the Mountains Echoed

by Khaled Hosseini

…another winner from one of today's best storytellers

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

…redefined my idea of a tragedy

The Woman Upstairs

by Claire Messud

…readers seem to either love or hate this one

A Hundred Summers

by Beatriz Williams

…an utterly perfect summer read and my favorite cover of the year

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

…the last chapter turns this really good novel into a great one

Stoner

by John Williams

…my favorite book read in 2013

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

by Carol Rifka Brunt

…hard to believe this is a debut novel

I will post my favorite audiobook fiction tomorrow, and will turn the focus to nonfiction on Sunday. Stay tuned...