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Best New Books – Spring 2014: New Novels & Recommendations

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Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately.

Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention…

…all published between January and June 2014.

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01: MAXWELL NEELY-COHEN, „Echo of the Boom“, 456 pages, April 2014.

02: PETER MATTHIESSEN, „In Paradise“, 256 pages, January 2014.

03: SIRI HUSTVEDT, „The Blazing World“, 368 pages, March 2014.

04: AARON THIER, „The Ghost Apple“, 304 pages, March 2014. [Satire]

05: TED THOMPSON, „The Land of Steady Habits“, 272 pages, March 2014.

06: KEVIN BROCKMEIER, „A few Seconds of radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade“, 208 pages, January 2014. [Memoir / Coming-of-Age / Cultural Studies]

07: SHANE KUHN, „The Intern’s Handbook“, 288 pages, April 2014. [Corporate Satire / Thriller / Dystopia]

08: NNEDI OKARAFOR, „Lagoon“, 320 pages, April 2014. [Science Fiction; Nigeria]

09: ROBERT GLANCY, „Terms & Conditions“, 272 pages, February 2014 [Satire]

10: LESLIE JAMISON, „The Empathy Exams“, 256 pages, April 2014. [personal Essays]

11: NATALIE HAYNES, „The Amber Fury“, 307 pages, February 2014. [Mainstream / Suspense]

12: COURTNEY C. STEVENS, „Faking Normal“, 321 pages, February 2014. [Young Adult]

13: ROBIN HERRERA, „Hope is a Ferris Wheel“, 272 pages, March 2014. [Young Adult]

14: JOHN COREY WHALEY, „Noggin“,  356 pages, April 2014. [Young Adult Sci-Fi]

15: STEWART FOSTER, „We used to be Kings“, 368 pages, January 2014. [Young Adult]

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Here are five books that made me curious enough to buy them:

01: SUE MONK KIDD, „The Invention of Wings“, 373 pages, January 2014. [Mainstream / Historical Fiction]

02: JENNIFER CLEMENT, „Prayers for the Stolen“, 224 pages, February 2014.

03: WILLY VLAUTIN, „The Free“, 297 pages, January 2014.

04: GABRIELLE ZEVIN, „The Stories Life of A. J. Fikry“, 230 pages, March 2014. [Mainstream]

05: DANAH BOYD, „It’s complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens“, 296 pages, February 2014. [Sociology]

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