S.: JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst

Published by Hachette Book Press, 2013, 456 pages. If you think of a book as words on a page, think again. S. is  a novel with a difference, stretching the limits of what a book can be. You pull it out of a black slipcase with a paper seal that you have to break—a hardcover …

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The Best of the Books I Read in 2014

Here's my selection of the best of the books I read this year. Links are to reviews on this site. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton—one of the most enjoyable books I read this year. Set in New Zealand in the 1860s with multiple narrators, the narrative keeps looping in on itself. A man arrives in …

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