Listed here are the 97 books reviewed in 2014 on this blog, including 56 novels and 41 works of nonfiction. I’m also including the 20 commentaries and FAQs posted during that same year. Each item is linked to its corresponding post on this site.
56 novels reviewed here in 2014
Holy Orders (Quirke #6) by Benjamin Black
The Redeemer (Harry Hole #6) by Jo Nesbo
The Year of the Gadfly by Jennifer Miller
Just One Evil Act (Inspector Lynley #18) by Elizabeth George
The Thief Stalker by Adam Bronson
Saints of the Shadow Bible (Inspector Rebus #19) by Ian Rankin
Wolves Eat Dogs (Arkady Renko #5) by Martin Cruz Smith
The Coroner’s Lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun #1) by Colin Cotterill
The Black-Eyed Blonde: A Philip Marlowe Novel by Benjamin Black
Cockroaches (Harry Hole #2) by Jo Nesbø
The Devil’s Star (Harry Hole #5) by Jo Nesbø
Radiance of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah
Field of Prey (Prey #24) by John Sandford
Elegy for April (Quirke #3) by Benjamin Black
The Ophelia Cut (Dismas Hardy #14) by John Lescroart
The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron
Phantom (Harry Hole #9) by Jo Nesbo
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie
Midnight in Europe by Alan Furst
The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike #2) by Robert Galbraith (J. K. Rowling)
A Death in Summer (Quirke #4) by Benjamin Black
The Reckoning (John Madden #4) by Rennie Airth
An Event in Autumn (Kurt Wallander #14) by Henning Mankell
All Our Yesterdays by Erik Tarloff
Jack of Spies (Jack McColl #1) by David Downing
True Believers by Kurt Andersen
How the Light Gets In (Chief Inspector Gamache #9) by Louise Penny
Fever: A Novel of Typhoid Mary by Mary Beth Keane
A Colder War (Thomas Kell #2) by Charles Cumming
Police (Harry Hole #10) by Jo Nesbo
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc #1) by Cara Black
The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
The Neon Rain (Dave Robicheaux #1) by James Lee Burke
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam Trilogy #1) by Margaret Atwood
Vengeance (Quirke #5) by Benjamin Black
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Heaven’s Prisoners by James Lee Burke
The Secret Place (Dublin Murder Squad #5) by Tana French
An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris
The Betrayers by David Bezmozgis
Deadline (Virgil Flowers #8) by John Sandford
The Burning Room (Harry Bosch #17) by Michael Connelly
41 nonfiction books reviewed here in 2014
Little Failure: A Memoir by Gary Shteyngart
Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class by Robert H. Frank
Focus: The Hidden Driver of Excellence by Daniel Goleman
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Ice Cream Social: The Struggle for the Soul of Ben & Jerry’s by Brad Edmondson
My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-44 by Rick Atkinson
The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding
The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa by Dayo Olopade
Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization by K. Eric Drexler
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BC – 1492 AD by Simon Schama
A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames by Kai Bird
Combat and Other Shenanigans: Tales of the Absurd From a Deployment to Iraq by Piers Platt
American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church by Alex Beam
The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War by Stephen Kinzer
The Social Labs Revolution: A New Approach to Solving Our Most Complex Challenges by Zaid Hassan
The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 by Rick Atkinson
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben MacIntyre
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary J. Bass
The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession by Dana Goldstein
Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War by Joe Bageant
The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for Good by Ryan Honeyman
A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos
National Security and Double Government by Michael J. Glennon
Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United by Zephyr Teachout
20 commentaries and FAQs posted here in 2014
Five illuminating books every American should read
Travel the world with detective fiction
How many Americans read books?
Would you believe how many books are published every year in the U.S.?
Nine great books about Jewish topics
How much is a Pulitzer Prize worth?
Surprised? Here are the REAL bestsellers
Who is the world’s bestselling author?
Who has written the most books?
Innovation: Look beyond Silicon Valley
How many copies of books do authors sell?
How to sell books in today’s market
What’s the future of publishing?
Ten great recent books by Berkeley writers
