![]() ![]() All of the titles included are "literary," and the list is particularly heavy on fiction. This year, I have to admit, the results are noticeably lopsided. Generally this procedure has worked pretty well. (Sound track for this list: Advent at Ephesus (Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles) You Want It Darker (Leonard Cohen) A Star in the East: Medieval Hungarian Christmas Music (Anonymous 4) and Ther Is No Rose: Renaissance Music for the Christmas Season (Virelai).) Rather, these are the books that came most readily to mind when I entered a semi-trance and thought back, jotting down titles on the back of an envelope. This isn't a systematic reckoning with "the year in books," nor does it presume to identify the year's "best" books. Many of you have been tuning in long enough to know the ground rules. ![]() A few of you may have followed this annual list ever since I started posting it more than 15 years ago. ![]()
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