In no particular order, here are my favourite books of this year. I reviewed most of them in The Big Issue magazine, if you’re interested. Happy Christmas!
Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman (Portobello)
Sara Gran, The Infinite Blacktop (Faber)
William Boyle, Gravesend (No Exit)
William Boyle, The Lonely Witness (No Exit)
Megan Abbott, Give Me Your Hand (Picador)
George Pelecanos, The Man Who Came Uptown (Orion)
Laura Lippman, Sunburn (Faber)
Willy Vlautin, Don’t Skip Out On Me (Faber)
Amelie Nothomb, Strike Your Heart (Europa)
Nick Drnaso, Sabrina (Granta)
Mikita Brottman, An Unexplained Death (Canongate)
Jeff Tweedy, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) (Faber)
Doug Johnstone 