The books I liked the most in 2013

14 thoughts on “The books I liked the most in 2013”

1. See also:

   https://biblioklept.org/2013/12/09/list-with-no-name-42/

   https://biblioklept.org/2013/12/09/list-with-no-name-43/

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2. Thank you for introducing me to Donald Barthelme. I read Snow White and Sixty Stories so far and they are among my 2013 favorites as well. New releases are quite impossible for me to get, so it’s really nice you have a list I can relate to.

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   1. Check out The Dead Father if you get a chance, Adriana…and you can’t go wrong with 40 Stories, either.

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3. Great list. Always fun reading Pynchon; just discovered and read “Dr Brodie’s Report” by Borges this year. Want to read more of him in the coming year.

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   1. I read a healthy slice of those twin volumes, which collect almost everything, but I also left plenty to get to…

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4. What’s the fella on top?

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   1. The fella on top is my Kindle—-I read some of my favorite books this year mostly on the Kindle,actually (including several pictured here, like Against the Day and Anti Lebanon) and some I don’t have physical versions of (like some by Thomas Bernhard).

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5. Thanks to you I too read Mutis’ Maqroll collection, which is not only one of my favourite books I read this year but one of my favourites of all time.

   Glad you liked At Swim Two Birds.

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   1. The Mutis is great! His death this year went sadly underremarked upon. Maybe Maqroll will eventually get the same revival that LRB’s John Williams’s STONER received this year.

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6. You inspired me: http://antoinemalette.com/site/?p=2649

   I’m also a Flanneur…

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   1. The Malory Arthur romances are some of my favorites—love your post, Antoine. Thanks for sharing.

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7. Hey, thanks for all the Don B!

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   1. Any year that hauls in both Borges & Barthelme — whew!

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8. Reblogged this on bibliopotamus and commented:
   Great list of great reads from 2013!

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