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Amazon editors’ 10 best books of 2014

Nov 14, 2014, 2:03 PM | Updated: Nov 15, 2014, 10:31 pm

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10. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Set in the not-so-distant future, this apocalyptic novel is surprisingly hopeful in its depiction of a culture that both mocks and mourns its disappeared past. 9. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Moriarty dazzles with another novel about "ordinary" Australian families and the secrets they keep. 8. The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henr?quez Told in the many voices of the Latin American tenants of one apartment complex in Delaware, this novel illuminates several different kinds of immigrant experience. 7. Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art by Carl Hoffman The Rockefeller clan might not have wanted to believe it, but author Hoffman is convincing about what led to the scion's death. It's not pretty...but it IS fascinating. 6. Revival by Stephen King The best kind of King book: a little horror, but mostly pitch-perfect details about youth and faith and family. 5. Redeployment by Phil Klay Strong, brilliant stories about survival of something almost as dangerous as war itself--its aftermath. 4. The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League by Jeff Hobbs At once extremely personal and culturally wise, this reported memoir will change the way you think about race, class and the meaning of friendship. 3. In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides The ultimate adventure story, but with a touch of romance and intrigue. A historical The Perfect Storm. 2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr A beautiful, atmospheric story about two young people, one French, one German, growing up on the eve of World War II. 1. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng Quiet and beautiful, this novel about an unknowable teenage girl in a mixed-race family in the 1970s Midwest will make you cry.

• Books read by the editorial team in determining the Top 10: 480
• Pages read collectively for the Top 10: approximately 250,000
• Debut authors in the Top 100: 17
• Debut authors in the Top 10: 2
• Authors in this year’s Top 100 who have been on previous Amazon Best Books of the Year lists: 31

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