The New York Times posted lists of top ten books from their individual book critics, along with the NYTBR's list of 100 notable books:From Michiko Kakutani:
Nonfiction
CLEOPATRA: A LIFE by Stacy Schiff
LETTERS by Saul Bellow. Edited by Benjamin Taylor
FRANK: THE VOICE by James Kaplan
CRISIS ECONOMICS: A CRASH COURSE IN THE FUTURE OF FINANCE by Nouriel Roubini and Stephen Mihm
YOU ARE NOT A GADGET: A MANIFESTO by Jaron Lanier
Fiction
SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY by Gary Shteyngart
FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen
THE LOST BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY by Zachary Mason
THE THOUSAND AUTUMNS OF JACOB DE ZOET by David Mitchell
From Janet Maslin:
Nonfiction
JUST KIDS by Patti Smith
A GREAT UNRECORDED HISTORY: A NEW LIFE OF E. M. FORSTER by Wendy Moffat
FIFTH AVENUE, 5. A.M.: AUDREY HEPBURN, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, AND THE DAWN OF THE MODERN WOMAN by Sam Wasson
THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS: THE EPIC STORY OF AMERICA'S GREAT MIGRATION by Isabel Wilkerson
THE DEATH OF AMERICAN VIRTUE: CLINTON VS. STARR by Ken Gormley
Fiction
THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman
SAVAGES by Don Winslow
FAITHFUL PLACE by Tana French
61 HOURS by Lee Child
MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND by Helen Simonson
From Dwight Garner:
Poetry
THE BEST OF IT: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Kay Ryan
Nonfiction
HITCH-22: A MEMOIR by Christopher Hitchens
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot
SIMON WIESENTHAL: THE LIFE AND LEGENDS by Tom Segev
MOURNING DIARY by Roland Barthes
THE LAST HERO: A LIFE OF HENRY AARON by Howard Bryant
I.O.U.: WHY EVERYONE OWES EVERYONE AND NO ONE CAN PAY by John Lanchester
THE POSSESSED: ADVENTURES WITH RUSSIAN BOOKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO READ THEM by Elif Batuman
OPERATION MINCEMEAT: HOW A DEAD MAN AND A BIZARRE PLAN FOOLED THE NAZIS AND ASSURED AN ALLIED VICTORY by Ben Macintyre
PARISIANS: AN ADVENTURE HISTORY OF PARIS by Graham Robb.
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