τα καλύτερα της χρονιάς

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  Best of the year lists

       Yes, it's not even December yet, but the flood of 'best of the year'-lists is already overwhelming.
       The writer/reviewer/etc. personal recommendations are certainly preferable to the institutional lists; among these are:

• Books of the Year 2017 at the Times Literary Supplement -- admirably fully publicly available this year (and on a single page at that !)
  
  
• The Guardian has: "novelists, poets and critics pick their best reads of the year" in their 'Best books of 2017' -- alas, as a two-parter: part one and part two
  
  
• The Spectator offers: "the best and most overrated books of 2017, chosen by some of our regular reviewers", in Books of the year -- and then (as an afterthought ?) More books of the year
  
  
• The New Statesman has: "Friends and contributors tell us what they've enjoyed reading most over the past 12 months", in The New Statesman's 2017 books of the year -- alas, stretched out ridiculously over three pages

       For bigger newspaper lists, see;

• The New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books
  
  
• The Washington Post's Best Books 2017 (presented over a ... variety of pages)
  
  
• "Globe and Mail editors and reviewers offer up their favourite books of 2017", in: The Globe 100

       Of course, for those who really want to immerse themselves in these lists, largehearted boy is "aggregating every online year-end book list I find" at their Online "Best of 2017" Book Lists-page -- updated daily !

(Posted by: M.A.Orthofer)    - permanent link -