The sea is my brother. The Lone Wanderer - Jack Kerouac
BEST BOOKS 2015
π Each dog has its own Purpose. And until the dog fulfills it, he will be born another puppy over and over again. It's such a touching story that it's hard to keep from crying. Toby, Bailey, Ellie, Baby are different dogs, but... It's the same dog! Different breeds, different destinies... And all for only one purpose: to help, save and love one truly dear person - his boy Ethan - all his life (no, several lives!) To all people who love animals.
π Wonderful, wonderful book! I read it all evening until morning!This is such a spring book when you need to wake up from hibernation and stop living a life that is not your own. If you feel that your life is like sitting in a swamp to please others, then this book will shake you up.A love story, irresistible and unpredictable.Paul publishes his first novel and leaves San Francisco for Paris. He composes, meets with readers - and feels immensely lonely. Mia flees London, leaving her husband who betrayed her, and finds refuge with a French friend. Mia accidentally enters a dating site and makes an appointment with Paul...
π Perhaps the best book not only of this year, but of the decade. Must read. Superbly written! Read in one breath! The novel, which Pulitzer Prize winner Donna Tartt has been writing for more than 10 years, is a huge epic canvas about the power of art and how it - sometimes not at all in the way we want it - can turn our whole life upside down. 13-year-old Theo Decker miraculously survived the explosion that killed his mother. Abandoned by his father, without a single soul in the whole world, he wanders through foster homes and other people's families - from New York to Las Vegas - and his only consolation, which, however, almost leads to his death, becomes stolen by him from museum masterpiece by a Dutch old master. This is an amazing book.π The long-awaited novel from David Mitchell, each book of which becomes an event in world literature. On the pages of this work, Mitchell created a whole world, plunging into which the reader, trusting the imagination and the will of the author, will seem to pass through a labyrinth where a lot of interesting things await him: unexpected discoveries, unpredictable plot twists, acquaintance with the most colorful characters, many of whom Mitchell's fans know from previous novels. The plot of the story is an everyday situation: in 1984, the main character, Holly Sykes, runs away from home, having quarreled with her mother. But this is where the realistic component of the story ends. Further events will happen to Holly that cannot happen to mere mortals.
π An interesting novel. I liked. Well written, lots to think about.From the first pages you are carried away by the style of the author. The book is written in a pseudo-neutral style and riddled with irony. If you can't read between the lines, you will be outraged by such political fiction. If you can see deeper, you will understand that humility can lead to nothing like this.I think that here the emphasis is not so much on politics as on inner experiences. The outside world becomes absurd, controlled by the powers that be, the media, it changes instantly and the only thing left for an ordinary person is to take everything that happens for granted. And since everyone becomes such a passive acceptor, that very humility is born.
This book really deserves an award. There are such books or films - there are very few of them - after reading or watching which - you have a lump in your throat and you simply cannot say anything. Because words are too simple to convey the full power of the work. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 2015. Honorary first places in the list of the best books of recent years according to various publications. Dazzlingly magnificent, epic scope novel. Rich, bittersweet storytelling. Captivating story, beautifully written. Each minor episode adds new, significant details to the main plot, so that in the end the puzzle is formed and we see how great the picture is as a whole.
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"What kind of a fucking life is this..."This is a book about how we live the lives of our parents, trying to correct their mistakes or fulfill hidden destiny. It is a cry of pain that lives in the soul of everyone who does not have the courage to live their own lives. And when, at the end of your life, you realize that you are about to lose your mind, you want to rewatch all the events of your life, whatever they may be. Survive and bitterly realize that everything could have turned out differently. After all, as you know, this is the biggest regret in his declining years.Fear of being bold, fear of following your real desires. He is the cause of all our troubles. You can read this book to see it again.
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The novel begins in the winter of 1930 in a remote Tatar village. The peasant woman Zuleikha, along with hundreds of other settlers, is sent in a heating wagon along the eternal hard labor route to Siberia. Dense peasants and Leningrad intellectuals, the declassed element and criminals, Muslims and Christians, pagans and atheists, Russians, Tatars, Germans, Chuvashs - all will meet on the banks of the Angara, daily defending their right to life from the taiga and the ruthless state.Dedicated to all the dispossessed and displaced. Awards: 2015 "Big Book",2015 Yasnaya Polyana.
π Cornwall, 1933. Alice Edewijn lives in a beautiful estate with her family. Days flow in the usual sequence, and nothing threatens the ideal world, devoid of worries. But one day the irreparable happens - Theo, Alice's younger brother, mysteriously disappears. Shortly thereafter, the lifeless body of a family friend is found. What is it - suicide or a crime? And if it was suicide, could Theo's disappearance be the cause? In 2003, Detective Sadie Sparrow ends up in Cornwall. Walking through the forest, she accidentally discovers an abandoned house - the same one in which the tragedy occurred...
π Of all the variety of modern literature, Tolstaya stands out for her Reality. Either this is a special Russian Spirit, which is close to us and which we can smell everywhere, or she simply writes poignantly about painful things, but this is the book that makes you want to think after reading it. And this is one of the factors of quality literature. In this collection you will find reflections on life, films watched, books read by Tatyana Tolstaya. I think there is even an emphasis here on getting the reader interested in the Great. For example, to re-read Chekhov or watch films of really worthwhile directors - Sokurov, Herman, and not those that are in mass demand.
π You will never meet a French woman who does not love life in all its manifestations. Croissant and aromatic coffee in an exquisite cup for breakfast; a drop of perfume that evokes so many memories; a mysterious look in the direction of a stranger at the crossroads ... Every day is special for a French woman, because she knows how to find charm in everything. For the first time, the most charming women in the world will share the secrets of a beautiful life: how to find your source of joy and inspiration; how to buy less, but with much more sense; how to look like a million for a few euros; how to flirt in French (with intention and just like that) and how to enjoy life every day.
π Sensual. Frankly. Exciting. Attractive. Brightly. Handsomely. A banal story, but an incredibly exciting style of the author. Anna Todd is very easy to read. This book will make your breathing quicker. Excites. Inspiring. Your chest will rise and fall more and more often) While reading, get ready for goosebumps in all parts of your body ... Descriptions of scenes with kisses are beyond calling ... A love story that will make you feel alive.
π The old dilapidated mansion is located on the lake in a picturesque place near London. And around this mansion, which the locals call the Spanish House, passions flare up.For Isabella Delancey, a young widow with two children, this is a refuge from the storms and hardships of life that hit her after the unexpected death of her beloved husband. For Matt McCarthy, who is renovating the house while trying to keep Isabella alive by insanely high prices, this is his chance to own the Spanish House. For Nicholas Trent, a real estate developer, this is an opportunity to create a luxurious village for the elite on the site of an old house. And Byron Firth is trying to at least temporarily find a roof over his head.
π In the life of Emily Wilson, once the most successful girl in New York, a dark streak begins. A creative crisis, cool relations with relatives, and then her husband's betrayal force Emily to leave the metropolis and go to Bainbridge Island to her great-aunt Bee, to a house next to which wild violets grow, and the ocean foams right at the porch.Emily soon finds a diary dated 1943 by a certain Esther Johnson, whose entries shed light on the strange behavior of the locals and change Emily's view of the island, which she adored since childhood.
π This amazing book made its author one of the greatest spiritual teachers of mankind in the 20th century. In it, the philosopher and psychologist Viktor Frankl, who went through the Nazi death camps, opened the way for millions of people around the world to comprehend the meaning of life. In the terrible, murderous conditions of concentration camps, he showed the extraordinary strength of the human spirit. The spirit is stubborn, despite the weakness of the body and the discord of the soul. Man has something to live for! An additional gift for the reader of this publication is the play "Synchronization in Birkenwald", where an outstanding scientist reveals his philosophy through artistic means.
π There is no more joyful holiday than Christmas, when any person expects a miracle to happen in his life too, the most incredible dreams will come true! A holiday that gave people hope and salvation! The theme of Christmas did not go unnoticed in Russian literature, and a whole tradition of Christmas and Christmas stories has developed. These are stories that are good to read on a January winter evening, covered with a warm blanket and brewing a cup of hot chocolate. Perfectly inspires before Christmas and sets in a Special Christmas Spirit. Heartfelt stories :)
π The book contains stories and love stories of the great masters of Russian prose: A. Pushkin, I. Turgenev, A. Chekhov, A. Kuprin, I. Bunin. What is love? One of the highest values, a force that creates a personality, gathering the best qualities of a person into a single whole, a reward, regardless of the suffering that accompanies this feeling? Or a fatal force, an unattainable peak, to which any person strives, trying to find unity with another person, which invariably turns into a loss, a tragedy that destroys the harmony of the world? Different stories and different perspectives will help the reader answer this difficult question...
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By monitoring the virtual space, we do not become happier or more self-confident, and quickly swallowing the next "10 ways to become better" does not increase the level of our development in any way. Wasting resources on communication with the "piece of iron", we lose the quality of communication with living people, we do not have enough time to read real literature, to study the real world around us.From gadgets and social media to video games, this book contains a plan to help you reduce your use of technology in the hope of becoming healthier, happier, and more wholesome in the 21st century. How to get rid of Internet addiction and spend less time online? The answer is in this book.
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Collection of sermons of the famous Ukrainian Orthodox theologian, church figure and pastor, Archimandrite Ambrose (Makar), delivered in 2014. The sermons cover the most important period in the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church - from the preparatory weeks for Great Lent to the day of the Holy Spirit. The content of the sermons reflects the broad pastoral practice and the richest spiritual experience of their author, touches upon important problems of the spiritual life of an Orthodox Christian - the fight against sin and repentance, inner work, growth in spiritual life, keeping the heart from the temptations of the world.
THE WORST BOOKS OF 2015
π "And this, bitch, hurts so much that you have to drink for weeks to drown it out." Here is a summary of Minaev's books. Consumer society. Fashion trends. And the mental anguish of the protagonist, who has lost the meaning of life. It makes no sense. Nobody. There is only I. Illusion of me. Selfie. A self-portrait that we draw in the Internet space, which is as illusory as everything that happens. The absurdity of office brainstorming, new fashion trends, drinking parties, etc.
π Turing is called the first theorist of modern programming, the world's first hacker. He is one of the founders of computer science and, in particular, the theory of artificial intelligence.An ordinary English mathematician with atheistic views and a homosexual orientation. Very chaotic and boring story about life cryptographer, released very quickly after the film's release. No pleasure in reading.
π I don't understand why this book is a bestseller? The main character is 60 years old. She realizes that she no longer loves her husband. And suddenly she meets a stranger in the park... The author's style does not inspire. Such works used to be in bookstores with a sticker of -50% ... The story is boring, they constantly drink wine, there are no special experiences, philosophical reflections ...Although, if you have a "fake marriage", you will like this book. If you have been married for a long time and have not had sex with your husband for 10 years, like the main character. If you are afraid to leave and start a new life. If you think you are too old. This is a book about how life is just beginning at 60... But if the author had been a little more talented, she could have made a masterpiece out of this story, since there are very few such stories.
π The Bookstore is a book that I can't rank as one of the best or worst books of this year. Rather, it is a work for relaxation, train travel or just to kill time. If it weren't for the fact that a bookstore is featured in the novel, then this book would be on my list of the worst...The novel is about nothing ... No humor, no worries. No, sometimes the author still jokes. But somehow... It was a bit annoying to constantly compare different situations with events from the movies. Apparently, Craig loves movies more than books. And he constantly boasts of his cinematic awareness from the words of the protagonist. If he compared the situations with the situations of the heroes of literary works, it would be much better. This would be more justified, given the theme of the work.
π Honestly, I did not want to add this book to the list of the worst, but it really is a complete disappointment.The first book is much stronger.. Much. MUCH. Me Before You made Jojo Moyes a very popular author and the book a real bestseller. Then other works followed, but that First Book is truly a masterpiece. I sobbed and couldn't stop after reading it. And here comes the continuation of this sensational story "Me Before You". I already lost the gift of speech. I was eager to plunge into the experiences of the main character again, I wanted to read again about the further fate of the heroes. Unfortunately, I was disappointed. No, you can read it, of course ... But the second part will be a bestseller only because everyone who read the first book, of course, wants to know - what's next ... Personally, I'm not enthusiastic. While reading the first book, I sobbed, while reading the sequel, I didnβt feel anything. I read and waited all the time - come on, something so emotional must already happen. No. Somehow overly sentimental and with a touch of American Happy End.And was it even necessary to write this sequel? It seems to me that no.
π Cassandra Brooks' life seemed like a dream come true: wonderful parents, a glorious brother, studying at the prestigious Queen's University, mutual love. But a spinal fracture changed her world: her lover left Cas when he found out that she was disabled, and her friends could not continue communication due to constant feelings of guilt and embarrassment. Existence has become hell for Cassandra. But the hope for happiness, willpower and the desire to overcome the disease help the girl cope with difficulties. Will she be able to smell the sweet scent of life again?
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Don't know what new interesting book to start reading? Supercoolpics offers a selection of new products in 2015, from which you can choose a literary work for every taste.
Haruki Murakami -
The protagonist of the novel is a lonely man who seeks to understand his difficult past, for which he goes on a journey, while going through various trials.
Chuck Palahniuk -
The book is marked "18+" - and for a reason. The author of "Fight Club" and this time justified the title of "king of the counterculture" given to him by the press. The novel is about a girl with a failed love life who finds herself in an ambiguous relationship with a perverted lover, nicknamed "The Climax Boy".
The mystical detective novel "Marina" by Ruiz Safon is formally considered the best work of the writer. Moreover, the author himself considers "Marina" his best work. The novel immerses the reader in the full of secrets and mysteries of the atmosphere of Barcelona in the late 70s. The protagonist - young Oscar is left face to face with a local legend, the riddles of which he will have to unravel.
Bernard Werber -
One of the books in the Third Mankind saga. Apocalypse, Gaia, goddess of the Earth, rebels against the people. This book, like other novels of the writer, is not just a work of art. It makes you think, raises deep philosophical questions and gives your answers to them.
Frederic Begbeder -
Another novel under the 18+ tag. The author himself, in his usual outrageous manner, called his genre "faction" - from the words fact and fiction. Begbeder devoted his novel to the love story of the young writer Jerome Salinger and the daughter of the famous playwright Una O'Neill.
Boris Akunin -
The penultimate book in a series of stories about the detective Fandorin. Consists of 3 stories: "Planet water", "Lonely sail", "Where can we sail?". According to the author's classification, these are "technocratic detective", "nostalgic detective" and "idiotic detective".
The first novel of the writer, which for a long time was considered lost. The book traces all the features of Kerouac's signature style and contains the main motives of the writer's work: a nomadic lifestyle, the search for the meaning of material existence, male friendship, alcohol addiction and lengthy conversations.
Jeannette Walls -
In this book, Walls talks about his childhood and growing up in a large and unusual family, which practiced very shocking methods of education. For many years Jeannette hid her past, until she realized that only freed from secrets and shame, she could move on.
Donna Tartt -
Pulitzer Prize Winner, Amazon Book of the Year. The novel is an epic canvas about the power of art and how it - sometimes not at all the way we want it - can turn our whole life upside down. This year it was released in Russian.
Sally Green -
The novel entered the top ten most anticipated books of 2015 and did not deceive expectations. Someone compares it with the famous series of books about Harry Potter, someone - with Orwell's novel "1984". England, people, white witches - fascinating fantasy for teenagers and adults.
Eleanor Catton -
Booker Prize-winning New Zealand writer Eleanor Catton. This is a good detective story based on astrology. The 12 "star" characters corresponding to the zodiac signs and 7 "planetary" characters all revolve around an "earthly" character, Crosby Wells, who was killed under mysterious circumstances.
Anthony Dorr -
2015 Pulitzer Prize winning book. This year it was also published in Russian. A novel about the love of a blind French girl and a young man from Germany against the backdrop of World War II.
Narine Abgaryan -
Any top, however, is quite subjective, because there will always be someone who does not agree with the current rating or with the position of a book in it.
Best Selling Books 2014
A list of popular books from last year might look something like this:
So, the best-selling books of 2014, the list of which was given above, are mainly represented by the mystical-fiction genre.
Bestsellers of 2015
Although 2015 is not over yet, you can already try to consider the ranking of best-selling books in Russia for the first half of this year:
Genre rating
What genres of books are most preferred by readers? Consider the ranking of best-selling books by genre. The first place, as in previous years, is occupied by a fantastic genre of various directions: these are apocalyptic books, and novels about hitmen, and just science fiction. In the past few years, a genre such as young adult has also been gaining popularity among readers, in which unrealistic characters often appear who are endowed with some kind of inhuman characteristics.
In addition, in the wake of the popularity of "50 shades of gray" there are books of a similar genre, which is difficult to define unambiguously. They are, however, not of high quality and are rarely really worth spending time on. Of course, good light novels for women also occupy a worthy place in the ranking. It is also popular. By the way, it is worth noting that recently some publishing houses have been reissuing old Soviet books without changing their design. They definitely need to be paid attention, especially if you have children.
Popular Romance Books
Bestsellers of all time
Usually known to everyone. True, not everyone at the same time can boast that they have read absolutely all the works included in the rating of best-selling books of all time. Such lists are compiled by various magazines, authors, websites, bookstores. Most often they contain the following best-selling books (this list probably contains books that you have already read):
Popular fantasy books
In this part, we consider another rating of bestseller books. Fantasy is loved by almost all men and an impressive number of women. We can say that this is a popular genre. So it would be wrong not to pay attention to him. Among the most popular fantasy works are:
Children's books
Recently, more and more books for children have been published. Therefore, you can not ignore the rating of best-selling books (with reviews) for children:
- M. Parr "Waffle Heart": a sweet and kind story from the life of two bosom and inseparable friends is very popular with young readers. It is filled with adventure and various events. She is funny and sad at the same time. Definitely recommended for children of all ages.
- R. Gossini "Baby Nicolas and his friends": a wonderful children's book, consisting of funny adventure stories of little Nicolas. There is a sea of ββfights, pranks, disputes and quarrels. All this is presented in an entertaining way. According to reviews, the book can and should be re-read many times.
- N. Farmer "Sea of ββTrolls": a boy and his sister are captured by the Vikings, they have a lot of adventures, interesting events happen. All this is mixed with Reviews recommend the book for reading to children of middle school age.
Non-fiction bestsellers
Books, rating, description of non-fiction works will be presented in this section. I must say that over the past few years there has been an increase in interest in non-fiction books. Perhaps this is due to better texts or the simplification of the language in which they are written. So, if we consider the rating of best-selling non-fiction books, then it will include such works:
- A. Kazantseva "Who would have thought! How the brain makes us do stupid things": a fascinating book about how our brain and nervous system work, what genes are, what activities they carry out. The author cites new experiments, talks about the achievements of modern scientists. The book is written in an accessible, popular science language, which is undoubtedly its big plus.
- S. Strogats "The Pleasure of x. A Fascinating Excursion into the World of Mathematics...": the basis of the book was made up of notes that the author published in one and which the readers liked so much that they demanded more and more. That is why this book came about. It should definitely be read by high school students, as well as those who are simply interested in mathematics, she will tell a lot of new and interesting things, help to fall in love with this difficult subject.
- M. Kaku "Physics of the Impossible": the author tells readers about what seemingly incredible things will become possible in the future, which will affect their implementation. Using understandable language, an American scientist describes complex phenomena in a way that is understandable even to those who are not very versed in physics.
Bestseller cycles
Now let's take a look at the best-selling book series. These works will captivate their readers for a long time. And among the most popular serials there are also bestsellers. Books whose ratings stay high, even though they are grouped into cycles, are:
- J. Martin and his "A Song of Ice and Fire" series: an intriguing and exciting story about the struggle for the throne in an alternate reality where magic works and fantastic creatures live next to people. The book is violent and unpredictable, and partly reminiscent of M. Druon's Cursed Kings. In this story, human life is worthless, and the hero can die at any moment.
- J. Rowling "Harry Potter": starting as a moderately kind and magical book, the story gradually darkens as the characters and their readers grow up, so we can say that its relevance remains unchanged. Some characters are not what they seem at first, so the intrigue remains until the very end of the seventh book.
Compilation of ratings
Of course, the rating of best-selling books on online store sites does not always reflect the situation realistically, since their creators often place literature that does not sell very well, as well as quite expensive works, in the top. In addition, sometimes they arrange pseudo-voting, in which the book paid in advance wins. Sometimes this goes unnoticed, and the work is awarded the proud "Readers' Choice" badge. Sometimes users notice injustice and protest against vote cheating, leaving negative reviews for the book. Approximately the same situation happened with a book (or rather, one of the series of best-selling books) by a not very famous writer Elena Zvezdnaya on one of the book sites.
Therefore, we can conclude that often bestsellers are books whose rating does not fully reflect the choice of readers. Sometimes it's just a publicity stunt by the marketers of a certain book publisher.
It has been a great year for women writers, debutants, long-awaited premieres of famous masters of the pen and for critics who make up a wide variety of ratings. If you want to keep abreast of literary trends or are just looking for something new to read, among the premieres of 2015 you will definitely find a worthy book for yourself. We have compiled a list of the 15 best novels of 2015. Let's start turning the pages!
A new book from the creator of the bestselling Gone Girl. Libby Day was seven years old when her mother and two sisters were brutally murdered. The girl survived and began to testify that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, members of the Murder Club, a secret society obsessed with high-profile crime, find Libby and bombard her with questions about that terrible day. They hope to find evidence that will help free Ben. And Libby seeks to profit from her tragic story: she decides to cooperate with members of society, but only for a fee. So the search takes Libby from a strip club in Missouri to the abandoned tourist towns of Oklahoma, to the very place where she fled from a killer twenty-five years ago.
2. "22:04" Ben Lerner
A year ago, the protagonist of 10:04 was enjoying an unexpected literary success when he was diagnosed with a potentially fatal disease and asked by his best friend to help her conceive. In New York, where devastating hurricanes and social unrest are increasingly occurring, he must continue to live with his illness and the prospect of fatherhood in a city that may soon be flooded. Lerner, whose book has been described by critics as "fun, smart, and original from the first line to the last," tells what it means to live in the now, in the twilight of empire, when it is difficult to imagine the future without changing your attitude to the past and present.
Rachel takes the same train every morning. Every day she drives past cozy country houses and stops at the same place at the signal of the train to watch how, in her opinion, the ideal couple has breakfast every morning. She seems to know them well. Rachel even gives them names - "Jess and Jason". For her, their life is perfect, unlike her own. And then she sees something shocking. Just for a minute while the train moves on, but that's enough. Unable to hide what she saw, Rachel tells the police about everything, and immediately becomes involved in terrible events. Has Rachel hurt herself more than helped justice? This is a fine debut novel by Paula Hawkins, written in the style of Hitchcock thrillers. The book instantly became a bestseller and took a leading position in the rankings of reputable publishers.
Adria Ardevol lived in this world for sixty long and at the same time terrible years. When Alzheimer's begins to take away his memory, he decides to write a farewell letter to his beloved. In it, Adria speaks candidly about her life, which was closely connected with the old Storioni violin. Adria's father was much more fond of antiques than his son. But he had a special passion for the precious violin, which for many years belonged to the Ardevol family. The father forbade his son to touch the exhibit, and when Adria broke the oath, the father died unexpectedly. Realizing that the violin made his father mad, Adria himself is unable to give it up, even for the sake of his beloved woman. In parallel, the writer tells several stories that happened to people many centuries before the birth of Adria. But the connecting link of all the characters is the Storioni violin, a mysterious and cursed instrument that for a long time mercilessly intervened in the fate of people and destroyed their lives.
The Pauline Principle is an elegant and unpredictable novel by the French writer Didier van Covelrath, winner of the prestigious Prix Goncourt. Successful writer Quincy, walking through secondhand bookshops, accidentally finds his first novel among the books. When he opens the book, on the first page he finds his signature: "Pauline and Max." Once these two were the most important people in his life and played their role in it. Years ago, Quincy had just published his first novel, and literary readings were to take place in the city jail. Pauline was a student who really wanted to go to the book launch, and Max was one of the prisoners. On that day, their fates intertwined. Their meeting was the beginning of a strong friendship and true love.
Another exciting masterpiece from the creator of the "universe" of ants. This time in front of you is one of the parts of a new series of books. The plot, as always, is a little fantastic, but it touches on the pressing issues on the agenda: philosophical issues, ecology, the relationship of people both among themselves and with nature.
2. Haruki Murakami "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his wandering years."
Well, where without this smart and wise Japanese. No best list is complete without his books. At the heart of this book is the story of one man who decided to find answers to all his questions and the reasons for his failures, by digging into his difficult to horror past. To find the "keys" he goes on a long journey with many dangers and adventures. Murakami's syllable style is always a bit unusual, but connoisseurs of literature know a lot, they won't advise bad things.
The salutes about the furious sales around the world of βShadow of the Windβ did not die down, as the new (written in 1999, but translated only in 2015) mystical and exciting detective novel βMarinaβ with its unusual plot is already on its way. Events unfold in wonderful Barcelona in the 70s. The protagonist arrives in the city and stumbles upon mystical riddles. His soul asks to find their solution, which is what he actually does throughout the book.
Dedicated to all lovers of provocative prose. The book is marked 18+, which means the plot is hot and very sexy. However, Palahniuk is always like that. This time we will talk about a girl with a very difficult, difficult fate and failures in relationships with men. By chance, she meets a very strange guy, who is not even just weird ... He is a pervert with a very telling nickname "The Boy for Menopause". Draw your own conclusions.
Are you waiting for something new about Fandorin? Receive and sign. The second book in a new series about this brilliant detective. As for the plot, everything is very good here: riddles, mistakes, searches, mysticism and, of course, an enchanting ending. It will definitely be interesting to read.
Another leader of the bookshelves. Each book by Begbeder is a resounding success with people of different nationalities, genders and ages. This suggests that the issues raised by the writer are relevant to everyone. The plot of the book is based on the story of a mind-blowing novel by the writer Salinger (yes, this is the very same "The Catcher in the Rye") and the daughter of the Nobel laureate in literature Oona O'Neill. The story is romantic, exciting and instructive. Book marked 18+.
This is Janet's confession book. The author tells us all about his difficult childhood in a large family with special, cruel principles of education. For many years, the writer kept secrets in herself, but every year they weighed more and more on her. Having put everything on the page, Walls' life, in her own words, became much easier.
Missed Hemingway. Yes, few can compare with him, but Kerouac is worth paying attention to. Because the themes and motives are very similar: male friendship, alcohol (where without it), the search for the universal meaning of life and conversations, conversations, conversations ...
Booker Prize, after all. Meet the author from New Zealand. All lovers of mysticism and astrology will find this novel very, very entertaining. Signs of the zodiac, planetary characters (each corresponds to its own planet), a mysterious story and ... at the forefront of the hero-Earth, or rather his murder, around which everything revolves. A very metaphorical work.
A very beautiful book about the terrible events dedicated to the Armenian genocide. Local color, customs, traditions, happiness, love and horror⦠Quiet or loud, you decide.
The usual story for the literary world: World War II, a blind girl, a guy from Nazi Germany, love, difficulties and difficulties. But the book won the Pulitzer Prize. And not in vain! You will cry for sure.
Also a Pulitzer Prize winner. Plus, this masterpiece was recognized by the American Amazon store as the book of the year. This book is about art, or rather about its strength and capabilities. How does it affect us and what comes out of it all.
A romantic, touching biographical story about one of France's most beloved writers. The translation of the last work of Morois in Russia was released only in 2015. Finally we can and we will enjoy this wonderful prose.
A real literary breakthrough, an event, no event, in the literary world in 2011. The work has only just reached us. An old man with Alzheimer's disease, who loses a part of himself every day, his memory is getting worse every day. And in order not to forget himself, he writes down his memories in a diary. Very touching and vital.