Where's Going Rogue?

For fans of the emerging literary genre of Tesla/Pigeon/Love, Samantha Hunt offered up an entire novel a couple years back.

I too have a crush on Glen David Gold.

I liked Rachel Cusk's Last Supper. And I know that this book came out a few years ago, but Didion's Year of Magical Thinking was my favorite book I read this year. Amazing.

Yeah, this made me realize that most of the books I've read this year were not particularly current. Chronic City, Boilerplate and The Women are the 2009 books that come to mind.

Chronic City: Yes. It's hard to recommend the other two though, because you have to have to not be completely sick of steampunk or TC Boyle (respectively) to enjoy them, and that's probably not everyone these days.

The non-fiction (and non current) book I had the most fun with this year was The Trouble With Tom. It's a history nerd boner in between two covers.

Howie Mandel - Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me

This Is Where I Leave You and Let the Great World Spin are two that stick out in my mind.