Top Five Books of 2014

Beschreibung
What are your top five reads for 2014? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2014.
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Hild
von Nicola Griffith
1,567 Mitglieder
95 Rezensionen
4
Globaler Rang 50
5 Members
Aquila, susanj, byzanne, rarm, jsburbidge
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Aquila: Like Rosemary Sutcliff, but with a female protagonist - and a bisexual one at that. Fascinating, integrated, beautifully written.
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Die fabelhaften Schwestern der Familie Cooke: Roman
von Karen Joy Fowler
3,684 Mitglieder
244 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 99
2 Members
Aquila, Laura1124
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Aquila: I read this without reading about it first, which was lucky, and it turned out to be a book exactly right for me.
3
My Real Children
von Jo Walton
872 Mitglieder
70 Rezensionen
3.9
Globaler Rang 148
2 Members
lorax, Aquila
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Aquila: This has been acclaimed as it should be by the sff community, but seems to have been missed a bit by lgbt readers, which is a pity.
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Sternenkrone 1+2
von Kate Elliott
1,661 Mitglieder
21 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 734
Member
Aquila
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Aquila: This is really a stand in for the first 6 books of the series, and I really need to get hold of the 7th! Epic fantasy with epic world building and marvelous characters.
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Die Gestirne (The Luminaries)
von Eleanor Catton
5,025 Mitglieder
247 Rezensionen
3.8
Globaler Rang 16
11 Members
Aquila, snora, zhejw, charl08, lsh63, chgstrom, KymmAC, Picarina, peterveen, gendeg, elca1946
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Aquila: Do I need to explain my choice? Loved the set up.