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Slate's Best Books 2014

Here is a list of Slate Magazine's best books of the year 2014. How many of these books have you read?
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100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write (Sarah Ruhl)
100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write
1
Sarah Ruhl
After Lincoln (A.J. Langguth)
After Lincoln
2
A.J. Langguth
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood (Jennifer Senior)
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood
3
Jennifer Senior
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
4
Anthony Doerr
All My Puny Sorrows (Miriam Toews)
All My Puny Sorrows
5
Miriam Toews
Andrew's Brain (E. L. Doctorow)
Andrew's Brain
6
E. L. Doctorow
Bark (Lorrie Moore)
Bark
7
Lorrie Moore
Beautiful Darkness (Fabien Vehlmann)
Beautiful Darkness
8
Fabien Vehlmann
The Birth of the Pill (Jonathan Eig)
The Birth of the Pill
9
Jonathan Eig
Black Dance (Nancy Huston)
Black Dance
10
Nancy Huston
The Blazing World (Siri Hustvedt)
The Blazing World
11
Siri Hustvedt
Blood Will Out (Walter Kirn)
Blood Will Out
12
Walter Kirn
The Bone Clocks (David Mitchell)
The Bone Clocks
13
David Mitchell
Boy, Snow, Bird (Helen Oyeyemi)
Boy, Snow, Bird
14
Helen Oyeyemi
Broken Monsters (Lauren Beukes)
Broken Monsters
15
Lauren Beukes
The Brunist Day of Wrath (Robert Coover)
The Brunist Day of Wrath
16
Robert Coover
Can We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (Roz Chast)
Can We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
17
Roz Chast
Can't and Won't (Lydia Davis)
Can't and Won't
18
Lydia Davis
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
19
Claudia Rankine
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys (Viv Albertine)
Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys
20
Viv Albertine
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (Haruki Murakami)
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
21
Haruki Murakami
Console Wars (Blake J. Harris)
Console Wars
22
Blake J. Harris
Dear Committee Members (Julie Schumacher)
Dear Committee Members
23
Julie Schumacher
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
24
Jenny Offill
Digest (Gregory Pardio)
Digest
25
Gregory Pardio
Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78Rpm Records (Amanda Petrusich)
Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78Rpm Records
26
Amanda Petrusich
Eat More Better: How to Make Every Bite More Delicious (Dan Pashman)
Eat More Better: How to Make Every Bite More Delicious
27
Dan Pashman
The Elementalists (Chris Sharp)
The Elementalists
28
Chris Sharp
The Empathy Exams (Leslie Jamison)
The Empathy Exams
29
Leslie Jamison
Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life (Cara Caddoo)
Envisioning Freedom: Cinema and the Building of Modern Black Life
30
Cara Caddoo
Facility Integrity (Nick Maandag)
Facility Integrity
31
Nick Maandag
Family Life (Akhil Sharma)
Family Life
32
Akhil Sharma
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War (Mark Harris)
Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War
33
Mark Harris
Flashlight (Lizi Boyd)
Flashlight
34
Lizi Boyd
Flings (Justin Taylor)
Flings
35
Justin Taylor
For Today I Am a Boy (Kim Fu)
For Today I Am a Boy
36
Kim Fu
Green Girl (Kate Zambreno)
Green Girl
37
Kate Zambreno
Hollow City (Ransom Riggs)
Hollow City
38
Ransom Riggs
The Hour of Lead (Bruce Holbert)
The Hour of Lead
39
Bruce Holbert
How to Build a Girl (Caitlin Moran)
How to Build a Girl
40
Caitlin Moran
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