Recommend the 20 best books you've read in the last five years

Beschrijving
A casual acquaintance is looking for ideas about books to read, but you don't know much about their tastes. Thinking back over your last five years of reading, which books would you recommend?
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De gebroeders Sisters
door Patrick deWitt
4,265 leden
311 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 123
6 Members
ShelfMonkey, burneyfan, brianc6, zapzap, cindyst2000, Chankie
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Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy (Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance)
door Jeff VanderMeer
893 leden
27 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 302
2 Members
Shrike58, ShelfMonkey
Verklaringen
Shrike58: I recommend the collected set of short novels as in the process of reading these books one is often unsure as to whether VanderMeer is either the smartest guy in the room, or whether he loses control of his material early in the game; with caveats, the former is the truer condition. Besides anything else, you read this book because VanderMeer attempts the hardest thing that you can do in a genre novel, accept that the Universe is more inscrutable than the Human mind can comprehend and still deliver a convincing story with that reality in mind. Besides that the dominant ethical theme is a consideration of what is the cost of true expiation for one's mistakes.
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Station elf
door Emily St. John Mandel
11,667 leden
777 besprekingen
4.1
Algemene Rangorde 48
19 Members
joyceclark, ShelfMonkey, craso, Vaysh, truffles, goldenlobo, zapzap, rdwhitenack, smasler, JenMDB, Jillian_Kay, Peace2, kazzer2u, Femklutz, ChrisWay, TashMason, CharlesTheB, Charon07, nankan
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Het leven van Pi
door Yann Martel
43,554 leden
1,013 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 141
6 Members
booklove2, ShelfMonkey, laurenhynde, WendyRobyn, tmrocks, lazasuba02
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Geek Love
door Katherine Dunn
6,138 leden
162 besprekingen
4
Algemene Rangorde 405
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, brianc6
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The Last Policeman
door Ben H. Winters
2,115 leden
185 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 310
3 Members
ShelfMonkey, RBeffa, dianeham
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De magiërs
door Lev Grossman
10,227 leden
670 besprekingen
½ 3.4
Algemene Rangorde 178
8 Members
ShelfMonkey, amysisson, citygirl, unlucky, mermind, bytheseabchcmbr, LenoreR, nitascrib1,hailelib ,gilroy ,generalkala ,
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Gods rijkste zegen, Mr. Rosewater !, of Paarlen voor de zwijnen
door Kurt Vonnegut
6,277 leden
54 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 325
2 Members
WylieMaercklein, ShelfMonkey
10
Kleurenblind
door Trevor Noah
6,112 leden
360 besprekingen
½ 4.4
Algemene Rangorde 127
7 Members
pammab, ShelfMonkey, bjappleg8, dhm, mahrenew, Brandy1411, agsblend
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Speel voor mij het lied van de dood
door Esi Edugyan
1,447 leden
85 besprekingen
½ 3.7
Algemene Rangorde 471
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, Her_Royal_Orangeness
12
MaddAddam
door Margaret Atwood
3,528 leden
153 besprekingen
3.9
Algemene Rangorde 492
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, gypsysmom
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Sandman Slim
door Richard Kadrey
2,475 leden
177 besprekingen
3.8
Algemene Rangorde 450
2 Members
ShelfMonkey, Vulco1