Plenty of “best of 2014” lists were made last year. Here’s a compilation of all the interesting lists we could find.
Brain Pickings:
Definitive reading list of 2014 by Maria Popova for Brain Pickings.
Best biographies, memoirs, and history books of 2014 by Brain Pickings.
The Guardian:
The Guardian readers chose 10 best books of 2014.
Kobo’s 2014 UK bestsellers list and most completed books of 2014 list as presented by The Guardian.
BuzzFeed:
28 best books by women in 2014 by BuzzFeed.
24 best fiction books of 2014 by Buzzfeed.
Amazon:
Amazon’s Top Selling books of 2014.
Electric Literature:
10 comics from 2014 to read in 2015 by John Dermot Woods for Electric Literature.
25 Best Story Collections of 2014 by Electric Literature.
Books Speak Volumes:
Books Speak Volumes’ Favorite Fiction of 2014.
Books Speak Volumes’ favorite non-fiction of 2014.
TIME Magazine:
Top 10 Fiction books of 2014 by Time magazine.
Top 10 non-fiction books of 2014 by Time Magazine.
Top 10 Young Adult books of 2014 by Time Magazine.
Eleventh Stack:
2014’s favorite list by Eleventh Stack. This list also contains TV series and movies.
Favorite Books read in 2014 by Eleventh Stack.
Jon Guillen:
Jon Guillen’s recreation of Top Ten Books of 2014 on Twitter by BookVibe.
Best books read by John Guillen in 2014.
The New Yorker:
Best books of 2014 by The New Yorker.
Favorite books of 2014 by James Wood for The New Yorker.
The New York Times:
100 notable books of 2014 by The New York Times.
10 best fiction and non-fiction books of 2014 by The New York Times.
Flavorwire:
15 best nonfiction books of 2014 by Elisabeth Donnelly for Flavorwire.
Best easy-to-read novels of 2014 by Jonathan Sturgeon for Flavorwire.
Dear Author:
Janine’s contribution to Dear Author’s best of 2014 list.
Willaful’s contribution to Dear Author’s best of 2014 list.
Sirius’s contribution to Dear Author’s best of 2014 list.
Kati’s contribution to Dear Author’s best of 2014 list.
Bookpeople’s Blog:
Bookpeople’s Blog’s best books of 2014.
Bethany’s top 5 reads of 2014 for Bookpeople’s Blog.
Julie’s top 5 reads of 2014 for Bookpeople’s Blog.
Jim B’s top books of 2014 for Bookpeople’s Blog.
Ellen’s favorite children’s books of 2014 for Bookpeople’s Blog.
The Book Wars:
The Book Wars’ best reads of 2014 by multiple contributors.
The Book Wars’ top new author reads by multiple contributors.
TeleRead:
Top 10 titles of 2014 by Paul St. John Mackintosh for TeleRead.
Best books of 2014 by Joanna Cabot for TeleRead.
Best books of 2014 by Juli Monroe for TeleRead.
Others:
Best books of 2014 by The Boston Globe.
Books of the year (2014) by The Economist.
Newsweek staff picked their favorite books of 2014.
The A.V Club book writers chose their favorite books of 2014.
16 best non-fiction books of 2014 by The Business Insider.
NPR books’ guide to 2014’s great reads.
Library Journal’s best books of 2014.
10 best books of 2014 by The Washington Post.
10 best books of 2014 by Time Out New York.
Best books of 2014 by Publisher Weekly.
10 best books of 2014 by Vulture.
Best fiction books of 2014 by Kirkus.
Best books of 2014 by Wall Street Journal.
Best science books of 2014 by Wired.
Book Riot readers named 12 best books of 2014.
10 Best Young Adult books of 2014 by Mashable.
Interesting photobooks of 2014 by The Photobook.
Top 10 best Manga of 2014 by GoodEReader.
Top 10 Books of the year by Slate.
25 most interesting comics of 2014 by Rich Barrett for mental_floss.
Best of women in comics in 2014 by Ali Colluccio for panels.net.
And finally, an analysis of best of 2014 lists.