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Top 10 Author Interviews of 2014

Insights from authors take us beyond just a glimpse into the writing process, they shed light on the human condition, often in places we can only visit through the written word. We have carefully culled the cream of the crop to present the year's Top 10 Best Author Interviews (in no particular order.) You'll find plenty of food for thought.

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The Top 20 Books of 2014

The end of the year is a perfect time to take stock, to reflect on the many great books we made time for and to add many other remarkable recommendations to our ever-expanding "to read" lists.

This is where BookBrowse's annual Best of the Year awards come in. As opposed to most other award programs which encourage vote stuffing and are more an indication of an author's fan base, our best of year winners are chosen on a weighted scale by our members. No vote-stuffing, no simple yes or no vote. These are considered responses; we take our awards program seriously. In this issue, we feature the four overall winners in the Best Fiction, Best Non-Fiction, Best Young Adult, and Best Debut categories; and the runners up. The books are displayed in ratings order - starting with the Top 10 in fiction, followed by the Top 5 in non-fiction and young adult categories.

The dazzling gem, All The Light We Cannot See, wins our Best Book of 2014 in the fiction category; while the gripping adventure story, In the Kingdom of Ice takes it home for best non-fiction. The quirky A Man Called Ove wins best debut while Jandy Nelson's altogether brilliant I'll Give You the Sun wins in the young adult category.

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Best Books for Book Clubs in 2015

Looking for the perfect books for your book club to read in 2015? Look no further!

Below we showcase 24 exceptional books: From historical fiction to speculative fiction, these books tell stories of ordinary and extraordinary lives that explore the worlds of art, war and so much more. Mostly fiction, you'll also find a handful of carefully selected nonfiction and young adult recommendations.

All have published in paperback since September 2014, or will do by March 2015. Of course, all are also available in ebook.

Update:
In August '15 we published Part 2 of this list
In November '15 we published Part 1 of Best Books for Book Clubs in 2016



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BookBrowse's 2014 Award Winners

Congratulations to BookBrowse's 2014 Award Winners!
Click on the image to read the review, backstory and excerpt for each book:

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Best Fiction
Best Debut
Best Nonfiction
Best Young Adult


Next week we'll publish the full list of 2014 BookBrowse Favorites as selected by BookBrowse's members & subscribers


About the awards
Most "people's choice" book awards actively encourage authors and publishers to send their fans to the voting page ("vote stuffing"). Clearly this gives a huge advantage to those authors with the widest fan base. Also, the standard method of voting is to simply cast a yes or no vote for a book - which again gives an advantage to the books with the highest sales. Thus most "people's choice" awards measure popularity, which is not always the same as quality!

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