I was asked by a friend to list my favorites of the New York Times List. Here they are-not in order of preference.

Nonfiction

Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

Random Family by Adrian Nicole Blanc

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Fiction

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Atonement by Ian McEwan-although I thought The Child in Time was better

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth-I thought American Pastoral was better

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon