1
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
2010 · Annual selections
Books of the Year 2010
In time-honoured tradition, here are my ten favourite novels from another high-quality year where I succeeded in getting through my usual tally of close to fifty books. Ranked in order of preference –
2
The Ice People by Maggie Gee
3
The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt
4
Journey into Space by Toby Litt
5
Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant
6
Ethan Frome”/ “Summer by Edith Wharton (I know slightly cheating since this may constitute two choices, but the edition I read contained these both excellent novellas)
7
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
8
Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks
9
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
10
The Sea by John Banville
Best non-fiction was Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton