Here are the books, music, and movies I liked best in 2013. As in previous years, it is an eclectic collection of titles, so there is something here for many tastes in reading, listening, and viewing.I wish you much great reading in 2014.
Recent Nonfiction
Birds of Paradise by Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore
The Days Are Gods by Liz Stephens
The Dimaggios: Three Brothers, Their Passion for Baseball, Their Pursuit of the American Dream by Tom Clavin
The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
I Don't Know: In Praise of Admitting Ignorance by Leah Hager Cohen
Vivian Maier: Street Photographer by Vivian Meyer
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Recent Fiction
Astray by Emma Donoghue
The Importance of Being Seven by Alexander McCall Smith
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Great Older Books
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (2009)
The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey (1949)
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (2003)
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown
Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner
The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal by Sy Montgomery
Audiobooks
The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson
NPR Sound Treks: Birds
Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis by Robert M. Edsel
Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier
Film and Television
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American Scream
Henry IV Part 1
Searching for Sugar Man
Music
Chris Vallillo at Friday at the Ford
Minnesota Beatle Project
Time Ain't Got Nothin' on Me by Mark Dvorak
Readers Advisory
Are Books Your Brand? webinar
The Birders Kit: A Display for Integrated Advisory Service
Memoirs That Will Last
True Stories into the Hands of Readers
Library Matters
Collection Development & Community Expectations
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