We’d like to think that every book appearing in our pages is somehow important. That said, there are some we keep talking about long after putting their reviews to bed—the sort of books we wish there were more of, the sort we compare the latest titles to. As we did at this time last year, we revisit five books reviewed in the LRC over the last twelve months that seem most likely to become classics of their kind. The range is wide and the reasons unapologetically subjective: while John Bemrose’s The Island Walkers garnered popular acclaim, we feel the Backhouse sisters’ The Heiress vs. the Establishment will exercise a subtler sort of influence. Making this list demanded painful exclusions, and if you think a book has been unfairly left out, one of us more than likely agrees.
If This is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?Finding Common Ground J. Edward Chamberlin Knopf
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your...
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