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Looking back: memorable books of 2014

 
The cover of the book ‚€œThe Secret History of Wonder Woman‚€ by Jill Lepore in New York, Oct. 20, 2014. The book is fundamentally a biography of Wonder Woman‚€™s larger-than-life creator, William Moulton Marston. (Sonny Figueroa/The New York Times)
The cover of the book ‚€œThe Secret History of Wonder Woman‚€ by Jill Lepore in New York, Oct. 20, 2014. The book is fundamentally a biography of Wonder Woman‚€™s larger-than-life creator, William Moulton Marston. (Sonny Figueroa/The New York Times)
Published Dec. 26, 2014

I reviewed a lot of wonderful books this year, enough that it's tough to choose just a few. But here are 10 that stayed with me. — Colette Bancroft, Times book editor

The Black-Eyed Blonde by Benjamin Black

Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke

Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant: A Memoir by Roz Chast

The Burning Room by Michael Connelly

The Secret Place by Tana French

Euphoria by Lily King

On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee

The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore

Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet

Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Hector Tobar