All I Need Are Good Books To Read
Some Book Publishing Trivia:
With so many good books to read, we thought we would highlight the 10 best-selling fiction books of 2014, always to be known as the year of the ebook. In 2014 ebook sales soared and actually outsold traditional book sales, paperback and hardcover combined, thanks aggressive online bookstores such as Amazon.com.
With fear of losing market share, publishing houses publicly warned that ebooks are going to destroy the industry, but they also said that about paperbacks. Do you remember the first year paperbacks were published? Read to the bottom for the answer. What was your favorite book for 2014? Please leave a comment below.
1. The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The story of a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths cross in occupied France during World War II.
2. Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 by Francine Prose
Paris in the 1920s and a tale of love, art, and betrayal.
3. We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas
A multigenerational debut novel of an Irish-American family, set in the mid-20th century in Queens, New York.
4. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam, a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
5. Landline by Jessie Burton
A hilarious, heart-wrenching take on love, marriage, and magic phones.
6. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
A kaleidoscopic novel about a fifteen-year-old English runaway who is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena.
7. Orfeo by Richard Powers
A composer's home microbiology lab arouses the suspicions of Homeland Security and he becomes a man journeying into his past as he desperately flees the present.
8. Revivalby Stephen King:
A rich and disturbing novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.
9. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Set in Kabul, 2007, the fate of a young Rahima and her sisters lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age.
10. I'll Give You The by Jandy NelsonSun
A story of twins Jude and Noah and first love, family, loss, and betrayal.
The first paperback books were reprints and became available in 1935, however in 1950 they started to publish paperbacks for new titles along with hardcover books. Paperbacks certainly did not destroy the book industry but brought cheaper books to millions of people around the world making books more available. We hope that you liked our selction of good books to read, plaese check a few of them out by clicking on the link and purchasing at Amazon.com. Thanks
