My Top 6 Reads of 2014

I evidently read 31 books in 2014. Some were books I sought out, others I read because they'd been sitting on the shelf for too long, in some cases for many years. All but one were novels, some were enthralling, others stank. Most fell somewhere in between. Here are the six I liked best - I tried to limit it to my top 5 but couldn't bring myself to drop any of these from my list:

• Let Me Be Frank With You - Richard Ford
• The Children Act - Ian McEwan
• I Am Zoe Handke - Eric Larsen
• The Assassination Of Margaret Thatcher - Hilary Mantel
• Five Days At Memorial - Sheri Fink
• Thirty Girls - Susan Minot