NY Times Editors' Top Picks for 2014

FICTION

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

By Anthony Doerr

DEPT. OF SPECULATION

By Jenny Offill

EUPHORIA

By Lily King

FAMILY LIFE

By Akhil Sharma

REDEPLOYMENT

By Phil Klay

NONFICTION

CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?

By Roz Chast

 ON IMMUNITY: AnInoculation

 By Eula Biss

PENELOPE FITZGERALD: A Life

By Hermione Lee

A THE SIXTH EXTINCTION: An Unnatural History

By Elizabeth Kolbert

THIRTEEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at CampDavid