Salon.com > Marjorie Kehe http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What To Read Awards: Marjorie Kehe http://www.salon.com/2012/12/23/what_to_read_awards_marjorie_kehe/ http://www.salon.com/2012/12/23/what_to_read_awards_marjorie_kehe/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2012 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13148816 Marjorie Kehe is the books editor of the Christian Science Monitor.

Marjorie's top 10:

The Christian Science Monitor ranked the 10 best novels of the year here and the top nonfiction of the year here.

1. Explain why your No. 1 book was your favorite title of the year: We don't rank our books in numerical order. However, if I had to I would put "Behind the Beautiful Forevers" on the top. This is the kind of book – a beautifully written nonfiction work that takes readers deep into a world that they would otherwise not encounter – that resonates best for Monitor readers.

2. What was the strongest debut book of 2012? It would be hard to beat "The Yellow Birds" for an astonishing debut.

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