Yet another "Best of 2013" list. This one is interesting in that it includes many books that maybe aren't the usual suspects. Check it out if you're looking for some things you may have possibly never heard about.
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/12/torcom-reviewers-choice-the-best-books-of-2013
Sorry to rattle off names, but I'll list the books mentioned at the link below. You can check out the article for more info on the titles. (too many italics to include, so none for you! ):
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
Equilateral by Ken Kalfus
A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn (described as the "China Mieville of literary fiction; color me intrigued)
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Hild by Nicola Griffith (this one is mentioned multiple times)
The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
The Machine by James Smythe
The Year of the Ladybird by Graham Joyce
Unnatural Creatures edited by Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley
Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
The Tyrant's Law by Daniel Abraham
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear
Reflections by Roz Kaveney
On A Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
Elect H. Mouse State Judge by Nelly Reifler
Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathanial Rich
The Unreal and the Real by Ursula K. Le Guin
Before and Afterlives by Christopher Barzak
Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tiernay aka Caitlin R. Kiernan
Scatter, Adapt, Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Angela Newitz (non-fiction)
Mouse Guard: the Black Axe by David Peterson (graphic novel)
The Land Across by Gene Wolfe
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis
The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar
Have you heard anything about any of these or do they pique your interest? Obviously a title and author's name may not be enough, but as I said, the article has links and some information about each book.
I'll go through the list more thoroughly later and pick some out that I think I may be interested in checking out.
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/12/torcom-reviewers-choice-the-best-books-of-2013
Sorry to rattle off names, but I'll list the books mentioned at the link below. You can check out the article for more info on the titles. (too many italics to include, so none for you! ):
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen Russell
Equilateral by Ken Kalfus
A Guide for the Perplexed by Dara Horn (described as the "China Mieville of literary fiction; color me intrigued)
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Hild by Nicola Griffith (this one is mentioned multiple times)
The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness
The Machine by James Smythe
The Year of the Ladybird by Graham Joyce
Unnatural Creatures edited by Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley
Two Serpents Rise by Max Gladstone
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
The Tyrant's Law by Daniel Abraham
American Elsewhere by Robert Jackson Bennett
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Shattered Pillars by Elizabeth Bear
Reflections by Roz Kaveney
On A Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
Gemsigns by Stephanie Saulter
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
Conservation of Shadows by Yoon Ha Lee
Elect H. Mouse State Judge by Nelly Reifler
Odds Against Tomorrow by Nathanial Rich
The Unreal and the Real by Ursula K. Le Guin
Before and Afterlives by Christopher Barzak
Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tiernay aka Caitlin R. Kiernan
Scatter, Adapt, Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Angela Newitz (non-fiction)
Mouse Guard: the Black Axe by David Peterson (graphic novel)
The Land Across by Gene Wolfe
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Something More Than Night by Ian Tregillis
The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar
Have you heard anything about any of these or do they pique your interest? Obviously a title and author's name may not be enough, but as I said, the article has links and some information about each book.
I'll go through the list more thoroughly later and pick some out that I think I may be interested in checking out.