{"id":904,"date":"2016-11-18T09:15:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T07:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2016-11-25T15:47:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T13:47:34","slug":"amazons-top-10-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/2016\/11\/18\/amazons-top-10-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon’s Top 10 of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon’s editorial team has chosen “Pumpkinflowers” as one of the ten best books of 2016<\/a>. The list:<\/p>\n

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  1. The Underground Railroad<\/b><\/i> by Colson Whitehead<\/b>: A brilliant, wise, fantastical yet grounded portrayal of a young slave seeking her freedom on a real underground railroad.<\/li>\n
  2. The Wolf Road<\/b><\/i> by Beth Lewis<\/b>: Part literary thriller, part western, this is a debut novel about a young tomboy trying to survive a post-apocalyptic wilderness as she searches for her parents.<\/li>\n
  3. Hillbilly Elegy<\/b><\/i> by J.D. Vance<\/b>: A very personal tour of a segment of our culture that\u2019s losing its way in modern America.<\/li>\n
  4. The Nix<\/b><\/i> by Nathan Hill<\/b>: A big, smart novel about so many things: family, politics, revolution and the things we choose to remember (and forget).<\/li>\n
  5. Mischling<\/b><\/i> by Affinity Konar<\/b>: Affinity Konar\u2019s beautiful novel about twin sisters who survive Auschwitz is precisely crafted, acutely sensitive and ultimately uplifting and hopeful.<\/li>\n
  6. Lab Girl<\/b><\/i> by Hope Jahren<\/b>: An inspiring and entertaining memoir about work, life and love from a plant scientist who is just as adept at analyzing the natural world as she is at illuminating human relationships.<\/li>\n
  7. Another Brooklyn<\/b><\/i> by Jacqueline Woodson<\/b>: A poetic, breathtaking novel about growing up female and black in the 1970s\u2014a time of conflicting pressures and sometimes crushing assumptions.<\/li>\n
  8. Pumpkinflowers<\/b><\/i> by Matti Friedman<\/b>: An unforgettable nonfiction account of men changed by war, told in a voice that is both straightforward and undeniably literary.<\/li>\n
  9. Before the Fall<\/b><\/i> by Noah Hawley<\/b>: From the award-winning creator of Fargo, <\/i>a <\/i>thrilling page-turner about an airplane crash and its seemingly heroic survivors.<\/li>\n
  10. Swing Time<\/b><\/i> by Zadie Smith<\/b>: A masterful novel that tackles big issues\u2014race, class and the ups and downs of long term friendship\u2014told with a dancer\u2019s grace and ease.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Amazon’s editorial team has chosen “Pumpkinflowers” as one of the ten best books of 2016. The list: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead: A brilliant, wise, fantastical yet grounded portrayal of a young slave seeking her freedom on a real underground railroad. The Wolf Road by Beth Lewis: Part literary thriller, part western, this is a debut novel about a …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattifriedman.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}