Things I've read this year:
Lively, Penelope  How it all Began ( really enjoyed it for being a woman of a certain age - I also read her earlier book Moon Tiger)
Barnes, Julian Sense of an Ending 
Goolrick, Robert  A Reliable Wife
Those are probably my top 3 books this year
Others I read
Otsaka, Julie The Buddha in the Attic (a 'conglomerative' telling of Japanese mail order brides coming to the U.S.
Price, Lissa Starters (engaging YA, SF book about a future when old people 'rent' young bodies)
Egan, Jennifer  Visit from the Goon Squad  (was highly recommended by some of my more 'read-y' friends)
Brooks, Geraldine MarchOndaatje, Michael Cat's Table (again highly recommended by some of my more read-y' friends)

--Laurie Whitcomb