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Flavorwire kindly included The Wilds in “50 Books to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions.”
Flavorwire kindly included The Wilds in “50 Books to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions.”
Bradford Morrow, editor of Conjunctions and author of The Forgers (among many other great books) graciously picked The Wilds as his favorite book of 2o14 for Salon: “Author’s Favorite Books: the Ultimate Literary Guide to 2014.”
Willamette Week kindly included The Wilds in “Best Thing I Read,” a list of favorites by Portland authors.
Necessary Fiction included The Wilds in “Recommended Reading from Our Contributors, 2014.”
The Masters Review included The Wilds in their “Best Books of 2014″ list!
Electric Lit included The Wilds in this list: “25 Best Short Story Collections of 2014.”
It’s amazing that Jeff VanderMeer published his brilliant Southern Reach trilogy, traveled all over the country, and had time to read all of these books this year. How in the hell does he do it? If you haven’t read his trilogy, get it now, and then check out his other suggestions. (And, yes, I’m excited that he included THE WILDS.)
Check out his list on Electric Lit.
The Wilds was included in the December 5 Sunday Book Review’s “Editor’s Choice”:
“Elliott is influenced by George Saunders, but shows a nice independent streak.”
See full list here.
Buzzfeed Books lists The Wilds as one of “The 24 Best Fiction Books of 2014”!
Check out the list here.
Electric Lit features the Wilds in “Was 2014 the year of the Debut?”
See the full list here.