Guess what?? Publishers Weekly has selected the following HarperCollins titles for its Best Books of 2014!
Fiction
This Is the Water by Yannick Murphy: From Laurence L. & Thomas Winship/PEN New England Award-winning author of The Call, comes a thrilling new novel–the suspenseful story of a teenage swim team that is threatened one promising season by the dark undercurrents of their parents moral failings and a killer who swims in their midst.
Non-Fiction
A Garden of Marvels by Ruth Kassinger: In the tradition of The Botany of Desire and Wicked Plants, the author of Paradise Under Glass gives us a witty and engaging history of the first botanists interwoven with stories of today’s extraordinary plants found in the garden and the lab.
Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story by Rick Bragg: The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis—and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time
Lives in Ruins by Marilyn Johnson: From the author of This Book is Overdue! comes a telling of the efforts of archaeologists to reclaim history from the muck and mire of empty lots, swamps, mounds, volcanic islands, and jungles. It is a vastly entertaining read that celebrates archaeological geekery and leaves us with a profound appreciation for the largely unsung work of the real life Indiana Joneses.