Bustle's 25 Best Books of 2014

2014 was a ridiculously good year for books. Some of our best living writers produced new works this year, which is always cause for crazed celebration; indie publishers turned out NYT Bestsellers like it was no big deal whatsoever; first-time novelists kept splashing onto the scene, already glittering with awards and New Yorker profiles like they’d just won the lottery. And female writers were particularly on their game this year, whether they were writing about girlhood or dead-end jobs or post-apocalyptic hijinx. Ladies, what was in the water?