For fans of  Downton Abbey, here are some books to read while you're waiting for the new season to begin.

Here is an interesting take on the best books of the year from Publishers Weekly:

PW's Top 10 Authors Pick Their Favorite Books of 2013.

Here are The New York Times picks for the  "10 Best Books of 2013."

Here are Entertainment Weekly's picks for the best books of 2013:

10 Best Fiction Books of 2013
10 Best Non-fiction of 2013

Here are some links to lists of the best books of 2013:

New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2013"
Publishers Weekly

The winners of the 2013 National Book Awards were announced last night.  The fiction winner is James McBride's The Good Lord Bird and the non-fiction recipient is George Packer's The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America.

Check out our November/December issue of Fiction News with our staff recommendations: