Fifty books that define the past five years in literature

At Flavorwire, Jason Diamond tagged 50 books that define the past five years in literature. One title on the list:

Half a Life, Darin Strauss (2010)

There are three types of memoirs: the good celebrity ones, the total bullshit celebrity ones, and the type of true story that Strauss gives us about an accidental tragedy, and what comes after. Few books will move you like this one.

Learn about the other books on the list.

Half a Life is one of Joshua Henkin's five top portraits of grief.

The Page 99 Test: Half a Life.

Writers Read: Darin Strauss (October 2010).

--Marshal Zeringue