The ten most notable New Years in literature

In 2011 at the Guardian, John Mullan tagged the ten most notable New Years in literature. One title on the list:

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Smith's novel begins on New Year's Day 1975, with Archie Jones trying to kill himself. He fails and ends up at a New Year's Eve party that is still going from the night before. There he meets Clara, a vision of eccentric perfection, and before long he has another wife.

Read about another entry on the list.

White Teeth is on Simon Han's list of eight books where things don't go that well, Panikos Panayi's top ten list of books about Londoners, Ellie Kemper's ten favorite books list, Jeff Somers's list of five notable books set on New Year’s Eve (and Day), Michael Gibney's top ten list of restaurants and bars in modern literature, Mary Beard's six best books list, Melissa Albert's list of five notable--and ambitious--debut novels and Nigel Williams's list of ten of the best books about suburbia.

--Marshal Zeringue