After reading 175 books this year, it was hard to narrow down to choose the best. I read some really good ones, and a few dogs. But the overwhelming feeling here is that it was a very successful year for reading, and for getting to know some great fellow readers. The list here is my personal judgement of the best books I read...they may not be on someone else's list, but these are my award winners. So without further ado...the envelopes please.Best Children's or YA books:
Sea chest by Toni BuzzeoThe Secret Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Best Fiction
Sacred hearts by Sarah Dunant
Saudade by Kathleen Vaz
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Best Mystery
Wife of the Gods by Kwei QuarteyRizzo's war by Lou Manfreda
Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
Best Non-fiction
Amazing Grace by Kathleen NorrisThe Dark Side: the inside story of how the War on Terror turned into a war on American Ideals by Jane Mayer
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Rule Number Two by Heidi Squier Kraft
Best Short stories
The Blackford Oakes Reader by William F. Buckley, Jr.Ship Fever by Andrea Barrett
Our Lady of the Artichokes by Kathleen Vaz
Best poetry
Dante's Divine Comedy - The Inferno~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Favorite new authors discovered this year:
Andrea Camilleri - the Inspector Montalbon seriesDonna Leon - the Commissario Brunetti series
Kaye Gibbons
Deborah Crombie - Gemma James/Duncan Kincaid series
How does your list stack up?
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wow, a lot on there I have not read.
ReplyDeleteI must agree with The Brutal Telling...even though I never wrote a review of it, I loved it.
and since the Johnstown book made the list, I will have to read it.
ok, I was going to anyway.
great list and some books I haven't even read yet. Thanks for sharing this. I haven't made my list yet.
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