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Year In Review

Best of 2019

December 30, 2019

Instead of the full questionnaire I usually do, I decided to do my own version of the Goodreads Choice Awards for books I read in 2019. My only modification to that tried and true set of genres is that I’m not splicing out Young Adult – the only YA I read this year won or lost in its primary genre category fair and square.

Fiction

The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

Mystery & Thriller

Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone

Historical Fiction

Circe by Madeline Miller

Fantasy

The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

Romance

Twenty-One Truths About Love by Matthew Dicks

Science Fiction

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Horror

Summer Frost by Blake Crouch
(We all know I didn’t read any actual horror this year, but this was by far the creepiest thing that crossed my path.)

Humor

It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny

Non-fiction

Infinite Wonder by Scott Kelly

Memoir & Autobiography

Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness

History & Biography

A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod

Science & Technology

How To by Randall Munroe

Food & Cookbooks

Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines

Graphic Novels & Comics

Saga by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples

Poetry

Crush by Richard Siken

Debut Novel

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Middle Grade & Children’s

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

Picture Books

The Fate of Fausto by Oliver Jeffers

With that, I wish you a very happy new year, and many great reads in 2020!

XOXO

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  • Bonnie @ For the Love of Words
    December 31, 2019

    I’m so glad you finally read Saga (and that you also loved it.) And Crush was so very fantastic. I just put The Fate of Fausto on hold at the library because I can’t get behind in my Jeffers. 🙂
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  • Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits
    December 31, 2019

    Happy New Year! It looks like you had some great reads in 2019.
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  • SE White
    January 1, 2020

    What a fun list! There are several on here from my TBR, I really, really need to get to them. Over the Top is high up there, along with Saga.

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  • Angela
    January 1, 2020

    My coworker actually just loaned me a copy of The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse – what a sweet, meaningful read! And The Girl He Used to Know made my Top 10 this year – thank you for the copy of that!

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