Books of the year*

I know we’re all swimming in end of year book lists, but I’m afraid I couldn’t resist. As with last year, I’m not going to even attempt to list my top 10/20/100 because it would make me cry. Instead I’m going to do some Recommending Books For Mood Readers.

Are you a mood reader? I am. I will browse books, all of which I want to read, searching for the one that matches my brain in that moment. I’ll go through fads of reading everything in a very narrow subgenre I can get my hands on, then move on ...