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Goodreads Staffers' Top Three Books of the Year
Every December, as we wrap up our annual Goodreads Reading Challenge, we ask our well-read colleagues a simple yet incredibly tough question:
What were your three favorite books you read this year?
Oh, the angst we caused our coworkers as they whittled down their lists to just their top few books! Hopefully our carefully considered staff picks will inspire additions to your Want to Read Shelf.
You'll notice that our reading habits run the gamut. But if you look carefully, you can see some office favorites emerge, including multiple picks of the Odyssey-inspired fantasy Circe.
Now it's your turn! What are your top three books of the year? Please share them with us in the comments!
Oh, the angst we caused our coworkers as they whittled down their lists to just their top few books! Hopefully our carefully considered staff picks will inspire additions to your Want to Read Shelf.
You'll notice that our reading habits run the gamut. But if you look carefully, you can see some office favorites emerge, including multiple picks of the Odyssey-inspired fantasy Circe.
Now it's your turn! What are your top three books of the year? Please share them with us in the comments!
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Your turn! What are your top three reads of 2019? Share them with us in the comments!
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The Most Read Books on Goodreads in December
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Harry Potter book series by JK RowlingLove and Respect by Emmerson Eggericks
The Lady, her Lover and her Lord by TD Jakes
I didn't know a book had been written about the cave rescue in Thailand! My 3 favourites from last year were all fiction: "Participant" by Carmen Kemp, "Bonnie and Stan" by Anna Stuart, and "The Little Vintage Carousel by the Sea" by Jaimie Admans. I'd never read any of these authors before.
I wish that I could do separate sets of recommendations based on genre (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, YA, middle years, etc), as it often seems unfair to rank exceptional books from diverse genres against each other. But I will do my best to fit with the format. It was a difficult choice not only because of the number of books I read in 2019 (99), but because of recency bias. In the end, I had no shortage of books I wish that I would wholeheartedly recommenced.Overall:
1. The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead (Fiction)
2. Girl, Woman, Other - Bernadine Evaristo (Fiction short stories)
3. Hot Young Widows Club - Nora McInerny (Grief Self Help)
Fiction Honourable Mentions:
1. The Friend - Sigrid Nunez (Fiction)
2. Putney - Sofka Zinovieff (Fiction)
3. The Other Boy - M.G. Hennessey (Fiction 9-12)
Nonfiction Honourable Mentions:
1. Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe (True Crime)
2. 24/6 - Tiffany Shlain (Self Help)
3. The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli (Physics)
My top 3 for 20191. the Nickel Boys
2 The Book woman of Troublesome Creek
3:Where the Crawdads Sing.
My top three would be:1. The 47 People You'll Meet In Middle School by Kristin Mahoney
2. Spark by Sarah Beth Durst
3. Constable & Toop by Gareth P. Jones
Marissa wrote: "I wish that I could do separate sets of recommendations based on genre (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, YA, middle years, etc), as it often seems unfair to rank exceptional books from diverse genres a..."Nice list . You certainly stayed busy in 2019 .
Taina wrote: "Please unsubscribe me"just below the comment box is a couple of boxes you can turn off to stop being notified.
I had 14 5-star reads last year - if I had to nominate my top 3 new reads...Dunstan by Conn Iggulden
The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
AND
My re-read favourite was Stephen R. Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
:-)
My top three books of 2019 are:1) Deep River by Karl Malantes
2) The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
3) This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
My top three books of 2019 were:1. Wild by Cheryl Strayed
2. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
My top three...Broken In The Back Row by Sandi Patty, Educated by Tara Westover and Don't Block the Blessings by Patti LaBelle.
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor