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Goodreads Staffers Share Their Top Three Books of the Year
Every December, as we wrap up our annual Goodreads Reading Challenge, we ask our book-loving colleagues a simple yet incredibly tough question:
What were your three favorite books you read this year?
Oh, the agony! The internal debates! The anguish 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 careful perusal unveils some office favorites, including lots of love for The Vanishing Half, the novels of Yaa Gyasi, and Ijeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race.
Now it's your turn! What are your top three books of the year? Please share them with us in the comments!
Oh, the agony! The internal debates! The anguish 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 careful perusal unveils some office favorites, including lots of love for The Vanishing Half, the novels of Yaa Gyasi, and Ijeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race.
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 2020? Share them with us in the comments!
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Best read of the year isFast Fashion and Flaneurs by Henry Cornes.
A Masterpiece
The God of Small Things - Arundhati RoyThe Testaments - Margaret Atwood
Rebecca - Daphne de Maurier
2020 My Best Reads1. THE PLAYER OF GAMES by Iain M. Banks
2. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J. K. Rowling
3. (Tied) DISTURBANCE by Philippe Lançon and
MACROSCOPE by Piers Anthony
The Starless SeaWhat is a girl worth
The Mistborn Trilogy (sorry, I can't separate them)
1. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson2. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
1) GBH by Ted Lewis
2) The Happy Return by C.S. Forester
3) Waverley by Sir Walter Scott
2) The Happy Return by C.S. Forester
3) Waverley by Sir Walter Scott
Green lights - Matthew 1. McConoughay 2. Honeybee - Craig Silvey
3. The Bronze Horseman - Paulina Simmons
1) Writers and Lovers2) Anxious People
3) The Silence of the Girls
The Secrets Between Us by: Thrity UmrigarWe Were the Lucky Ones by: Georgia Hunter
November Road by: Lou Berney
1. The Splendid and The Vile - Erik Larson2. Seven Lies - Elizabeth Kay
3. The Children - David Halberstam
The Alice Network by Kate QuinnJonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Ruin by John Gwynne
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiThe Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Historian- Elizabeth KostovaThe Starless Sea- Erin Morgenstern
The House in the Cerulean Sea- T.J. Klune
1. The Underground Railway by Colson Whitehead2. Conclave by Robert Harris
3. Code Talker by Chester Nez
John wrote: "1) A Better Man by Louise Penny2) The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
3) Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens"
Great choices. Was a bit disappointed in #1 but enjoyed it nonetheless .
1) The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt 2) The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larsen
3) The Library Book by Susan Orlean
The Vanishing Half - Britt BennettReal Life - Brandon Taylor
Red White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
Daisy Jones & the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid; The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead; An Orchestra of Minorities - Chogozie Obioma
- Being Reshma: The Extraordinary Story of an Acid-Attack Survivor who Took the World by Storm
- The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
- What We Talk About When We Talk about Rape
Wilding by Isabella Tree10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
The Obesity Code by Jason Fung
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi DaréThe Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
The Mirror & The Light, Anxious People, Becoming
1. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi2. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab
3. Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. CosbyThe Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
The Big Goodbye by Sam Wasson
1. The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton; 2. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins; 3. Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
Anne Frank; the Diary of a Young GirlThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Keep Going by Austin Kleon
The Little Book of Lykke by Meik Wiking
Not done with reading just yet, but looking over all I've read so far, I feel like I didn't read anything that absolutely blew me away, but here's my choice for my top 3 favoritesWool Omnibus
A Darker Shade of Magic
Mexican Gothic
1. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez2. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
3. The Elected Member by Bernice Reubens
read a ton of books, but none come to mind...
The Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesThe Huntress by Kate Quinn
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
1. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton2. A Darker Shade of Magic VE Schwab
3. The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen MirzaAnxious People by Fredrik Backman
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Moth Presents Occasional MagicMigrations
Where the Forest Meets the Stars
My top 3 reads (Two of them are series; don't judge):Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
Warcross Duology by Marie Lu
The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner
Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine / Gail Honeyman City of Thieves / David Benioff
The Weight of Ink / Rachel Kadish
1 The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa2 Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
3 Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
In French
4 Sorcières by Mona Chollet
5 La Maison by Emma Becker
1) Crave by Tracy Wolff2) The Wicked King by Holly Black
3) Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout
1. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi2. Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage by Madeline L'engle
3. The Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
1) The Cruel Prince by Holly Black2) Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
3) Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
Once Upon A River, SetterfieldShuggie Bain, Stuart
Deacon King Kong, McBride
American Dirt, The Exiles and The Book of Longings
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth StroutLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
This Tender Land by Wm Kent Krueger (reread)
1) Forest of Firelights by Shari L. Tapscott2) The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
3) Tigers Curse by Colleen Houck
4) The Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5) Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
6) Wolve's Queen by Jen L. Grey
7) Winter by Audrey Grey
8) Princess Ballot by Jaymin Eve
9) Divergent by Veronica Roth
10) Magic Forged by K.M. Shea
All of them are series :)
Jackie wrote: "Sex and Vanity by Kevin KwanShuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Lesser Bohemians by Eimar Mcbride"
Oh, I LOVED Lesser Bohemians. An original Irish voice, so of course one expects brilliance.
The Offing by Benjamin Meyers
Miss Iceland by Auour Ava Olafsdotttir