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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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The Dutch House; My Dark Vanessa; and Becoming Duchess Goldblatt.
While I'll never admit to picking a favorite book (many have tried ) I've narrowed down my top 3 of 2020. Boy where has the year gone?!?!. Ok so the criteria for my "Top3" is #1, how much fun I had reading#2, if I read it more then once#3, impact on me as a reader. So with out further ado, and in no particular order Quill's top books of 2020 are.......
#1. Tumble &Blue by Cassie Beasley
#2. Home of the brave by Kathrine Applegate.
#3. Some kind of happiness by Claire Legrand
Here's to a happy and healthy New years, hopefully filled with lots more fun books.
Happy reading everyone!!!
Pen's top 3 books of 2020,#1 nevermoore, the trails of morrigan crow.
#2. The reluctant duchess.
#3. The forgotten book.
(#4. Savvy by Ingrid law🤫)
I can’t put these in order, it was hard enough to narrow it down to three:Piranesi
The Death of Vivek Oji
Words of Radiance
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Finnegan's Wake
The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read by Rita Lorraine HubbardMy Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
The Boy, The Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesey
Deacon King Kong by McBrideA Prayer for the Dying by O'Nan
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Richardson
Lori wrote: "Once upon a river by Diane SetterfieldThe Selkie by Melanie Jackson"
I dearly love Once Upon A River!
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski: Lot by Bryan Washington; and Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey by Kathleen Rooney
1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare 2. House of Hades by Rick Riordan
3. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
"Three Hours" by Rosamund Lupton, "Time For Mercy" by John Grisham, "The Curator" by M.W Craven.
1. Deep State - Chris Hauty2. The Terminal List - Jack Carr
3. The Orphan Collector - Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Overstory by Richard Powers The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Once Upon A River by Diane SetterfieldMagic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
The Mirror and The Light by Hilary Mantel
1: Anxious People2: Fable by Adrienne Young , 3: Kings of the Wyld
Books actually written in 2020: 1. The Lost History of Western Civilization, 2. What is a Girl Worth?, 3. Cynical Theories, Books written late 2019: 1. The Madness of the Crowds, 2. The Only Plane in the Sky, 3. Coronavirus and Christ
1) To Kill a Mockingbird 2) The Harbinger (Jonathan Cahn)
3 The Christian Manifesto (Francis Schaffer)
This is, by far, my favorite post of the years by the GoodReads editorial, I just got so many good ideias of readings, love it
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Harder They Come by T.C. Boyle
1. The God of Small Things2. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
3. All the Light We Cannot See
The Starless Sea - Erin MorgensternThe Midnight Library - Matt Haig
Into the Magic Shop - James R. Doty
1) The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel2) Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3) Get Your Life Back by John Eldredge
1) 1Q842) War and Peace
3) The Windup Bird Chronicle
1. “Black Like Me” by John Howard Griffin2. “The Dark Side of Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance and Dreams” by Debbie Ford
3. “Chickenhawk” by Robert Mason
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoThe Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Ace by Angela Chen
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Death Comes to the Archbiship by Willa Cather
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1. The Sundown Motel - by Simone St. James.
2. A time of Perfect Change - by Leslye Marks
3. The Beginner´s Goodbye - by Anne Tyler
A Gentleman in MoscowHow to Be an AntiRacist
The Dutch House
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One - All three book this year!Snow, Glass, Apples Neil Gaiman's understated gem.
The Lie Lost Agatha Christie play, short but stabs you in the heart.
A Promised LandThe House in the Cerulean Sea
The Night Portrait
1. In Praise of Shadows by Jun’ihiro Tanizaki2. American Gods by Neil Gaiman
3. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
This is such a hard choice to make! I have reviewed lots of great ARCs this year. My top three are:
Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You by Annie Lyons
What If? by Shari Low
The Christmas Swap by Sandy Barker.
I also reviewed Homegoing on my blog: https://justkatherineblog.wordpress.c...
My review of The Henna Artist, Confessions on the 7:45 and so many other books are on my blog too.
The Changeling by Victor LaValleThe Beauty in Breaking by Michelle Harper
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Norah wrote: "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"
When Breath Becomes Air is excellent
David wrote: "1) The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel2) Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3) Get Your Life Back by John Eldredge"
I liked Daisy Jones and the Six too
ninamo wrote: "The Overstory by Richard Powers The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig"
The Midnight Library sounds so good!
1, American Dirt -Jeanine Cummins2. The Waiting Rooms - Eve Smith
3. The Last Flight - Julie Clark
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa BashardoustThe Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
1. A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines2. What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn Forche
3. Christy by Catherine Marshall
Us against you- Fredrick backmann Daisy jones and the six- Taylor Jenkins Reid
Shout- Laurie halse-Anderson
Nothing to See Here -Kevin WilsonThe Gifted School - Bruce Holsinger
Leave the World Behind - Rumaan Alam
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiStamped from the Beginning by Ibram Kendi
The City of Brass Trilogy (City of Brass,Kingdom of Copper, Empire of Gold) by S. A. Chakraborty.
Catch and killCirce
Marriage of opposites
Braiding sweetgrass (sorry, breaking the rules)
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo2. The Night Swim
3. When They Call You a Terrorist
The Index of Self Destructive Acts by Christopher BehaThe Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Invisible Women: Data bias in a world designed for men by Caroline Criado Perez
West with the night by Beryl Markham