3 Favorite Books You Have Read Within the Last Year

[Amy]

1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
2. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
3. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett

[Amy]

Laura wrote: "The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Are the 3 best books I have read during the past year."

Cutting for Stone has been on my TBR for years. I saw him do a book talk once and his writing seems great.

[Saar The Book owl]

Abigail wrote: "The Name of the Wind, The Lies of Locke Lamora, and honestly I'd have to include Superman: Secret Identity (it made me cry so I mention it for the pure emot..."

I'll read The Name of the Wind and The Lies of Locke Lamora next month. I'm really curious!

[Kaseadillla]

Saar wrote: "Abigail wrote: "The Name of the Wind, The Lies of Locke Lamora, and honestly I'd have to include Superman: Secret Identity (it made me cry so I mention it f..."

I loved both of those books. Highly recommend.

[Sarah]

Saar wrote: "Abigail wrote: "The Name of the Wind, The Lies of Locke Lamora, and honestly I'd have to include Superman: Secret Identity (it made me cry so I mention it f..."

The Lies of Locke Lamora was a good one. I enjoyed it a great deal.

[Kimberly]

1. Gone with the Wind
2. Birdsong
3. A Holiday for Murder

[Mike]

Read this year...

Written in Fire b/c of the epic ending but would recommend the whole trilogy and that it be read in order. This is the last in the series.

Caliban's War which is #2 in the expanse series. But would read #1 first which is also really good.

Dolores Claiborne read this during the lead up to Great American Eclipse since an eclipse features prominently.

[Melanie]

The Hate U Give: Realistic fiction with a delightfully sarcastic narrator and a relevant message.


Akata Witch: A new fantasy witchcraft world. Though a little YA, it creates a great magic system. Like Harry Potter but with voodoo and a serial killer.


Dogs of War: 9th book in a sci-fi series I've been following for a few years. It was my birthday present to myself and didn't disappoint.

[Kaseadillla]

Melanie wrote: "
The Hate U Give: Realistic fiction with a delightfully sarcastic narrator and a relevant message.
"

I read this recently too and thought it was great! Another club member, Mariah, has a bookclub currently reading this in October: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/....

[Andri]

Momo by Michael Ende

False Hearts by Laura Lam

The book thief by Markus Zusak

[Kaseadillla]

Andrianna wrote: "The book thief by Markus Zusak"

We recently read The Book Thief as a group - many really enjoyed it! Discussion is still open here, would love to hear your thoughts!

[Heather R.]

All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak

SevenEves by Neal Stephenson

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

[Kristin]

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (After reading A Man Called Ove--also wonderful, I gave Backman another shot and it was even better!)
3. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

The Nightingale is on my to-read list and looking at this list is making me so excited for it!

[Jackie]

Favorite books read from June 2016 to May 2017 would be:


The Aviator's Wife

Small Great Things

America's First Daughter

[lucie]

1.
2.
3. - i love the movie as well

[Lori]

A Man Called Ove

Beartown

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

I LOVE Fredrik Backman. I had read Brit-Marie Was Here and I liked it but the Man Called Ove was one of my favorite of all time. Then he came out with Beartown and I cannot stop telling people about this book.

[Laura]

Amy wrote: "1. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
2. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
3. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett"

I was so curious about Trevor Noah's book! I'm glad to hear it's a good one!

1. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
2. Animal Farm by George Orwell
3. In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri

[vrenzy]

we were liars
if we were villains
all the crooked saints

[Lauriane]

Gone with the Wind

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

The Autumn Throne

[Linda]

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
The Alice Network
The Lilac Girls

[Ashley]

We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen

Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly

The Martian by Andy Weir

[David]

Couldn't whittle it down to three, but here are my top four:

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

A Sudden Light by Garth Stein

[Nina]

Ugh it's so hard to limit it to three!


When Breath Becomes Air
The Hate U Give
We Are Okay

[Karen]

It is so hard to choose:

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. The host of the Daily Show details his childhood in South Africa in a funny and enlightening memoir.

Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs Great story in the Mercy Thompson series, they just keep getting better and better.

A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway. A great steampunk story with Sherlock Holmes niece as the main character, Uncle Sherlock shows up in the story too. Loved it and went on to read the rest of the trilogy

[rhsudwn_]

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

Burned by Ellen Hopkins

[rhsudwn_]

Nina wrote: "Ugh it's so hard to limit it to three!


When Breath Becomes Air
The Hate U Give
..."

Sorry, how do you post the book cover images??? Thank you^^

[Satrina]

Koh Leigh wrote: "Sorry, how do you post the book cover images??? Thank you^^"


You click "add book/author" just above the box for your reply and then you choose cover at the lower part of the search box, then type the book you want and that's it.

Hope this helps.

[Snezhi]

A Man Called Ove


Reasons to Stay Alive

Both deeply moving and provoking thoughts that linger on in your mind.

[Talidari]

These books were not just my favorites but they actually changed my life! Highly recomended!

"Magic Tree" by Talidari
A contemporary, treasure hunt story of a young woman's journey across the world to find the magic tree that fulfills every wish. It is a fascinating literary travelogue that makes you believe in magic.

"Anastasia" - Ringing Cedars of Russia Series by Vladimir Megre
A real woman with superpowers that reveals many amazing things about the world and life in general.

"Power vs. Force" by David R. Hawkins
Would you like to know how to tell lies from truth all the time. Now you can because this book reveals how it is possible, and much, much more. A guide to enlightenment.

[Grace =^_^=]

An Ember in the Ashes

A Court of Mist and Fury

Daughter of Smoke & Bone

[Naina]

I'm sorry! I couldn't narrow it down -- so, here are my top 6 from this year (three fiction, three nonfiction):

Fiction:
Station Eleven
The Nightingale
The Rules of Magic

Nonfiction:
What Happened
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

We Are Never Meeting In Real Life

[Kara]

[Stella]

This book is now an all-time favourite for me. Safe to say I loved it!


The whole Percy Jackson series! Couldn't choose one or two of them, so I just chose the whole series. And yes, I know they aren't in the right order, but laziness made me not want to change it : )


This was a reread, but I loved it just as much as the first time I read it.

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1) Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
2) The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
3) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

[Hiridessa]

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Special mention to Anything You Can Do and Leo Loves Aries

[Ethan]

[Arvind]

1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

3. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

[Kat]

1.) Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

2.) The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

3.) If I Stay by Gayle Forman

[Gaye-lynn]

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline - so sad when I read the last page, I wanted more!

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (loved the HBO series and the book was EVEN BETTER!)

And a special shout out to When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - should be required reading for anyone in healthcare. Awesome and inspiring (and sad) book.

[Ilyssa]

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Asking for It by Louise O'Neill
In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

[Sarah]

The Hate U Give is def the best book I have read in 2017. Ready Player One would be 2nd!

[Vanimira]

1. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
2. Villette by Charlotte Brontë
3. Възвишение от Milen Ruskov

[Melissa]

1. Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom
2. Renegades
3. Ready Player One

[Dorothee]

Smoke by Dan Vyleta
Die Geschichte der Bienen by Maja Lunde
Carry on by Rainbow Rowell

[Eric]

Fairytale dainelle steel, James gandoulfini,cat mouse James Patterson

[Kyra]

My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up- I love Russell Brand and this was so funny and witty. He even had a couple references to Clockwork, which we were all reading at the time.
Mrs. Poe- this didn't have great reviews but I liked it because it was a fictionalized account of Poe so some of you might like it.
The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince- so nice to see Mayte's experience with him, but not sure all Prince fans will like it.

[Charley Girl]

Saar wrote: "Abigail wrote: "The Name of the Wind, The Lies of Locke Lamora, and honestly I'd have to include Superman: Secret Identity (it made me cry so I mention it f..."

Just finished The Lies of Locke Lamora. I loved it!

[Charley Girl]

A Man Called Ove

Follow You Home

Loved them both!

[Monique]

Although I mostly read in English, my 2017 favourites are all Slavic, so just to add some diversity here they are:
Samko Tále's Cemetery Book (brilliant - has been called the Slovak Forrest Gump; not sure how good the English translation is, the reviews seem to depend a lot on the edition and how familiar people are with former socialist countries)
Figa (in Slovenian only; a deeply moving contemporary Balkan family saga, especially touching is the portrayal of Alzheimer's disease and the effect it has on human relationships)
Southern scum go home! (an insider's story of second-generation immigrant identity; this is the English version but language play is half of the book's appeal so not sure how well it translates)

[Annie]

Everything Everything ... Tell Me Three Things..... Villette