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href="https://blog.librarything.com/2018/12/top-five-2018/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2018">Top Five Books of 2018</a></h3> <div class="post-body"> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/20276/all/"><img decoding="async" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" src="https://www.librarything.com/pics/topfive2018_200.jpg" border="0" alt=""/></a> Every year we make a list of the top five books every LT staff member has read this year. You can see past years’ lists <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/">here</a>. We also like seeing your favorite reads, so we compiled a list that all of LibraryThing can add to. We’re interested in not just the most read books of 2018, but the best of the best. What were your top five for this year? Note: books on this list weren’t necessarily published in 2018—these are the best we’ve read this year, regardless of publication date. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/20276/all/">» List: Top Five Books of 2018</a>—Add your own! Without further ado, here are our staff favorites! <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/ablachly">Abby</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20933475"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0735223521.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18364430"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1250113326.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/21452473"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1936787970.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20868130"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1947793012.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20547312"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/146686124X.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20933475">The Great Believers</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/makkairebecca">Rebecca Makkai</a>. If you want to feel gutted by excellent literature, this is the book for you. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18364430">Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/rooneykathleen-1">Kathleen Rooney</a>. I love this book, this flaneuse, this love letter to New York, with its exquisite prose and heartbreaking history of one strong woman. I love this cover. And I love Lillian Boxfish. “The structure of the city is the structure of a dream. And me, I have been a long time drifting.” <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/21452473">All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/chungnicole">Nicole Chung</a>. Phenomenal. Incredibly poignant memoir about adoption, family, race, and just being a human. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20868130">Who Is Vera Kelly?</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/knechtrosalie">Rosalie Knecht</a>. This is the queer lady spy novel of my dreams. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20547312">The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/kowalmaryrobinette">Mary Robinette Kowal</a>. In an alternate history where a meteorite strikes DC in 1952, bringing on the kind of climate change that could make earth uninhabitable, Elma is a mathematician and former WWII pilot who becomes involved in the space program. I cannot even begin to say how much I loved this book. Honorable mentions Honorable mention to the <a href="http://www.librarything.com/series/Rivers+of+London">Rivers of London series</a> which I discovered and then devoured this year. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/lorannen">Loranne</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19703595"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1617755885.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18532164"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0399574638.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19861433"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316556343.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14379598"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812983432.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15289887"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1632150190.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19703595">An Unkindness of Ghosts</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/solomonrivers">Rivers Solomon</a>. Really great sci-fi that prods at the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and what a history of oppression does to people, set in space. The protagonist, Aster, is unlike any other I’ve read. Manages to feel very personal, while taking aim at the entire society Solomon has built here. Everyone should read it. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18532164">The Wanderers</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/howreymeg">Meg Howrey</a>. Sci-fi but with lots of feelings. About a team prepping for a mission to mars, and how that impacts them and their families. Made me want to call my mom a lot. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19861433">Circe</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/millermadeline-1">Madeline Miller</a>. Fans of Miller’s equally excellent previous work (The Song of Achilles) will come for the beautiful writing; everyone should stay for the righteous wrath of a witch scorned. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14379598">The Quick</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/owenlauren">Lauren Owen</a>. This book keeps changing what it is: first it’s a Secret Garden-style childhood mope, then it’s a Young Man off to The City to Seek His Fortune, then oh wait, it’s a love story! And that’s all before the vampires show up and things get really interesting. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15289887">The Wicked + the Divine</a>. A comic I’ve been reading for the last five years that’s drawing to a close. Great writing, great art. Every 90 years, 12 gods (from different pantheons) are reincarnated as young people—this time around, they’re pop star archetypes: Lucifer/David Bowie, Inanna/Prince, Amaterasu/Florence Welch, and so on. Mythology nerds will enjoy. Loranne’s… mentions? <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18197339">The Power</a> by Naomi Alderman. I had such high hopes for this one, having heard rave reviews: women everywhere develop the power to electrocute via their hands. It was ultimately a disappointment: great writing, cool premise, but completely glosses over even the existence of trans/non-binary folks. What’s worse than ignoring people who don’t fit the strict gender binary: there’s a total fakeout—could have explored that character and had it be very interesting, but discarded them instead. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16956964">Crosstalk</a> by Connie Willis. A book club read I just couldn’t get through. Maybe if you’re not into social media, don’t write a “romance” that hinges on it? Reminded me of <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14149720">The Circle</a> (and that’s not a good thing). <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">Tim</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18562880"><img decoding="async" src="https://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/b0/9e/b09eea90da13f4b5970736c6e51434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/6173804"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1592403956.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/34672"><img decoding="async" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/ea/3c/ea3cde1aca489e3597757665141434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17870323"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0691159793.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/21712050"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0674979982.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18562880">Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/clineerich">Eric H. Cline</a>. I started out disliking this book, whose early chapters go over much of the ground of <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/21964">Gods, Graves, Scholars</a>, but not as entertainingly. It grew on me, and won my heart when it profiled an archaeologist (George Bass) I worked with once upon a time. It may not be perfect, but it’s so far as I know it’s a unique thing—an comprehensive, accessible, scholarly overview of world archaeology. Cat, meet catnip. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/6173804">Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/mcwhorterjohn">John McWhorter</a>. I love McWhorter. I just love him. That is all. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/34672">The Winged Watchman</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/stockumhildavan">Hilda Van Stockum</a>. A children’s book I listened to with Liam and Lisa. It’s something of a lost classic—a story of a rural Dutch family during the German occupation that is both exciting and, in the end, true to the pervasive horror and occasional mercies of the period. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17870323">In the Land of a Thousand Gods: A History of Asia Minor in the Ancient World</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/marekchristian">Christian Marek</a>. I’m still working my way through this, a nearly 1,000-page summary of Anatolian history. No doubt it would be dry to some. As someone whose deepest historical and archaeological interests coincide perfectly with the topic, it is quite the opposite. The parts I know already read like rereading an old love letter, and the parts that are new to me make my hair stand on end. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/21712050">Vatican I: The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church</a> by <a href="">John W. O’Malley</a>. John O’Malley, SJ is best known for <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15282916">his work on the early Jesuits</a> (see <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2017/12/top-five-2017/">my 2017 top-five list</a>). In recent years he’s taken up the ecumenical councils, including <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/22192454">a rather good basic lecture series</a>, <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12698452">a history of Trent</a>, and <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/6269336">a history of Vatican II</a> (on <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2011/12/lt-staffs-favorite-2011-reads/">my 2011 top-five list</a>). His history of Vatican I is similarly good, and oddly appropriate to the moment. This is all my attempt to make up for having attended Georgetown when O’Malley was teaching, not taking any of his class and indeed being completely ignorant of who he was. Dishonorable mention <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14831230">The Three-Body Problem</a> by Cixin Liu. In my 2014 list I gave Engines of God a dishonorable mention, writing “Why do I bother reading science fiction?” In 2013 I wrote “I love good science fiction, but most of it is crap,” and proceeded to disparage <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12239418/">Wool</a>, <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/49161/">The Black Cloud</a>, <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/27659/">Children of God</a>, and <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/19812/">The Midwich Cuckoos</a>. The year before, I said the same of <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11740/">The Kraken Wakes</a>. In recent years <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14034594">Annihilation</a> and <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/8206950">The Maze Runner</a> got the stick. I think you can see where I’m going with this one. Certainly, the idea of The Three-Body Problem is clever, but Cixin, Wyndham, McDevitt and the rest: that’s not enough. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/katemcangus">Kate</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13994197"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0062241796.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/20936886"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0735213895.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19030597"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1101912197.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/20290985"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0399590501.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17525753"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316422738.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13994197">Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/johnstonanndowsett">Ann Dowsett Johnston</a>. I’ve read a great number of recovery memoirs (voyeurism? curiosity? something in between?), but this addition to the genre stands alone, at least for me. While Johnston shares pieces of her story and journey to sobriety, she also incorporates the results of years of research on the subject of women and drinking. I spent half the time reading this book with my jaw unhinged, my mouth hanging open in disbelief, and the other half reading statistics and other data aloud to my husband. I don’t think I’ve highlighted a book this much since graduate school. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/20936886">The Incendiaries: A Novel</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/kwonro">R.O. Kwon</a>. I first heard this book mentioned on the Forever35 podcast by Doree Shafrir as “cults + North Korea + <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/7221">The Secret History</a>,” which was all I needed to hear. I read The Incendiaries in a single sitting, which is definitely a testament to its excellence as I have two kids under four years old. Honestly, it exceeded expectations. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19030597">We Are Never Meeting in Real Life: Essays</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/irbysamantha">Samantha Irby</a>. Samantha Irby is a delight, y’all. I have *never* laughed so hard reading a book. Like, snort-laughing, gasping-for-air-crying. But beware that this book is essays isn’t all laughs: Irby is just as adept at discussing the difficulties of life, of which she’s had more than her fair share. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/20290985">Educated</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/westovertara">Tara Westover</a>. Westover’s memoir of growing up in a survivalist, Mormon family and making her way to Cambridge for a PhD is as shocking as it is impressive. Although her strength, tenacity, and intelligence are laudable, I was perhaps most impressed by how delicately and respectfully she portrayed her family—even those who have obviously done her wrong. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17525753">Lethal White</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/galbraithrobert-1">Robert Galbraith</a>. My personal favorite Cormoran Strike novel. I’m a fan of Galbraith/Rowling and I couldn’t put this one down. As my father-in-law put it upon finishing the lengthy novel: “No wonder it took her so long!” <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kjgormley">KJ</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18916559"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/125009528X.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19029739"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316316121.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18424318"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1476753830.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/20901387"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/1328764524.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19861433"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316556343.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18916559">If We Were Villains</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/rioml">M.L. Rio</a>. A murder mystery/campus novel/Shakespeare homage, this gem isn’t for everybody, but if you like even one of those genres, give it a try. Familiarity with Shakespearean tragedies helpful. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19029739">Less</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/greerandrewsean">Andrew Sean Greer</a>. This Pulitzer winner is a deceptively small novel about a mid-career gay novelist on a scrimped together round-the-world trip. In addition to its hilarious, beautiful language, I loved how it delicately demonstrates the monumental changes travel can engender in a person. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18424318">Salt Fat Acid Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/nosratsamin">Samin Nosrat</a>. If I ever become even a halfway decent home cook, it will be because of Samin. Also, there’s a really great Netflix series and the illustrations are gorgeous. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/20901387">How to Write an Autobiographical Novel</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/cheealexander">Alexander Chee</a>. This collection of essays by one of my favorite authors covers everything from Chee’s rose garden in Brooklyn, his time as waiter for the ultra-rich, and his activism in San Francisco amid the AIDS crisis in the 80s. Come for the solid lessons on craft, stay for the illustration of a fully-lived life. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19861433">Circe</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/millermadeline-1">Madeline Miller</a>. Miller made a splash with her debut novel <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10930666">Song of Achilles</a>, an adaptation of The Iliad through the lens of the love of Achilles and Patroclus. Now, she tackles The Odyssey through the eyes of the witch Circe in a moving, righteously angry, and emotionally loaded interrogation of women’s place in Ancient Greece, and now. Honorable mentions <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/rollinsjames">The oeuvre of James Rollins</a> I’ve spent most of this year on the road, and Rollins’ action thrillers made planes and buses and ferries pass more quickly. Think Dan Brown morphed with Michael Creighton with some Indiana Jones for good measure. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/20933475">The Great Believers</a> by Rebecca Makkai. What Abby said, above. Only didn’t make my top five because it’s in hers. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/ccatalfo">Chris C.</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18379270"><img decoding="async" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/00/a7/00a732759cdfb8c597032697041434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18181484/"><img decoding="async" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/cd/3f/cd3fa433b89d940596c41666e51434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/23107"><img decoding="async" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/e1/8c/e18c8cff2fae2e859344f575477434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8121174"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802145248.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9198536"><img decoding="async" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/1e/fa/1efaf3c621d9243592b496d6241434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18379270">A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/rutherfordadam-1">Adam Rutherford</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18181484/">Homo Deus</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/harariyuvalnoah">Yuval Noah Harari</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/23107">The Sun Also Rises</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/hemingwayernest">Ernest Hemingway</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8121174">The Cello Suites</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/siblineric">Eric Siblin</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9198536">Breakfast with Socrates</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/smithrobertrowland">Robert Rowland Smith</a>. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kristilabrie">Kristi</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16029939"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0812993543.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17818"><img decoding="async" src="https://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/70/e2/70e29db5bc07d47593667365051434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17992577"><img decoding="async" src="https://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/c4/fc/c4fc34aa9453af3597054356d77434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/8509221"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/039592720X.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17949803"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316385913.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16029939">Between the World and Me</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/coatestanehisi">Ta-Nehisi Coates</a>. A compact, powerful message that must be read, broadcast, and the lessons heavily applied to the world. Read. This. Book. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17818">Case Histories</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/atkinsonkate">Kate Atkinson</a>. I devoured this book. The characters had depth, the stories blended together seamlessly, a page-turning plot structure…very well done. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17992577">Norse Mythology</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/gaimanneil">Neil Gaiman</a>. I was a little skeptical of how Gaiman would make retellings of Norse mythology interesting…silly me. A delightful little collection. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/8509221">Interpreter of Maladies</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/lahirijhumpa">Jhumpa Lahiri</a>. Great read. I loved the mundane observations Lahiri’s characters added to the overall theme of each short story. Definitely gave me more knowledge and insight into a culture I needed to learn more about—I’ll surely be looking for more. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17949803">Winter of the Gods</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/brodskyjordannamax">Jordanna Max Brodsky</a>. Another fun read in the Olympus Bound trilogy, a modern NYC crime series intertwined with Greek mythology. The shortcomings I’ve found in this series, for me (the endings that drag on a bit and the characters that aren’t as well-developed as I’d like), are saved well enough by the good research Brodsky puts into her writing. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kgriffith">Kirsten</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20708398"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062662805.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/19835488"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062570609.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20852228"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802127355.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19804643"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0062379291.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/22196075"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0316491349.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20708398">The Poet X</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/acevedoelizabeth">Elizabeth Acevedo</a>. Narrated by the author, this novel told in verse is at once a very easy read and an incredibly powerful one. I bought the hardcover after finishing the audiobook because like a book of poetry but unlike most novels, I really wanted to be able to mark it up and revisit certain passages. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/19835488">Dread Nation</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/irelandjustina">Justina Ireland</a>. I’m not much for zombies, but I’m very glad I made the exception for this one. For fans of Gail Carriger, Mackenzi Lee, and NK Jemisin, and anyone who enjoys a rollicking, fast-moving historical reimagining with whip-smart characters. Justina Ireland also gives real good Twitter. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/20852228">Freshwater</a> by <a href="">Akwaeke Emezi</a>. As with much of my reading this year, I didn’t know anything about this beyond reading a brief summary before listening to it (Scribd is proving quite excellent for book roulette), and I was blown away. It was intense, and also beautiful, empowering, heartbreaking, infuriating, and inspiring. It’s one that has stayed with me and which I think of often. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19804643">The Cooking Gene</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/twittymichaelw">Michael W. Twitty</a>. This author-narrated audiobook was both a joy to listen to, and a sobering recollection of one Black man’s ancestors and the lives they endured. In the afterword, Twitty acknowledges that the book is a complete mishmash of genres: he is apologetic about it, however, while I find it to be one of the book’s greatest strengths. Part culinary memoir, part history lesson, part spiritual journey, all heart. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/22196075">How Long ‘til Black Future Month?</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/jemisinnk">NK Jemisin</a>. Nothing like a surprise December title to shake up the annual top 5. This short story collection exceeded any expectations I might have had if I’d known it was coming before the day it was actually released. The variety in themes, landscapes, and characters’ experiences and demographics is incredibly refreshing in a genre that can often feel like authors are revisiting past successes or giving their take on a story that’s been told time and time again. The audiobook was top-notch, and I’ll be seeking out a couple of the narrators so I can stalk their work forever. The first and last stories in particular were fascinating and exquisitely performed. Honorable mentions <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1507">Rebecca</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/maurierdaphnedu">Daphne du Maurier</a>. I’ve been told for years that I should read this, and to everyone who said so, you were right. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17117699">Furthermore</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/mafitahereh">Tahereh Mafi</a>. Mafi’s lyrical prose and Bronson Pinchot’s narration are a perfect match. Dishonorable mentions <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12050">Julie & Julia</a>. This books has EVERYTHING: slurs against mental illness, disparaging terms for folks with disabilities, fatphobia… hard pass, thanks. Just… wow. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17692049">The Essex Serpent</a>. I bailed on this one despite high hopes because of the increasingly icky-feeling use of an autistic-coded character as a plot device. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/conceptDawg">Chris H.</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18181484/"><img decoding="async" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/cd/3f/cd3fa433b89d940596c41666e51434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18694363"><img decoding="async" src="http://pics.cdn.librarything.com/picsizes/04/ca/04ca44fd0d26622596970336e41434f414f4141.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/486027"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0752827839.01._SX142_SY224_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18181484/">Homo Deus</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/harariyuvalnoah">Yuval Noah Harari</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/18694363">We Are Legion (We Are Bob)</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/taylordennise">Dennis E. Taylor</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/486027">The Mechanic’s Tale</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/matchettsteve">Steve Matchett</a>. <h1>More?</h1> Tell us about your favorites for 2018 on <a href="https://www.librarything.com/topic/300088">Talk</a>, or <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/20276/all/">add your own Top Five to our list</a>! </div> <div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> Labels: <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/lists/" rel="category tag">lists</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/reading/" rel="category tag">reading</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/recommendations/" rel="category tag">recommendations</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/" rel="category tag">top five</a> <div class="post-footer"> posted by Abby @<a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2018/12/top-five-2018/" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2018">12:32 pm</a> <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2018/12/top-five-2018/#comments">18 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="shareit"> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/home?status=Top+Five+Books+of+2018+-+http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2018/12/top-five-2018/" target="_blank" ><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" alt="Tweet about Top Five Books of 2018" /></a> </li> <li class="facebook-share"> <a name="fb_share" type="icon" share_url="http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2018/12/top-five-2018/" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script> </li> </div> </div> <div class="post-8772 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-holiday category-lists category-reading category-recommendations category-top-five"> <h2 class="date-header">Wednesday, December 20th, 2017</h2> <h3 class="post-title"><a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2017/12/top-five-2017/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2017">Top Five Books of 2017</a></h3> <div class="post-body"> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/16522/all/"><img decoding="async" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" src="https://image.librarything.com/pics/topfive2017_200.jpg" border="0" alt=""/></a> Every December, LT staff members compile a list of our top five favorite books we’ve read this year. You can see past years’ lists <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/">here</a>. We also like seeing members’ favorite reads, so we compiled a list that all of LibraryThing can add to. We’re interested in not just the most read books of 2017, but the best of the best. What were your top five for this year? Note: books on this list weren’t necessarily published in 2017—these are the best we’ve read this year, regardless of publication date. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/16522/all/">» List: Top Five Books of 2017</a>—Add your own! Without further ado, here are our staff favorites! <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kjgormley">KJ</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17006606"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B013PKAFOC.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17925694/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1941040497.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10112735/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812971833.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/270462"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312305036.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19750833"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/155597788X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17006606">Hunger</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/gayroxane">Roxane Gay</a> This memoir is both baldly honest and achingly human. Gay writes in her forthright manner about her lifelong relationship with her body and soul, pointing her incisive lens on how fat women experience a deeply prejudiced world. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17925694">Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/gilliganruth">Ruth Gilligan</a> Combining two of the world’s great storytelling cultures, Gilligan’s book about Jewish people in Ireland in the 20th century, told through three intertwining stories, strikes a unique and heartfelt note. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10112735">Olive Kitteridge</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/stroutelizabeth">Elizabeth Strout</a> This collection of connected short stories really nails the unique interpersonal conflicts of small town Maine better than any book I’ve ever read, except perhaps a couple Stephen King novels. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/270462">Edinburgh</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/cheealexander">Alexander Chee</a> This author’s first book (he’s better known for his second, <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14603538">The Queen of the Night</a>), which details the fallout from a sexually abusive choir conductor, contains the spectrum of human emotions in spare, wrenching prose, and some lush descriptions of Maine landscapes as well. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19750833">Her Body and Other Parties</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/machadocarmenmaria">Carmen Maria Machado</a> The book I have been physically pressing upon every woman in my life who has ever been called “kinda intense.” Machado’s short story collection uses the format of gothic tales to interrogate the daily visceral horrors of women living under a patriarchy which is both distant and intimate at the same time. My favorite? “Eight Bites,” a.k.a. the answer to the question: “where does the fat go after bariatric surgery?” KJ’s honorable mentions: Honorable mentions go to the fantasy books that helped me through the hard parts of this year: <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18555909">The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue</a> (Note from Abby: this book is utterly charming, the perfect balm to the insanity of 2017), <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19640942">The City of Brass</a>, and <a href="https://www.librarything.com/series/Queen%27s+Thief">The Queen’s Thief</a> series. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/lorannen">Loranne</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16518639"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316229261.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15044842/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316335924.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14831230/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765382032.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16999118"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/3959811403.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16058242/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/163215479X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16518639">The Obelisk Gate</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/jemisinnk">N.K. Jemisin</a> I read the entirety of Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy this year, back-to-back-to-back, and if I’m being 100% honest, those three books would all be in my Top Five. But I wanted to give a special nod to the second installment, for knocking my socks off where other middle-of-the-trilogy books often fall short. If you like inventive fantasy, with rich, unique worlds, or if you just like rocks, definitely give her work a shot. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15044842">Touch</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/northclaire">Claire North</a> This was one of the most fun, compelling books I read all year. A sci-fi thriller about a centuries-old entity that can take over a person’s body via touch, and who finds theirself being hunted down. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14831230">The Three-Body Problem</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/liucixin">Cixin Liu</a> Smart, well-written, hard sci-fi set around China’s Cultural Revolution. Full of wonderfully complex characters and a unique premise—once you figure out what’s really going on. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16999118">Paper Girls</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/vaughanbriank">Brian K. Vaughan</a> If a 1980s girl gang of newspaper deliverers + time travel doesn’t sound like an awesome, wild ride, then this probably isn’t the comic for you. If it does… <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16058242">Injection</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/elliswarren">Warren Ellis</a> My favorite creepy, weird comic about a group of geniuses who unleash an AI onto the Internet, and what it does once it settles in. Loranne’s dishonorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13825073">Armada</a> by Ernest Cline: Meet “All the pop culture references that couldn’t be crammed into Ready Player One: The Novel”. I’m not much of an RPO fan to begin with, but attempting to read this one (my only DNF this year!) makes me actively dislike RPO in retrospect.</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18181484">Homo Deus</a> by Yuval Noah Harari: A big ol’ NOPE. What a slog that amounted to nothing.</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/ablachly">Abby</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18467133"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765383810.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18532164/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0399574638.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15511134/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1627792120.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18916559"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/125009528X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17045102/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393241688.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18467133">Amberlough</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/donnellylaraelena">Lara Elena Donnelly</a> A fantasy world with gay spies and smugglers in an eerily prescient fascist state. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18532164">The Wanderers</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/howreymeg">Meg Howrey</a> A fantastic but somewhat quiet character study of astronauts during a simulation of a mission to Mars. (Note from KJ: cosigned from the resident company space opera nerd.) <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15511134">Six of Crows</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/bardugoleigh">Leigh Bardugo</a> This book has everything. It’s an Ocean’s Eleven-esque heist, with magic, and with maps in the front. (I’m a sucker for a book with a map in the front.) <a href="https://wwws.librarything.com/work/18916559">If We Were Villains</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/rioml">M.L. Rio</a> Murder mystery + theater students who are both incredibly pretentious and undeniably human + so much Shakespeare. Glorious. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17045102">The Unseen World</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/mooreliz">Liz Moore</a> This book is smart, and heartbreaking. If your motto is like mine, “get wrecked by literature,” read this. Abby’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19438069">The Woman Who Smashed Codes</a> by Jason Fagone: The amazing story of Elizabeth Friedman, one of the first code-breakers, whose achievements are buried in history behind those of her husband.</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/katemcangus">Kate</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15550578"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596438215.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19732785/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1338116959.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14936251/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1442451025.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16949563"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UzqRbpUUL._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17723767/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763676837.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> Honestly, I would have an easier time of listing the five books I disliked most this year (I’m looking at you, <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17650010">Lincoln in the Bardo</a>). Turns out 2017 was difficult for a lot of folks! Add a newborn and a toddler to the mix and my year in reading was less than stellar. I did, however, read every single children’s book published, so here’s my top five in children’s literature: <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15550578">Supertruck</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/savagestephen-1">Stephen Savage</a> We love all of Savage’s books, but my son especially loves this one. And the dedication definitely didn’t* make me cry. (*it did) <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19732785">Dog on a Frog?</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/graykes">Kes Gray</a> Silly rhymes, which led to lots of laughs. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14936251">Gaston</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/dipucchiokelly">Kelly Dipucchio</a> A cute book that challenges what it means to fit in, complete with great illustrations, and dialogue which necessitated my horrid, exaggerated french accent which made my son howl with laughter. Plus dogs! <a href="https://wwws.librarything.com/work/16949563">Extremely Cute Animals Operating Heavy Machinery</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/gordondavid-3">David Gordon</a> My sons is crazy about trucks—to the point that we’ve exhausted our library’s vehicle-centric kids’ collection. This one popped up a few weeks ago and he loved it: animals, trucks, and a sneaky lesson about forgiveness. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17723767">Everyone</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/nealchristophersilas">Christopher Silas Neal</a> Sparse and beautifully illustrated, my son had LOTS to say about this one. Kate’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17006606">Hunger</a> by Roxane Gay</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17530229">Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube</a> by Blair Braverman</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kgriffith">Kirsten</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16935668"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B01CXOYMZ4.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16348025/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/163476367X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18690995/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062498533.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12748828"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1620046245.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16843667/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1101947136.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16935668">When the Moon Was Ours</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/mclemoreannamarie">Anna-Marie McLemore</a> I had no idea when I started this book that it would be one I consider potentially life-changing YA. Featuring protagonists with intersectional identities; questions of culture, gender, sexuality, and family; a healthy dose of magical realism and unique prose, I wish it had been around 20 years ago for teenage Kirsten to read. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16348025">The Lightning-Struck Heart</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/klunetj">TJ Klune</a> Look, I’ve boiled this down to a simple pitch: it is at once the raunchiest and most wholesome thing I’ve ever read. This book has everything: wizards, a royal family, sexually aggressive dragons, a hornless gay unicorn—need I go on? <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18690995">The Hate U Give</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/thomasangie">Angie Thomas</a> Listened to this on audio—Bahni Turpin’s pacing probably isn’t for everyone, but her delivery was perfect throughout. This is a very accessible story about police brutality, race relations between classes, and living one’s truth. Recommend to absolutely everyone. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12748828">The High King’s Golden Tongue</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/derrmegan">Megan Derr</a> Yep, more MM romance fantasy, because 2017. I loved the characters in this one, as well as Derr’s decision to center a linguist as necessary to successful governance. Another fun romp, a bit less absurd than the Klune, but no less enjoyable. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16843667">Homegoing</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/gyasiyaa">Yaa Gyasi</a> Beautifully told stories of intricately interwoven lives, over seven generations of a family. Do recommend looking up the family chart if you listen to it on audio. Kirsten’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1524">The Mists of Avalon</a> by Marion Zimmer Bradley: I’m sure would have been a lifetime favorite if I’d read it earlier.</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15087064">Uprooted</a> by Naomi Novik</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/35544">The Monster at the End of this Book:</a> a classic I’ve read to my nephew every time I’ve seen him since he was born.</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">Tim</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18480217/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594633738.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1921994/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0811213463.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15282916"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/144223475X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14125/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786868996.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/5104/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689826990.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18480217">Priestdaddy</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/lockwoodpatricia">Patricia Lockwood</a> Lockwood by turns dazzles and drives me nuts. Either way, I’m sure to remember the characters that inhabit her breakthrough memoir—the strangest and most interesting of whom may be the author. The next <a href="https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/State_of_the_Thing">State of the Thing</a> newsletter will include my interview with her. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1921994/">The Samurai</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/endoshusaku">Shusaku Endo</a> Silence made my list last year, in anticipation of the Scorcese movie. Samurai is a much “larger” book, and might have made a more successful movie. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14125">A History of Britain</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/schamasimon">Simon Schama</a> Especially volume three (1776–2000). Help me, I’m turning into my Dad. Schama was one of a number of British history books I read this year. Also memorable—and even more of a Dad-read—was Lukacs’s <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/330918">The Duel: The 80-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler</a>. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/omalleyjohnw">John W. O’Malley</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15282916">The Jesuits: A History from Ignatius to the Present</a> and <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/5010458">St. Ignatius Loyola and the Remarkable History of the First Jesuits</a>. After Georgetown, devouring a raft of “Jesuits in Space” novels, and experiencing the first Jesuit Pope, it was time to do a deep dive into Ignatius and his order. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/5104/">Hatchet</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/paulsengary">Gary Paulsen</a> I read and/or listened to a number of books with my eleven year-old son this year. Hatchet was one of the stand-outs. Tim’s dishonorable mentions: This year was marked by as many duds as successes. A few deserve special mention. <ul> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18181484">Homo Deus</a> by Yuval Noah Harari: What a terrible follow-up to <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14300164">Sapiens</a>—or rather, a magnification of everything flip and cliched in Sapiens, without any of its interest.</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18279940">The Benedict Option</a> by Rod Dreher: Dreher is asking some of the right questions, and he started a necessary conversation. But his answers are mostly wrongheaded—and frequently gross.</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14034594">Annihilation</a> by Jeff VanderMeer: How on earth did this win the Nebula? If this is the best, why bother?</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/8206950">The Maze Runner</a> by James Dashner: Now and then I like to read a celebrated YA book. This one’s a stinker.</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kristilabrie">Kristi</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/7352"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B004JHY6EG.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19010406"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/162097293X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/51407"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671022083.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18724899"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374536910.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/9979582"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143113496.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/7352">Tipping the Velvet</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/waterssarah-1">Sarah Waters</a> This sensuous historical romance chronicles the evolution of Nancy Astley, an oyster girl who follows her beloved male impersonator to the theatres of London. The abrupt end to their romance is just the beginning for “Nan King,” who discovers other parts of herself—and other lovers—in Victorian England. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19010406">Black Moses</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/mabanckoualain">Alain Mabanckou</a> Incredible tale of an orphan from Loango who flees to Pointe-Noire at 13, and experiences a myriad of adventures, trials, and tribulations. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/51407">The High House</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/stoddardjames">James Stoddard</a> High fantasy starring the newest steward of Evenmere mansion. Evenmere holds the power to the universe, quite literally, and our hero must protect it from those who seek to endr reality as we know it. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18724899">The Grip of It</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/jemcjac">Jac Jemc</a> A creepy thriller! A young couple’s relationship—and sanity—is tested after moving into their new and suspiciously cheap home in small-town Wisconsin. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/9979582">In the Woods</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/frenchtana">Tana French</a> Det. Ryan returns to the woods of his Dublin hometown to investigate the murder of a 12-year-old girl. The case resembles one in 1984, where Ryan and two friends went missing: he was found with no memory of what happened. Now, he must try to remember… <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/ccatalfo">Chris C.</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/2567"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393317552.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17789472/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1620972255.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18591172/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0674504437.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15147805"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1780767943.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13595622/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1449326269.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/2567">Guns, Germs, and Steel</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/diamondjared">Jared Diamond</a> I found this oldie but goodie absolutely fascinating and eye-opening. Offers an insightful history of the world’s cultures from a variety of different angles. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17789472">Stranges in Their Own Land</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/hochschildarlierusse">Arlie Russell Hochschild</a> An account of a writer’s journey to understand a part of the US she doesn’t personally “get.” <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18591172">Numbers and the Making of Us</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/everettcaleb">Caleb Everett</a> A fascinating look at the way numbers have shaped societies and human development from a technological and linguistic point of view. I particularly loved the linguistic aspects. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15147805">Sicily: A Literary Guide for Travellers</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/edwardsandrew">Andrew Edwards</a> A tour through Sicily from a literary point of view, visiting important Sicilian writers’ towns and explaining some of Sicily’s variety through a history of it’s literature. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13595622">Agile Data Science</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/jurneyrussell">Russell Jurney</a> An introduction to a set of tools and practices for processing large amounts of data and producing visualizations and/or predictions from that data. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/pedro.pessoa">Pedro</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/3728592"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140449264.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/4007/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0787960756.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19381793/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1509845364.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13182349/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0996018409.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpgg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/3728592">The Count of Monte Cristo</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/prealexandredumas">Alexandre Dumas</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/4007">The Five Dysfunctions of a Team</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/lencionipatrickm">Patrick Lencioni</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/19381793">Radical Candor</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/malonekimscott">Kim Scott Malone</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13182349">The Weekly Coaching Conversation</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/souzabrian">Brian Souza</a> <h1>More?</h1> Tell us about your favorites for 2017 on <a href="https://www.librarything.com/topic/278377">Talk</a>, or <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/16522/all/">add your own Top Five to our list</a>! </div> <div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> Labels: <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/lists/" rel="category tag">lists</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/reading/" rel="category tag">reading</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/recommendations/" rel="category tag">recommendations</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/" rel="category tag">top five</a> <div class="post-footer"> posted by Loranne @<a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2017/12/top-five-2017/" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2017">4:10 am</a> <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2017/12/top-five-2017/#comments">17 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="shareit"> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/home?status=Top+Five+Books+of+2017+-+http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2017/12/top-five-2017/" target="_blank" ><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" alt="Tweet about Top Five Books of 2017" /></a> </li> <li class="facebook-share"> <a name="fb_share" type="icon" share_url="http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2017/12/top-five-2017/" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script> </li> </div> </div> <div class="post-8257 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-holiday category-lists category-reading category-recommendations category-top-five"> <h2 class="date-header">Tuesday, December 20th, 2016</h2> <h3 class="post-title"><a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2016/12/top-five-2016/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2016">Top Five Books of 2016</a></h3> <div class="post-body"> <a href=""><img decoding="async" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" src="http://image.librarything.com/pics/LTtopfive2016_200.gif" border="0" alt=""/></a> Every December, LT staff members compile a list of our top five favorite books we’ve read this year. You can see past years’ lists <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/">here</a>. We also like seeing members’ favorite reads, so we compiled a list that all of LibraryThing can add to. We’re interested in not just the most read books of 2016, but the best of the best. What were your top five for 2016? Note: books on this list weren’t necessarily published in 2016—these are the best we’ve read this year, regardless of publication date. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/11172/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2016">»List: Top Five Books of 2016</a>—Add your own! Without further ado, here are our staff favorites! <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/katemcangus">Kate</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15442190"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385539258.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15684095/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594634475.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17167766/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316348406.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16480518"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/081299860X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17600005/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670026336.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15442190">A Little Life</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/yanagiharahanya">Hanya Yanagihara</a> Hands down, the most devastating, beautiful book I’ve ever read. This is now the benchmark by which I judge all other “sad” books. Should come with a button which reads “I survived A Little Life.” <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15684095">Fates and Furies</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/grofflauren">Lauren Groff</a> Since finishing this book I’ve been waiting for something, anything to live up to it. No dice yet. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17167766">Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/westlindy">Lindy West</a> I attended Lindy’s reading in St. Louis at Left Bank Books and, y’all, she is a force with which to be reckoned. Inspiring, thoughtful, and funny. <a href="https://wwws.librarything.com/work/16480518">The Girls</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/clineemma">Emma Cline</a> I read this on a trip to California and it was the perfect choice. Cline did an amazing job capturing the insecurity and loneliness of being a young teenaged girl, and the resulting motivations for action. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17600005">The Trespasser</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/frenchtana">Tana French</a> Not my favorite installment of the Dublin Murder Squad, but it’s still Tana French, y’all. Her writing is best. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/lorannen">Loranne</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13657674"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1603093001.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15468875/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316246689.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17634317/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1632157098.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14602980"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1481440888.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14681155/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402297122.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13657674">March: Book One</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/lewisjohn-1">John Lewis</a> Representative John Lewis’s personal account of his life as part of the Civil Rights Movement should be read by everyone. It’s intense, and Nate Powell’s black and white art is used to great effect to build on Lewis’s story. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15468875">Ancillary Mercy</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/leckieann">Ann Leckie</a> This wrapped up Leckie’s Imperial Raadch trilogy, and it hit all the right notes. Continuing to probe at what is left in the wake of an imperial steamroller, and pushing all my “robots are people, too” buttons, it was heart-tugging and funny, and left me wanting more of this universe. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17634317">Monstress, Vol. 1</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/liumarjoriem">Marjorie Liu</a> Sana Takeda’s work on Monstress is hands-down some of the most beautiful art in current comics out there, and the world the co-creators have built is rich and intriguing. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14602980">Lagoon</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/okoraformbachunnedi">Nnedi Okorafor</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14681155">The Memory Garden</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/rickertmary">Mary Rickert</a> Loranne’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17600005">The Trespasser</a> by Tana French</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/28008">Stories of Your Life and Others</a> by Ted Chiang: The only reason this one isn’t in my Top Five proper is because I’m not done with it yet! Chiang’s stories are intimate and thought-provoking, and, if you like reading books movies are based on, the title piece—”Story of Your Life”—can’t be beat, as the inspiration for the movie Arrival.</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kjgormley">KJ</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16843667"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1101947136.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15344960/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1555977073.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15248294/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1566893747.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17643238"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0829820299.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/series/Discworld%3A+City+Watch"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061057649.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16843667">Homegoing</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/gyasiyaa">Yaa Gyasi</a> This narrative, which follows 5 generations of a family separated in the 18th century by the Atlantic slave trade, is a book I have physically shoved into multiple people’s hands. Alternating perspectives between American and Ghanaian descendents of two sisters, it touches on the histories of those countries through the eyes of ordinary people. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15344960">The Argonauts</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/nelsonmaggie">Maggie Nelson</a> This memoir/academic research/musings/fragment collection explores how to make a queer romance, and a family, in a world where there are no solid models for either of those endeavors. This stuck with me for weeks. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15248294">Prelude to Bruise</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/jonessaeed">Saeed Jones</a> In 2014, I had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Jones read aloud a few of the poems in this collection about a black gay man coming of age in the American South, but only got around to reading the whole thing this summer. My two favorites are: “Sleeping Arrangement” and “Pretending to Drown.” <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17643238">Glorify</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/heathemilyc">Emily C. Heath</a> This came to me at exactly a time when I needed a breath of fresh air into my faith. Rev. Heath suggests a refocusing for the progressive church centered in discipleship, and offers compelling reasons why. My mom, my church’s Lenten reading series, and many others also enjoyed reading and discussing it. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/series/Discworld%3A+City+Watch">The City Watch Series</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/pratchettterry">Terry Pratchett</a> I had dabbled in Sir Terry before, but had the opportunity to plow my way through <a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/lorannen">Loranne’s</a> copy of the City Watch books early this year, and enjoyed it mightily. I laughed; I cried; I developed a fondness for parenthetical footnotes. For a series of fantasy books, they really nail down issues that are perpetually present in the real world, pointing out political hypocrisies and themes. My favorite was probably <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1044504">Feet of Clay</a>. Will re-read again, definitely. KJ’s honorable mentions: <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14849893">Gender Failure</a> by Rae Spoon and Ivan Coyote <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15442190">A Little Life</a> by Hanya Yanagihara, and Pocket, which helped me read >30k words a day of election coverage for 10 months on my phone without killing my eyesight. My soul, yes, but my eyes are fine. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">Tim</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14374110/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0199586454.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14353419/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195377990.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1031302"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0800871863.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18194251/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062492187.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18824773">The Great Poets</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/hopkinsgerardmanley">Gerard Manley Hopkins</a> I encountered Hopkins in my 20s and dismissed him as cramped—how wrong I was! I listened to him again between Boston and Portland, and almost drove off the road in unexpected pleasure. I haven’t discovered a poet I love this much in a decade. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14374110/">Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/catlingdavidc">David C. Catling</a> A nice break from my usual interests; utterly fascinating, and surprisingly handy for understanding this year’s glut of astrobiology stories. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14353419/">Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/podanyamandah">Amanda H. Podany</a> This was the year I got addicted to Oxford’s “A Very Short Introduction” series—can you tell? Despite all the classics and archaeology, by ANE knowledge was pretty scattered. This tied it all together for me, and led to further exploration. Other titles, such as the Ancient Egypt one, weren’t as satisfying. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1031302">Silence</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/endoshusaku">Shusaku Endo</a> Can I add something I’m still reading? I can tell it’s going to be a favorite. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18194251/">The Stolen Child</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/careylisa">Lisa Carey</a> I’m not exactly unbiased here—my wife is the author and the book is dedicated to me and Liam. So read what Abby wrote. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/ablachly">Abby</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15442190"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385539258.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18194251/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062492187.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16096186/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374106681.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14831287"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385353308.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15534672"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393248216.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15442190">A Little Life</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/yanagiharahanya">Hanya Yanagihara</a> Utterly devastating and literally heartbreaking. And beautiful. This book made me sob uncontrollably while on a plane (the stranger sitting next to me never commented, at least), and then proceeded to give me a book hangover where I was unable to read anything else for a month after. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18194251">The Stolen Child</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/careylisa">Lisa Carey</a> Magical and creepy and lovely. I love Lisa and I’m (probably) going to love anything she writes, but this was particularly amazing. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16096186">The Last Painting of Sara de Vos</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/smithdominic">Dominic Smith</a> I love books with multiple timelines that piece together at the end, and this did it perfectly. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14831287">Station Eleven</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/mandelemilystjohn">Emily St. John Mandel</a> Speaking of twisting narratives that weave into a complex awesome puzzle… I should have read this two years ago when <a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kjgormley">KJ</a> first told me to and I refused to believe all the hype. I was wrong. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15534672">The Green Road</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/enrightanne">Anne Enright</a> Abby’s honorable mentions: <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15684095">Fates and Furies</a> by Lauren Groff, and the fantastical wonderful world of Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Cycle books (but in particular <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/14151518">The Raven King</a>). <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kristilabrie">Kristi</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/5403381"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0439708184.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/73667"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060937432.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/6485"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451450523.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/131472"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590173139.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/47223"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573223336.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/5403381">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/rowlingjk">J.K. Rowling</a> I am one of those awful people who has seen the movies but not read the books, until now. I decided I shouldn’t postpone any longer. Not that Rowling’s writing needs it, but Jim Dale made this book even easier to read. Looking forward to Book three! I didn’t skip Book two, don’t worry! <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/73667">Love in the Asylum</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/careylisa">Lisa Carey</a> Loved this book! Lisa’s provocative—in a good way—story-telling made this an interesting & easy read. The characters’ thoughts, gestures, and interactions are real, relatable, and I quickly settled into the story. Great read. Bonus: historical (fiction) story within the story. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/6485">The Last Unicorn</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/beaglepeters">Peter S. Beagle</a> Another must-read for fantasy lovers. It was a cute, easy read that, though I think I would have appreciated it more when I was 10, is still an automatic classic. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/131472">The One-Straw Revolution</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/fukuokamasanobu">Masanobu Fukuoka</a> This book is the argument for authentically natural farming—farming that follows most closely the behavior of nature. A short, good read that I’ll likely reference while planning my own garden! <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/47223">No Death, No Fear</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/hanhthichnhat">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> Like just about every other human being, death is sometimes a challenging concept for me. This piece is a great meditation on how to define death, and how to remove fear from the inevitable. Worth the reflection. <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/ccatalfo">Chris C.</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16284248"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465065708.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1994/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41%2BCCqqQzXL._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/768/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0465067107.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10111022"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307352145.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10443925/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/159420229X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16284248">The Master Algorithm</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/domingospedro">Pedro Domingos</a> I can’t recommend this book enough. I found it absolutely fascinating and revealing. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1994">The Tipping Point</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/gladwellmalcolm">Malcolm Gladwell</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/768">The Design of Everyday Things</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/normandonalda">Donald A. Norman</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10111022">Quiet: The Power of Introverts</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/cainsusan">Susan Cain</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10443925">Moonwalking with Einstein</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/foerjoshua">Joshua Foer</a> <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/miketopper">Mike</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17600005"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670026336.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13145098/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0356504603.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/28066/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375412883.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15514097"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1605988952.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/26647/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/B001BCFSL2.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17600005">The Trespasser</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/frenchtana">Tana French</a> Latest book in Tana French’s “Dublin murder squad” series. Not my favorite of the series, but definitely not my least favorite either. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/13145098">The Blood Mirror</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/weeksbrent">Brent Weeks</a> Book 4 of the “lightbringer” series. I was disappointed by book three, so wasn’t expecting very much, but really enjoyed this book. Looking forward to the fifth and final book! <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/28066">The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/greenebrian-1">Brian Greene</a> I was taking a physics course this year, so this book was a great supplement to some of the stuff we starting to learn in class, but with more detail/focus on cosmological physics concepts. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15514097">The Whispering City</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/molinersara">Sara Moliner</a> Murder mystery/thriller set in 1950s Barcelona! <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/26647">Storm Front</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/butcherjim-1">Jim Butcher</a> I always wanted to start this series, but never got around to it. Figured I might as well dig in while on vacation in Puerto Rico. Didn’t disappoint! A bit cheesy, but you kind of expect that from a noir private investigator/wizard series. <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/kgriffith">Kirsten</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10930666"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1408821982.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18194251/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062492187.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18232573/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1551526565.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12994464"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1476738025.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16620881/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1608465640.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/10930666">The Song of Achilles</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/millermadeline-1">Madeline Miller</a> Achingly beautiful, and a wonderful narration by Frazer Douglas. This has been my before bed soundtrack pretty much since I first listened to it: I must have listened to the whole thing 5+ times through by now. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18194251">The Stolen Child</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/careylisa">Lisa Carey</a> Even if I didn’t know and adore the author, this would have been one of my picks. You really feel like you’re a part of the world she builds, and the touch of magical realism plus these turns of phrase that made me stop reading and just think—gorgeous. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/18232573">Tomboy Survival Guide</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/coyoteivane">Ivan E. Coyote</a> In case I didn’t already have a massive crush on Ivan Coyote. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12994464">A Man Called Ove</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/backmanfredrik">Fredrik Backman</a> This was a total surprise. I’d seen the book featured in the window of a local shop for a while, and was looking for a new audiobook when this title popped up. By turns funny and bemusing and sweet, it’s just a damned good book. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16620881">Freedom Is a Constant Struggle</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/davisangelay">Angela Y. Davis</a> A really difficult but hugely illuminating book. Listening to Angela Davis narrate it made it that much more powerful. Very timely and a quick read, highly recommend to everyone. Kirsten’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15109046">Bone Gap</a> by Laura Ruby</li> <li><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1509866">On the Jellicoe Road</a> by Melina Marchetta</li> </ul> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/conceptDawg">Chris H.</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12203181"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375422773.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/series/Matthew+Shardlake"><img decoding="async" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/0330450794.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16905182/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393245446.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/854"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307279464.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/12203181">Turing’s Cathedral</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/dysongeorge-1">George Dyson</a> A great (albeit extremely detailed) history of the computer. Featuring Einstein, von Neumann, WWII, Turing, the Manhattan Project, Eckert, Mauchly, Princeton Institute for Advanced Research, etc. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/series/Matthew+Shardlake">The Matthew Shardlake Series</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/sansomcj">C.J. Sansom</a> I’m a sucker for medieval mysteries and these are a lot of fun. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/16905182">Grunt</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/roachmary">Mary Roach</a> Because I tend to love anything that Mary Roach writes about. She goes in-depth into each subject she investigates and comes out with fun, interesting stories that are great for creating conversations around. See also: <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/9199704">Packing for Mars</a> or <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/4478963">Bonk</a>. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/854">A Walk in the Woods</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/brysonbill-1">Bill Bryson</a> Do yourself a favor and read the book and skip the rather boring movie. The book has a great sense of humor (humour?), although it gets a little strung out towards the end. I enjoy hiking and would love to do the App Trail at some point, but reading this book will have to do for now. <hr> <h1><a href="https://www.librarything.com/profile/pedro.pessoa">Pedro</a></h1> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1556357"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/9728423853.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17619065/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/149192912X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/6046618/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0141014083.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/1556357">Um Estranho em Goa</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/agualusajoseduardo">Jose Eduardo Agualusa</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/17619065">Site Reliability Engineering</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/beyerbetsy">Betsy Beyer</a> <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/6046618">Maus</a> by <a href="https://www.librarything.com/author/spiegelmanart">Art Spiegelman</a> <h1>More?</h1> Tell us about your favorites for 2016 on <a href="https://www.librarything.com/topic/243835">Talk</a>, or <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2016/12/top-five-2016/">add your own Top Five to our list</a>! </div> <div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> Labels: <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/lists/" rel="category tag">lists</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/reading/" rel="category tag">reading</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/recommendations/" rel="category tag">recommendations</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/" rel="category tag">top five</a> <div class="post-footer"> posted by Loranne @<a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2016/12/top-five-2016/" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2016">5:36 pm</a> <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2016/12/top-five-2016/#comments">27 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="shareit"> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/home?status=Top+Five+Books+of+2016+-+http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2016/12/top-five-2016/" target="_blank" ><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" alt="Tweet about Top Five Books of 2016" /></a> </li> <li class="facebook-share"> <a name="fb_share" type="icon" share_url="http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2016/12/top-five-2016/" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script> </li> </div> </div> <div class="post-7925 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-holiday category-lists category-reading category-recommendations category-top-five"> <h2 class="date-header">Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015</h2> <h3 class="post-title"><a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2015/12/top-five-books-of-2015/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2015">Top Five Books of 2015</a></h3> <div class="post-body"> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/list/10613/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2015"><img decoding="async" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" src="http://www.librarything.com/pics/topfive2015_200.png" border="0" alt=""/></a> Every December, LT staff members compile a list of our top five favorite books we’ve read this year. You can see past years’ lists <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/">here</a>. We also like seeing members’ favorite reads, so we compiled a list that all of LibraryThing can add to. We’re interested in not just the most read books of 2015, but the best of the best. What were your top five for 2015? Note: books on this list weren’t necessarily published in 2015—these are the best we’ve read this year, regardless of publication date. <a href="https://www.librarything.com/list/10613/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2015">»List: Top Five Books of 2015</a>—Add your own! Without further ado, here are our staff favorites! <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ablachly">Abby</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14603078"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802122558.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15170277/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062364839.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15990865/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594631743.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13266065"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062213784.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/2444287/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0805088334.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14603078">Euphoria</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/kinglily">Lily King</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15170277">Crooked Heart</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/evanslissa">Lissa Evans</a> This is one of the most unusal and unexpectedly lovely WWII stories I’ve read. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15990865">Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/vowellsarah">Sarah Vowell</a> Only Sarah Vowell can write a history of Lafayette (Everyone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!) that mentions the recasting of Darrin on Bewitched. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13266065">The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/greerandrewsean">Andrew Sean Greer</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/2444287">What Was Lost</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/oflynncatherine">Catherine O’Flynn</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lorannen">Loranne</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/7960634"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/076532153X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14752976/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1596436581.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15467768/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316217581.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15837856"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1632153661.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14603110/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976827.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/7960634">Among Others</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/waltonjo">Jo Walton</a> My only regret is that I didn’t discover this one sooner. An amazingly well-written book about loss and how the narrator deals when her identity is ripped away from her at a young age. That somehow manages to not be too depressing. It also helps that the narrator is an avid reader, and the book is full of references to (real) books she’s read. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14752976">In Real Life</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/doctorowcory">Cory Doctorow</a> Short (for me), simple (in terms of plot), and moving. Plus, Jen Wang’s illustrations are lovely. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15467768">Nemesis Games</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/coreyjamessa">James S.A. Corey</a> I read all of <a href="http://www.librarything.com/series/The+Expanse">The Expanse series</a> (so far) in about two months. Each book was better than the last, and this one was no exception. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15837856">Bitch Planet, Vol. 1</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/deconnickkellysue">Kelly Sue DeConnick</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14603110">The Bone Clocks</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/mitchelldavid-1">David Mitchell</a> Loranne’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10930666">The Song of Achilles</a> by Madeline Miller: So well-written. I laughed; I cried; I mostly cried. Because we all know how this one’s going to end.</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8103741">The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms</a> by N.K. Jemisin: This was a SantaThing gift I received last year, and it was such an amazing pick that I probably would have missed on my own. I have a sneaking suspicion that Jemisin’s latest, <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14231634">The Fifth Season</a>, will make my 2016 list.</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/kgriffith">Kirsten</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15019536"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1476764026.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13699877/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385744072.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14464558/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062280678.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/44474"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/055357339X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12541557/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0547887205.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15019536">As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/elwescary">Cary Elwes</a> One of my favorite movies (and books), this memoir specifically about the making of The Princess Bride was an excellent listen. Cary Elwes narrates the majority, but Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, Bill Goldman, and Rob Reiner all read from their interviews from the book. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13699877">Seeker</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/daytonarwenelys">Arwen Dayton</a> Combining archaic, steampunk, and modern technologies, while deftly bringing the main characters’ stories together through dedicated chapters, this truly is the best new fantasy I’ve read in some time. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14464558">Dorothy Must Die</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/paigedanielle">Danielle Paige</a> I enjoyed this one more the further I got into it. By the last page, I was ready for the next book in the series. While I was wary of another retelling of Oz, it was well done and didn’t feel tired. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/44474">Assassin’s Apprentice</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/hobbrobin">Robin Hobb</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12541557">Son</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/lowrylois">Lois Lowry</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">Tim</a></h1> A bad year for fiction, except for all the books I read or reread with my son (e.g., Holes, Hobit, Heinlein). <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/455390"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0713651385.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/154926/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0521398320.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16349885/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393242277.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16570"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679740678.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10557575/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0674035720.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/455390">Blue Guide Istanbul</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/freelyjohn">John Freely</a> This and Freely’s others got my family though Isanbul. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/154926/">The Fall of Constantinople</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/runcimansteven">Steven Runciman</a> Great book, but especially so since it formed the structure of an hour-long retelling of the Fall that I did with my son, over dinner in the Galata tower, overlooking the action. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16349885/">What Philosophy Can Do</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/guttinggary">Gary Gutting</a> Should be required reading for everyone who argues onlne. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16570">The Man in the High Castle</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/dickphilipk">Philip K. Dick</a> I cast around for good science fiction, and rarely find it. So I was expecting to drop this after a few chapters. It’s a much better book than that. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10557575/">The Classical Tradition</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/graftonanthony">Anthony Grafton</a> A huge, new encyclopedia of the reception of Antiquity—hugely enjoyable, but perhaps not for all. <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/katemcangus">Kate</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15173491"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374154716.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15395232"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062355880.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14603110"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812976827.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12485472"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385536828.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15101540"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804138141.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15173491">Find Me</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/berglauravanden">Laura van den Berg</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15395232">A Reunion of Ghosts</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/mitchelljudithclaire">Judith Claire Mitchell</a> Delightfully strange story I picked up as an ARC at ALAMW14. It stayed with me long after I finished it. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14603110">The Bone Clocks</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/mitchelldavid-1">David Mitchell</a> TBC is the last book I read before giving birth to my son and I’m SO GLAD it was good enough to hold me over until I had the brain capactiy to once again read. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12485472/covers">Sweet Tooth</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/mcewanian">Ian McEwan</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15101540">Why Not Me?</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/kalingmindy">Mindy Kaling</a> Kaling’s second effort outshines her first. While her first book focused on what guys should wear to look hot, her second is a collection of opinions on being a successful woman and not apologizing for it. And also gossip. It was delightful. Kate’s honorable mentions: <a href="https://www.librarything.com/work/15734078">Blackout: The Things I Drank to Forget</a> by Sarah Hepola <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/conceptDawg">Chris H.</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13265773"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804139024.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9767843/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767919386.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15186612/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802123414.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/5350254"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812977645.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10519662/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316129089.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13265773">The Martian</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/weirandy">Andy Weir</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9767843">At Home: A Short History of Private Life</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/brysonbill-1">Bill Bryson</a> I live on random knowledge and this book was chock full of the stuff. Loved it. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15186612">H is for Hawk</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/macdonaldhelen-1">Helen Macdonald</a> One of the more beautifully written books that I’ve read in a while. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/5350254">Empires of the Sea</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/crowleyroger">Roger Crowley</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10519662">Leviathan Wakes</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/coreyjamessa">James S.A. Corey</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/kjgormley">KJ</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/35909"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027496.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15735037/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/038535181X.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11739809/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0618982507.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12879351"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1595589112.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15534672/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393248216.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/35909">Wind, Sand and Stars</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/saintexuperyantoined">Antoine de Saint-Exupéry</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15735037">Skyfaring</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/vanhoenackermark">Mark Vanhoenacker</a> The author puts my heart into words, when it comes to planes and the heart-longing-lonliness of why we travel. Reminded me how much I once wanted to be a pilot. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11739809">Are You My Mother?</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/bechdelalison">Alison Bechdel</a> Much like a perennial favorite of mine, <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/420">The Manticore</a> by Roberston Davies, his person’s trip through therapy was therapeutic in itself to read. I also highly recommend the related (Tony winning) book/musical <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/627079">Fun Home</a>, if you like using theater to feel big feelings. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12879351">1914</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/echenozjean">Jean Echenoz</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15534672">The Green Road</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/enrightanne">Anne Enright</a> I’m always a sucker for dysfunctional Irish families and also “enduring holidays with people you don’t like” narratives, so this was perfect. KJ’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3337">Alexander Hamilton</a> by Ron Chernow: Accompanied by soundtrack to the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10930666">The Song of Achilles</a> by Madeline Miller</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8090">Go Tell It On the Mountain</a> by James Baldwin</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/miketopper">Mike</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13410349"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670026328.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14763615/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316206873.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13570546/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316206857.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16048432"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316349933.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13883476/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316079928.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13410349">The Secret Place</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/frenchtana">Tana French</a> Everything in the Dublin Murder Mysteries series is good, and this is no exception. Great read, great character development. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14763615">The Silkworm</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/galbraithrobert-1">Robert Galbraith</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13570546">The Cuckoo’s Calling</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/galbraithrobert-1">Robert Galbraith</a> I read all 3 of the Cormoran Strike novels this year. All of them were great detective stories, but the first was my favorite. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16048432">Career of Evil</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/galbraithrobert-1">Robert Galbraith</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13883476">The Broken Eye</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/weeksbrent">Brent Weeks</a> The third book in Brent Week’s Lightbringer saga. Not as great as the other two, but keeps the story going with enough cliffhangers to want to read the next installment. <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/sryder">Seth</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13265773"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804139024.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16205736/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1941758339.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14341353/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1455519146.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/66228"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1563893428.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16679919/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1452149569.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13265773">The Martian</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/weirandy">Andy Weir</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16205736">Abomination</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/whittagary">Gary Whitta</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14341353">Egghead: Or, You Can’t Survive on Ideas Alone</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/burnhambo">Bo Burnham</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/66228">Batman: The Dark Knight Returns</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/millerfrank-1">Frank Miller</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16679919">Movie Title Typos: Making Movies Better by Subtracting One Letter</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/lightaustin">Austin Light</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ccatalfo">Chris C.</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/17188"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0932633439.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9243960/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195343131.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15575877/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1430265981.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/843287"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0879307161.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15190057/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1491905530.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/17188">Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/demarcotom">Tom DeMarco</a> A classic anyone who develops software in an organization should read. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9243960">The Musician’s Way</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/klicksteingerald">Gerald Klickstein</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15575877">Data Scientists at Work</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/gutierrezsebastian">Sebastian Gutierrez</a> Interesting read especially about the mindset of people working in this field. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/843287">The Jazz Bass Book</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/goldsbyjohn">John Goldsby</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15190057">Becoming a Better Programmer</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/goodliffepete">Pete Goodliffe</a> How could I get any better? Seriously though, a helpful collection of essays or lessons focusing on various aspects of the software development process. <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/kristilabrie">Kristi</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3261"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679893105.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15672980/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812998685.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/654973/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143038419.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/135945"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594482306.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16026605/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0763668184.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3261">The Golden Compass</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/pullmanphilip">Philip Pullman</a> This was a fun YA read, and I probably liked it so much because it was the first fiction book I’ve read in a *long* time. It was also reminiscent of a lot of the fantasy novels I read as a kid. I had a pretty long stint of reading non-fiction, DIY, and self-help books. Happy that my Secret Santa from last year’s SantaThing awarded me this book! Will definitely be reading more from this series. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15672980">Slade House</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/mitchelldavid-1">David Mitchell</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/654973">Eat, Pray, Love</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/gilbertelizabeth">Elizabeth Gilbert</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/135945">The Night Watch</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/waterssarah-1">Sarah Waters</a> This was my first novel by Waters, and it won’t be my last. Waters’ writing immerses you into the time where the novel is set, her attention to detail draws you into the story in a way that only a skillful writer can. Excellent character development. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/16026605">Symphony for the City of the Dead</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/andersonmt">M.T. Anderson</a> What an interesting aspect of WWII research. This historical novel looked at the war through the lens of music and its influence on entire cultures and nations. Not just any music, but that of the famous Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, peering into his entire tumultuous, revolutionary life in Leningrad and seeing the common “chord” through it all that never lost Shostakovich’s focus. A passionate story that bolsters music as one of the all-time unifiers in life. <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lt_ammar">Ammar</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14883624"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1449335586.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/84182/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0131429019.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/768608/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393929213.01._SX100_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14883624">You Don’t Know JS: Scope and Closures</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/simpsonkyle">Kyle Simpson</a> Hands down best book(s) on javascript that I have read. Author has the gift of conveying deep and advanced concepts in a concise and compressed manner. A good read for all whether just starting out in javascript or advanced in understanding concepts <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/84182">The Art of UNIX Programming</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/raymonderics">Eric S. Raymond</a> 3.5 out of 5 stars. While, no doubt, various precious gems can be derived throught this work of Raymond, the text is too bloated with outdated and irrelevant examples <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/768608">Introduction to Sociology</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/giddensanthony">Anthony Giddens</a> This was an academic text book and it did the job. I was interested in certain topics and was able to extract useful information regarding those topics <h1>More?</h1> Tell us about your favorites for 2015 on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/209473">Talk</a>, or <a href="http://www.librarything.com/list/10613/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2015">add your own Top Five to our list</a>! </div> <div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> Labels: <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/holiday/" rel="category tag">holiday</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/lists/" rel="category tag">lists</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/reading/" rel="category tag">reading</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/recommendations/" rel="category tag">recommendations</a>, <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/category/top-five/" rel="category tag">top five</a> <div class="post-footer"> posted by Loranne @<a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2015/12/top-five-books-of-2015/" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2015">1:36 pm</a> <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2015/12/top-five-books-of-2015/#comments">13 Comments »</a> </div> <div class="shareit"> <li> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/home?status=Top+Five+Books+of+2015+-+http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2015/12/top-five-books-of-2015/" target="_blank" ><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" alt="Tweet about Top Five Books of 2015" /></a> </li> <li class="facebook-share"> <a name="fb_share" type="icon" share_url="http://www.librarything.comhttps://blog.librarything.com/2015/12/top-five-books-of-2015/" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php">Share</a><script src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/connect.php/js/FB.Share" type="text/javascript"></script> </li> </div> </div> <div class="post-6954 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-holiday category-lists category-reading category-recommendations category-top-five"> <h2 class="date-header">Wednesday, December 17th, 2014</h2> <h3 class="post-title"><a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2014/12/top-five-books-2014/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Top Five Books of 2014">Top Five Books of 2014</a></h3> <div class="post-body"> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/list/10028/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2014"><img decoding="async" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" src="http://www.librarything.com/pics/topfive2014_200.jpg" border="0" alt=""/></a> It’s become a LibraryThing tradition: as the year draws to a close, LT staff members list of their top five reads (you can see <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2013/12/lt-staffs-top-five-of-2013/">2013’s list here</a>)—this is our fourth year running! We also want all members to get in on the fun, so we compiled a list that all of LibraryThing can add to. We’d like to see not just the most read books of 2014, but the best of the best. What were your five favorite reads of 2014? Note: books on this list weren’t necessarily released in 2014. These are just the best we’ve read this year, regardless of publication date. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/list/10028/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2014" style="alwaysblue">» List: Top Five Books of 2014</a> — Add your own. <hr> Without further ado, here’s the wordier breakdown of the staff’s favorites, including some honorable (and dishonorable) mentions: <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ablachly">Abby</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14379598"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812993276.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12135712/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679644199.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/6463/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0770428797.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14385858"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307962903.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14583809/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594633118.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14379598">The Quick</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/owenlauren">Lauren Owen</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12135712">Tell the Wolves I’m Home</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/bruntcarolrifka">Carol Rifka Brunt</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/6463">Outlander</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/gabaldondiana">Diana Gabaldon</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14385858">Astonish Me</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/shipsteadmaggie">Maggie Shipstead</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14583809">The Paying Guests</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/waterssarah-1">Sarah Waters</a> Abby’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15071787">Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography</a> by Neil Patrick Harris</a> To Mr. Harris, Abby offers her humblest apologies that your excellent book didn’t make her top five this year. She still loves your work.</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lorannen">Loranne</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14046991"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/031624662X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12833547/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1607066017.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/5798/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679743464.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14885933"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1627791833.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15039102/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0062268341.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14046991">Ancillary Justice</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/leckieann">Ann Leckie</a> This space opera won lots of awards in the last year, and with good reason. It’s not only good sci-fi, but it poses interesting questions about AI, the self, and identity. Well worth a read. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12833547">Saga, Vol. 1</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/vaughanbriank">Brian K. Vaughan</a> A sci-fi/fantasy mish-mosh that revolves around an interplanetary civil war, this one finally convinced me to start reading comics regularly. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/5798">Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/murakamiharuki">Haruki Murakami</a> I first picked this up a couple years ago, but couldn’t get into it until this year. It’s a bit slow to start, and is as obtuse as any Murakami novel, but I really enjoyed it. If the intersection of “melancholy” and “bizarre” sounds appealing, you should check it out. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14885933">Texts from Jane Eyre</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/ortbergmallory">Mallory Ortberg</a> Imagined text conversations between characters and authors of the classics. I still find myself quoting Ortberg’s version of Achilles sometimes. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15039102">Yes Please</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/poehleramy">Amy Poehler</a> It was an interesting look into the mind of a woman whose career I greatly admire, and that made it worthwhile for me. I laughed, I cried. Loranne’s dishonorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13370573">The Shambling Guide to New York City</a> by Mur Lafferty: This skewed a little more YA than my tastes typically lean, so perhaps I should have known better. But, I picked it up for book club and was just kind of disappointed. It left a bad taste in my mouth.</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12421107">The Dog Stars</a> by Peter Heller: Another selection for book club. If I have to read one more book by a male author in which the curves of an inanimate object are likened to those of a woman’s body (either specific or general), I will light something on fire. Aside from that, it wasn’t a bad book, per se, just very much not my thing. </li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/kgriffith">Kirsten</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14583809"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594633118.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11476261/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316204269.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11746599/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1423152190.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12049600"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385534639.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14365193/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1616203218.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14583809">The Paying Guests</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/waterssarah-1">Sarah Waters</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11476261">Where’d You Go Bernadette</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/semplemaria">Maria Semple</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11746599">Code Name Verity</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/weinelizabeth">Elizabeth Wein</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12049600">The Night Circus</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/morgensternerin">Erin Morgenstern</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14365193">The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/zevingabrielle">Gabrielle Zevin</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/timspalding">Tim</a></h1> The books that really stand out, however, read to or with my eight year-old son, Liam. Reading is always a big part of our life, but it was especially so during the two periods when my wife was away at a writing colony. We had a lot of lengthy drives listening to audiobooks, and sometimes even listened to audiobooks during dinner. We’re running out of stuff to read! <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1812"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416500294.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/42911/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689849109.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/62746/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416505512.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1581326"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553383043.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13265773/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0804139024.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1812">Treasure Island</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/stevensonrobertlouis">Robert Louis Stevenson</a> Read it with my son. I had never read it before. It’s a ripping yarn, and it’s main character, Long John Silver, remains a cultural touchstone. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/42911/">Pollyanna</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/portereleanorh">Eleanor H. Porter</a> Audiobooked with my son. It’s a classic that appears to have slipped off the classics shelf. That’s too bad. Despite having virtually no action, my son adored it. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/62746/">Tunnel in the Sky</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/heinleinroberta">Robert A. Heinlein</a> Audiobooked with my son. I have a soft spot for this imperfect juvenile, and we were on a Robinsonade kick. The “let down” (with strong messages about adolescence) were his first exposure to such an ending—and not well received. Tor.com has a good post about it, <a href="http://www.tor.com/blogs/2011/11/beware-of-stobor-robert-a-heinleins-tunnel-in-the-sky">“Beware of stobor!”</a>. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1581326">A Wizard of Earthsea</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/guinursulakle">Ursula K. Le Guin</a> Hadn’t read it since I was a teenager. It’s better than I remember. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13265773/">The Martian</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/weirandy">Andy Weir</a> Hugely enjoyable account of an astronaut stranded on Mars. (I’ve audiobooked it three times.) I interviewed <a href="https://blog.librarything.com/2014/08/interview-with-andy-weir/">the author</a> for our newsletter. Tim’s dishonorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/series/Time+Warp+Trio">The Time Warp Trio series</a> by Jon Scieszka: Not three but sixteen books about three travelleing friends. They’re fine—many steps up from that execrable <a href="http://www.librarything.com/series/Magic+Tree+House">Magic Tree House series</a>—and I’m glad my son got what amounts to a tour of history. But I hope to never read another sentence by Jon Scieszka.</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/49215/">The Engines of God</a> by Jack McDevitt: Why do I bother reading science fiction?</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/11740/">The Kraken Wakes</a> by John Wyndham*: See above. Boringly sexist too.</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/7856/">The Brothers Karamazov</a> by Fyodor Dostoevsky: It’s pure gold, and doing it by audiobook left me swimming in Dostoyevsky-prose for weeks. But I left off reading in the middle and have to start again; I can’t read something unless I’m fully “up” on it—unless I feel like I’m holding the whole thing in my mind. Maybe next year…</li> </ul> *Perhaps a better question is “Why do I bother reading John Wyndham?” considering <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/19812/">The Midwich Cuckoos</a> made Tim’s “dishonorable mentions” last year… <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/katemcangus">Kate</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13410349"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670026328.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14763615/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316206873.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13660382/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/038574126X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13700343"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/081299499X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14379598/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812993276.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13410349">The Secret Place</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/frenchtana">Tana French</a> Tana French is always worth the wait. This book did not disappoint. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14763615">The Silkworm</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/galbraithrobert-1">Robert Galbraith</a> More Cormoran Strike, please. Vying with French’s <a href="http://www.librarything.com/series/Dublin+Murder+Squad">Dublin Murder Squad</a> as my favorite series. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13660382">We Were Liars</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/lockharte">E. Lockhart</a> I love an unreliable narrator and already regret giving my copy of this book away. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13700343">Not That Kind of Girl</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/dunhamlena">Lena Dunham</a> Biggest surprise of the year for me, especially considering how much I was looking forward to Amy Poehler’s debut, which I’m finally brave enough to say I straight-up hated. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14379598">The Quick</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/owenlauren">Lauren Owen</a> Thanks to Abby Blachly for the recommendation. <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/conceptDawg">Chris H.</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/2766155"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316545031.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10136142/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1591146909.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13755180/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/141654786X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14820875"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1594205221.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14046991/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/031624662X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/2766155">The Last Lion, Vol. 1: Winston Churchill, Visions of Glory</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/manchesterwilliam">William Manchester</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/10136142">Project Azorian: The CIA and the Raising of K-129</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/polmarnorman">Norman Polmar</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13755180">The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/goodwindoriskearns">Doris Kearns Goodwin</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14820875">How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/ellenbergjordan">Jordan Ellenberg</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14046991">Ancillary Justice</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/lloydrobin">Ann Leckie</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/kjgormley">KJ</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14458785"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/147675666X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14831287/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385353308.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14503921/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393089576.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13473450"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0374123667.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9453685/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/006180519X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14458785">We Are Not Ourselves</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/thomasmatthew-1">Matthew Thomas</a> This is both really long and really sad. I loved it, but it’s hard to recommend to people. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14831287">Station Eleven</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/mandelemilystjohn">Emily St. John Mandel</a> NOT over-hyped. In a sea of post-apocalyptic throwaway books, this literary novel brought art back to humanity, even after the “end of the world.” <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14503921">The Lobster Kings</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/zentneralexi">Alexi Zentner</a> As a Mainer who loves Shakespeare, I was the perfect audience for this take on King Lear. I shoved it on anyone in my tiny fishing town who would stand still long enough. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13473450">Cinnamon and Gunpowder</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/browneli">Eli Brown</a> Everyone loves lady pirates, blowing up the unethical opium trade, and lavish descriptions of food preparation. Everyone. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9453685">The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/hermesmyrlina">Myrlin A. Hermes</a> Always here for queering Shakespeare texts. KJ’s honorable mentions: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/23653">In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex</a> by Nathaniel Philbrick</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14602958">Land of Love and Drowning</a> by Tiphanie Yanique</li> <li><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13181202">The Golem and the Jinni</a> by Helene Wecker</li> </ul> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/miketopper">Mike</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9139636"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0670021873.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13306364/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765326361.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/981703/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0884482790.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/252613"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558323570.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1065928/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0470129298.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/9139636">Faithful Place</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/frenchtana">Tana French</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/13306364">Words of Radiance</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/sandersonbrandon">Brandon Sanderson</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/981703">While You’re Here, Doc</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/brownbradfordb">Bradford B. Brown</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/252613">The Birth Partner</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/simkinpenny">Penny Simkin</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1065928">Organic Chemistry I As a Second Language</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/kleindavidr">David R. Klein</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/sryder">Seth</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14832433"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0544272994.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8556314/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765326353.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14934514/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0756410436.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8350782"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1607060760.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15249045/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0373893140.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14832433">What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/munroerandall">Randall Munroe</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8556314">The Way of Kings</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/sandersonbrandon">Brandon Sanderson</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14934514">The Slow Regard of Silent Things</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/rothfusspatrick">Patrick Rothfuss</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8350782">The Walking Dead: Compendium One</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/kirkmanrobert">Robert Kirkman</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15249045">The Life of Corgnelius and Stumphrey</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/brookssusie">Susie Brooks</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/ccatalfo">Chris C.</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3474"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140092501.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14391366/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1449358659.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15538389/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1499715072.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14907170"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1782162143.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15052328/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1849695261.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3474">Chaos: Making a New Science</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/gleickjames">James Gleick</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14391366">Doing Data Science</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/schuttrachel">Rachel Schutt</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15538389">Statistical Inference for Everyone</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/blaisbrians">Brian S. Blais</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14907170">Machine Learning with R</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/lantzbrett">Brett Lantz</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/15052328">Unity 4.x Game Development by Example</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/creightonryanhenson">Ryan Henson Creighton</a> <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/kristilabrie">Kristi</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/47223"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1573223336.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1087664/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0881504203.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14844515/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1856231496.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8824614"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143112724.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/781608/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/044669049X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/47223">No Death, No Fear</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/hanhthichnhat">Thich Nhat Hanh</a> Thich Nhat Hanh is such a great writer for those who practice the philosophies of Buddhism. His writing is simple, reflective, and he repeats a lot of the same lessons over so you can internalize those lessons much easier. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/1087664">Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/wesselstom">Tom Wessels</a> This one was a re-read; the illustrations are beautiful! You’ll never look at a New England landscape the same again after reading this book. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/14844515">Edible Perennial Gardening: Growing Successful Polycultures in Small Spaces</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/kelseyanni">Anni Kelsey</a> I read this book after buying my first home and taking a permaculture course online. This is a great guide for designing your perennial/permaculture garden! I can’t wait to build my garden at home! <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8824614">The Elements of Style (Illustrated)</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/strunkwilliam">William Strunk</a> I was recommended this book from a colleague when I asked for good books to improve my writing skills! A great book for the foundations of the English language and writing. <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/781608">The pH Miracle: Balance Your Diet, Reclaim Your Health</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/youngroberto">Robert O. Young</a> I have continued to read this book over the last year or two, as a way to improve my health and reduce/eliminate my digestive issues. Following the pH diet principles has saved my health! <hr> <h1><a href="http://www.librarything.com/profile/lt_ammar">Ammar</a></h1> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/5269119"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0596517742.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/41965/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0735619670.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12491457/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/1934356980.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8874897"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307463745.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3668/"><img decoding="async" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/020161622X.01._SX75_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/5269119">JavaScript: The Good Parts</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/crockforddouglas">Douglas Crockford</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/41965">Code Complete</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/mcconnellsteve">Steve McConnell</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/12491457">Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/neildrew">Drew Neil</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/8874897">Rework</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/friedjason">Jason Fried</a> <a href="http://www.librarything.com/work/3668">The Pragmatic Programmer</a> by <a href="http://www.librarything.com/author/huntandrew-1">Andrew Hunt</a> <h1>More?</h1> Tell us about your favorites for 2014 on <a href="http://www.librarything.com/topic/184697">Talk</a>, or <a href="http://www.librarything.com/list/10028/all/Top-Five-Books-of-2014">add your own Top Five to our list</a>! </div> <div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div> 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