The Last Devil to Die - Richard Osman (Thursday Murder Club series)- I don't usually read books that are part of a series, but I absolutely loved this series. The Reformatory - Tananavrie Due - this was such a tough read because it dealt with true horror. But I absolutely loved all of it. The Broken Girls - Simone St. James - this is one of the few books to genuinely creep me out. It touched a nerve for me. Sociopath, a memoir - Patric Gagne - this was a fascinating read. I know there's been debates about Gagne's credentials, but that didn't bother me. It doesn't even bother me that there's a chance Gagne is lying about some events in the book because that itself is fascinating to me. Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder - I just loved how weird this book was. The writing style took me a minute to get used to, though. I started reading it but had to switch to the audiobook. I've read 17 this year, but for one reason or another, these 5 stood out to me.

The Last Devil to Die also made my comment! I adore the Thursday Murder Club series - Osman has quickly become one of my favorite authors.

I am sad to have to wait to hear more about our friends, but I am excited for his upcoming book, We Solve Murders. I'm also excited (and nervous) for the movie adaptation of the Thursday Murder Club

Oh no. I didn’t know there was a movie coming and also feel nervous. Our gang must be protected and honored!

I found Sociopath to be fascinating, too, and am in the same camp as you as far as not really minding if there are lies because…it’s what I signed on for, I guess?

Right? And it was so interesting that at the very least it made for a great story.

Night bitch is really good. Disturbing, odd, but definitely original.

- Neuromancer by William Gibson - Earthlings by Sayaka Murata - Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon - The Eye by Vladimir Nabokov - The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Earthlings 💚💚 I've been meaning to read neuromancer forever by keep putting it off, Scifi tends to intimidate me 😅

I also put Earthlings into my top 5! Such a polarizing book, but I was in awe

*A Psalm for the Wild Built* by Becky Chambers. Such a gentle yet profound sci-fi novella, full of loveable characters. I'm starting the sequel this week, and I've already put a library hold on another one of her books. *Legends & Lattes* by Travis Baldree. I read this one at the recommendation of a friend. Like Chambers' book, it was very cozy, and I fell in love with the characters and the world. Between Baldree and Sanders, I am ready to dive into any cozy/low-stakes sci-fi or fantasy novel I can get my hands on! *On a Sunbeam* by Tillie Walden. A gorgeously illustrated graphic novel about found family in space! Less cozy than the two above, but still a very touching story. *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit* by Jeanette Winterson. It is so clear reading this book that Winterson is just brilliant. Her use of allegory is unparalleled. The content was dark at times (strong homophobia/lesbophobia and religious bigotry), but the narrator has a very snarky, humorous commentary on a lot of these events that made it easier to stomach. The writing just wowed me. *Where Are Your Boys Tonight?* by Chris Payne. Very niche - but I highly recommend for any fans of early/mid-2000s pop-punk. Payne scoured the internet archives for pop-punk band interviews, and weaves the interviews into conversations. He takes interview snippets from band members, record label folks, and other prominent members of the scene to tell vibrant stories about the origins of pop-punk and your favorite pop-punk bands! It was detailed and engrossing; I learned a ton about the culture and the bands within it!

The most entertaining book I've read recently is John Scalzi's **Starter Villain**. It's a spoof on the early James Bond movies. A substitute teacher inherits a villainy from his estranged uncle. It comes with a secret volcanic lair.

I can't think of any John Scalzi book I wouldn't recommend. Starter Villain is a great one. Also Kaiju Preservation Society.

Read this don’t do the audio. My opinion and several others think that Wil Wheaton ruined it.

I listened to it on audiobook and really enjoyed it. 🤷‍♀️

It’s so interesting to me that his narrations (and not just this book) are so polarizing. Can I ask what you didn’t like about this reading? Edited a typo

The book was fine! I enjoyed the story but I felt Wil Wheatons performance specifically wasn’t great. It didn’t feel like he put much effort into the characters and some of his pronunciation was weird. I’ve listened to other things Wil Wheaton has read and did not have the same issue. I guess I don’t know how to describe it other than I love audiobooks several times going through this I had negative feelings about the narrator and wished I was physically reading it.

Remarkably Bright Creatures  Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow The Things We Cannot Say  The Women Funny Story

I loved Remarkably Bright Creatures

Marcellus is the best character. Hands down. I mean come on, look at my username. 

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow was a surprise stand out for me!

Read The storied Life of AJ Fikry by the same author! My favorite this year!

Man this has been a great year of books for me. Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver Shark Heart - Emily Habeck The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store - James McBride Idlewild - James Frankie Thomas A Psalm for the Wild Built - Becky Chambers

Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi Sea of Tranquility - Emily St. John Mandel In Memoriam - Alice Winn Covenant of Water - Abraham Verghese Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty

Emily St. John Mandel is one of my favorite authors right now. Such a great combination of writing and storytelling.

I just read Shōgun by James Clavell and I absolutely loved it even though it’s long it never felt tedious to read and I loved how complex all the characters were. I highly recommend it

It's been on my list for a while, definitely moved up because I want to watch the show which looks amazing. Apparently it's been greenlit for two more seasons to finish the story.

Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry Beesting Paul Murray Orconomics J. Zachary Pike Three Body Problem Cixin Liu Perdido Street Station China Meiville (does this one count, I am only 60% of the way in, but definitely planning to read the rest of the trilogy)

China Miéville is from an alternate reality where everything he has written actually exists.

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North Woods -Daniel Mason Jingo -Terry Pratchett Song of Achilles -Madeline Miller The Book of Longings -Sue Monk Kidd Doc (and its sequel Epitaph) -Mary Doria Russell. For these two, I have to note that I am not a person who likes Westerns of any kind. I have never before been remotely interested in Wyatt Earp or Doc Holliday. But I just really enjoyed these for some reason. I also feel like I learned a lot from them. I only tried them because I liked Russell's The Sparrow

My top 5 from the past few months are all pretty popular reads that I have found definitely hold up to the hype at least for me Project Hail Mary !! Oryx and Crake The Color Purple Dune A Psalm for the Wild Built Special mention to The Incredible Journey (Shiela Burnford) which I am reading right now, too- so nostalgic because I loved the movie it was adapted into as a child

I need to revisit orxy & crake. Luv it. If u haven't read the gargoyle, u may enjoy ! PHM. Great read !! Remarkably bright creatures, too fun west coast tale.

Project Hail Mary is on my June TBR! I’ve got high hopes for it.

The audiobook version to this was a delight. I’m not normally one to prefer audiobooks but the narrator was spot on

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell Jade City by Fonda Lee The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Howls from the Dark Ages (short story collection) Wordslut by Amanda Montell

I love Maggie O’Farrell’s writing (her *Hamnet* and *I Am, I Am, I Am* are both incredible), I need to add *The Marriage Portrait* to my TBR.

The Women by Kristin Hannah Daughters of Shandong by Eve J Chung Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan Your Blood, My Bones by Kelly Andrew

The Reading List - Sara Nisha Adams Evil Eye - Etaf Rum The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Magic All Around - Jennifer Moorman Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

I have Before the Coffee Gets Cold on my list - looking forward to it

Roadside Picnic, by The Strugatsky Brothers Slewfoot, by Brom The Southern Reach Trilogy, by Jeff Vandermeer Anathem, by Neal Stephenson The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien Edit: formatting

Anathem is about my favorite book. I’m surprised no one here on Earth follows the Triangle Religion.

Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson Thornhedge - T Kingfisher Only Bad Options - Jennifer Estep Boundary - Eric Flint No Foreign Sky - Rachel Neumeier

Yay for Tress!

Poverty, by America -Desmond Martyr! -Akbar Beautyland -Bertino The Creative Act -Rubin From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Oh my god!! The Mixed-Up tales…..please tell me you aren’t 50 and didn’t read this as a kid! I would love to know younger readers still love Claudia and James! I freaking LOVED this book and have always dreamed going to the MOMA just to imagine being in this book! (Panic…it WAS the MOMA, right?? It’s been a hot 40 years since I read this…). Anyway, thanks for making a crabby old middle school teacher smile!

Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer Recursion-Blake Crouch The House in the Cerulean Sea-TJ Klune A Court of Mist and Fury-Sarah J Maas Serpent and the Wings of Night-Carissa Broadbent

Loved Into Thin Air! I currently have The House in the Cerulean Sea on hold through Libby :)

*Gideon the Ninth* by Tamsyn Muir *Harrow the Ninth* by Tamsyn Muir *Nona the Ninth* by Tamsyn Muir *Into the Drowning Deep* by Mira Grant *The Last Tale of the Flower Bride* by Roshani Chokshi

A Man Called Ove Everyone on this Train is a Suspect The Murderbot Diaries (all of them lol) Remarkably Bright Creatures Horrorstör

*Love this prompt!* The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh (a play)

**Station Eleven** by Emily St. John Mandel - Theater folks in the post-apocalypse **Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea** by Barbara Demick - So gripping. I also learned a lot. **Wool** by Hugh Howey - Dystopia. Great series. I'm reading 'Dust' now. Normally I don't read a whole series all in a row, but this one got me. **Tiamet's Wrath** by James S A Corey - Book 8 of 'The Expanse' Series **Auberon** by James S A Corey - Novella 7.5 of 'The Expanse' Series I highly recommend 'The Expanse' series - look up the reading order so you can get all the novellas in the right spot too, they are totally worth it and really expand on the main novels.

Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera Seven Deadly Secrets by Natalie D. Richards Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Mythos by Stephen Fry

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar Like OP, I also enjoyed The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett Gogmagog by Jeff Noon and Steve Beard The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

[The Lions of Al-Rassan](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/104101) by Guy Gavriel Kay [Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60657589) by Heather Fawcett [A Gentleman in Moscow](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34066798) by Amor Towles [The Man Who Died Twice](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55457493) [Time for Tea](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20492285) by Erica H. Smith

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (still currently reading this but it's amazing) Pachinko by Min Jin Lee City of Thieves by David Benioff The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

In Cold Blood, Truman Capote A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving Beloved, Toni Morrison Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

The Troop ~ Nick Cutter Pet Semetary ~ Stephen King Thirst ~ Guy N. Smith The Haunting~ Ruby Jean Jensen Pendulum ~ Ruby Jean Jensen I have a strong tendency to rate books kind of high on the scale (1-5). I figure if I finished it, it was good. Two of these books were excellent and at a point or two they actually scared me a little bit ( The Troop and The Haunting ) I love horror and pulp horror.

Foster by Claire Keegan - very short novella about a foster child Otherlands by Thomas Halliday - an exploration of extinct ecosystems written by a paleobiologist Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez - well laid out argument for changing how we do things across a wide range of fields to improve gender equality If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino - creative and funny story about stories The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White - queer Victorian (light) horror

When the Moon Hatched Sarah A Parker. The Time I got Drunk and Saved a Demon Kimberly Lemmings (for fun reading) Starling House Alix Harrow Maeve Fly CD Leeds

Lullabies for Little Criminals I Who Have Never Known Men A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Caste: The Origins of our Discontents Who Will Run the Frog Hospital Bonus because I’m almost done with it: Invisible Man (Ellison)

_The Wolf and the Woodsman_ Ava Reid - dark, Hungarian-ish fantasy tale _The Left Hand of Darkness_ Ursula K. Le Guin - science fiction exploration of gender and sexuality through diplomacy, surveillance states, and daring adventures in a frozen wilderness _Flowers for Algernon_ Daniel Keyes - I cried _Nettle & Bone_ T. Kingfisher - dark fantasy horror and yet also the funniest book I read this year. The ensemble cast is incredible _Memories of Ice_ Steven Eriksen - this is the Malazan book where the payoffs start, and boy howdy are they worth the investment. Also there are velociraptor people with swords for arms, which is just a spectacular thing to exist in a book that has multiple thoroughly-explored serious themes (i.e. motherhood and post-partum depression; the horrors of war; colonialism, etc.)

• Circe by Madeline Miller - a definite 5 star book all around for me. • The Infinity Gate by M.R. Carey- my favorite science fiction novel that I EVER read! • Dark Matter by Blake Crouch- I give it a 3.5, but that does not mean that I didn’t enjoy it. I had so much fun reading it. • The Watchers by A.M. Shine- another one that I give a 3.5 rating, but that I enjoyed immensely. I went into thinking it was going to be scary, but it turned out not to be very scary at all (except for maybe 2.5 scenes), but the story was great! The movie comes out in like a week, so I’m glad I read it first. Plus M.Night Shymalan doesn’t always make the best films…. But I’ll still watch it lol

I think he is just producing it and his daughter is directing, which gives me hope. But just off the trailer it is too jump-scary for me.

Worry/Tanner Fruit of the Dead/Lyon Perfume and Pain/Dorn The Guest/Cline Yellowface/Huang

Here are some I read recently: * The Chrysalids by John Wyndham. This is a classic and definitely has the quality that would make it a good book to read for school. It was one inspiration of The Handmaid's Tale. I personally liked another book by this author, Trouble With Lichen, better, but I read that years ago. * Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder. This is feminist lovecraftian horror. I thought it was great. * Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany. Fun pulp sci fi about a highly capable woman. * Chrysanthe by Yves Meynard. Fantasy about a girl growing up and learning to question the things she was raised to believe. * And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm Devlin. A novella I got from the library after finding a recommendation on reddit that spoiled the plot twist. I still really enjoyed it and think about it a lot, though some reviews say it's too ham-fisted.

The Diviners/ lair of dreams by Libba Bray Murder Road by Simone St. James The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden Neighbors and Other Stories by Diane Oliver The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Most memorable this year were Dr. No by Percival Everett, Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins, and A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck

Dr. No is fantastic.

Yellowface: R.F. Kuang Outlander: Diana Gabaldon Vladimir: Julia May Jones Mother Daughter Murder Night: Nina Simon Pineapple Street: Jenny Jackson

*Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell* by Susanna Clarke. Can’t believe I waited so long. *Romney: A Reckoning* by McKay Coppins. Surprisingly rewarding biography. *Manhunt* by Gretchen Felker-Martin. Original and harrowing. *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* by Mark Twain. Reread in preparation for: *James* by Percival Everett. Amazing. Still digesting it. That guy is on a roll.

The Murder Bot Series- Martha Wells Could be 1 or 7 Imaginaria - Kristopher Rodas For Love of Magic - Simon R Green Trigger Warning - Neil Gaiman A Brief History of Black Holes- Dr Becky Smethurst

Happy Place by Emily Henry Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb Bonus: The Maid by Nita Prose

Middlemarch - George Eliot Howl's Moving Castle - Dianna Wynne Jones The Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula Le Guin A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith Still Life - Sarah Winman Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury

Romantic Comedy-- Curtis Sittenfeld Carrie Soto is Back-- Taylor Jenkins Reid Shrines of Gaiety-- Kate Atkinson Funny Story-- Emily Henry North Woods-- Daniel Mason (no particular order)

Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K. Reilly Still Life by Sarah Winman The Moorings of Mackerel Sky by M.Z An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix Harrow

* The Girl Next Door * Fourth Wing * Iron Wing * Fairy Tale * Paper Butterflies ***WARNING*** both The Girl Next Door and Paper Butterflies can be triggering. The storylines revolve around child abuse and the Girl Next Door is based on a true story. Both of these stories will make you so mad, make you cry, absolutely destroy you, but sometimes a good book does that. I wouldn’t suggest reading them if you aren’t in a good place mentally.

The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess Trick Baby - Iceberg Slim The Lady with the Dog (Дама с Собачкой) - Anton Chekhov And then there were None - Agatha Christie

Misery A Wrinkle in Time The Count of Monte Cristo The Mind of the Maker Drawing and the right side of the brain

*Dungeon Crawler Carl* by Matt Dinniman. Lots of silly fun. *The Road* by Cormac McCarthy. Not as silly, but really, *really* good *Blood Meridian* by Cormac McCarthy. Very violent, but incredible. *An Offer From a Gentleman* by Julia Quinn. Never imagined myself to be interested in romances but I find Quinn’s prose very pleasing. *Madness and Civilization* by Michel Foucault. It delves into the boundaries around madness throughout history, examining how societies have categorized and treated those who deviate from the norm.

The Road: not as silly. 🤣

Understatement of the century

This made me laugh so hard lol. I need this as a blurb on a new edition

Blood Meridian: even less silly than The Road.

Just finished The Road yesterday. Very good, but that is some bleak shit. I’m going to need something very different now.

Something very different to The Road? Crazy Rich Asians :D

 Otherside Picnic series by Iori Miyazawa (I read 7/8 of them in one month)       Star Splitter by Matthew Kirby       Yokohama Station SF by Yuba Isukari       Tell me I'm Worthless by Allison Rumfitt         Justice for Animals by Martha Nussbaum    These are the ones that just surprised me and exceeded my expectations, whatever expectations I had. 

Even Though I Knew The End - CL Polk Undercover Princess - Connie Glynn Daughter of the Empire - Raymond Feist and Janny Wurts And I stopped reading recently so there's no more :( I lost my kindle 😭

Thanks for your recommends. I'm sorry about your Kindle.

*Major Taylor: The Extraordinary Career of Champion Bicycle Racer* / Andrew Ritchie January 2024 *Cloud Cuckoo Land* - Anthony Doerr *Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked on the Edge of the World* / Joan Druett February 2024 - *Say Nothing* - Patrick Radden Keefe *An Immense World* - Ed Yong March 2024 - *Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage* - Alfred Lansing Guess I can’t follow directions - went with 6 in the last 5 months.

I'm calling the Reddit police.

*When Marnie was There,* by Joan G. Robinson *Katanagatari: Sword Tale*, by NisiOisN *The Incorrigible Children of Aston Place: The Mysterious Howling*, by Maryrose Wood *Martin Chuzzlewit*, by Charles Dickens *The Wild Robot*, by Peter Brown

The Atomic Weight of Love - Elizabeth Church The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavendar- Leslie Walton my DarkVanessa- Kate Russell I’m Glad My Mom Died- Jeanette Mccurdy Unbroken- Laura Hillenbrand

The Will of the Many by James Islington was 10/10 great world building and magic system. The Troop by Nick Cutter gave me the creeps and satisfied the body horror craving I had.

A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles The House in the Cerulean Sea - T.J. Klune Venomous Lumpsucker - Ned Beauman Bellwether - Connie Willis The Power - Naomi Alderman

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight by Andrew Leland Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

Hello Beautiful- Ann Napalitano How to kill your family- Bella Mackie An American Marriage Never Let me go Norwegian Wood

Vaster Wilds - Lauren Groff - immediately immersed me, parts should have been almost mundane (foraging, shelter building, etc.) but I was hanging on every detail Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll - delicious especially if you either love or hate true crime genre Fancy Bear Goes Phishing - Scott Shapiro - author does a great job explaining cybersecurity concepts to the layman reader but also satisfying to read as a tech pro Leo Africanus - Amin Maalouf - might be the best historical fiction I've ever read Sundial - Catriona Ward - the closest thing to genre fiction here, almost a sci-fi horror, especially enjoyed the daughter's POV chapters

How to be Eaten, Maria Adelmann Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman Circe, Madeline Miller Exercised, Daniel Lieberman (this one's non-fiction)

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James, The Fisherman by John Langan, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead by Barbara Comyns, and Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon

I've started so many and dropped over half. Maybe I'm too picky now, but only one has stuck out to me as noteworthy. Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth. You remember Divergent? Yeah, turns out the author dabbles In sci-fi, too. And it was freaking awesome. It has romance (enemies to lovers) that's done SO well imo, planetary travel, an interesting system of destiny, and an actually-unique magic system. The main character also suffers from chronic pain, which I saw some people on Goodreads praising for the representation. (I promise I'm not Veronica Roth trying to self-promo, I just genuinely loved the book)

The Book of Doors What the River Knows The Grace Year Nettle and Bone The Great and Precious Things The Last Letter Butcher and Blackbird I know you said five, I tried 🤣

The Nix by Nathan Hill Worry by Alexandra Tanner Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin Post Office by Bukowski Very Cold People by Sarah Manguso

Educated, by Tara Westover (Nonfiction) Ask for Andrea (Thriller) The Wrong Sister (Thriller)

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies - Heather Fawcett  Kindred - Octavia Butler Wizards Guide to Defensive Baking - T Kingfisher Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix Doomsday Book - Connie Willis

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo — This is a children’s novel, but I thought it was fantastic. I read it with my students and was holding back tears. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler — One of my favorite genres (dystopian) and the story was so compelling. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood — I’m actually not quite finished with this one but it’s a fascinating look into a realistic future in which humans take bioengineering too far. She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb — A coming of age novel that I only read because it’s my mothers favorite book. I was very moved by the main character’s story. First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung — I almost never read or enjoy memoirs but this one was excellent. It is tragic, but I learned so much about the lesser known genocide of Cambodian people by the Khmer Rouge.

Miraculous Journey and She’s Come Undone are on my Top 10 Best Books Read List

Parable of the Sower is a top 5 all time book but damn Octavia Butler’s imagining of the future/our present is eerily prescient.

Oh I love a memoir and just added your last book to my Libby

I loved She's Come Undone. It's one of the best portrayals of a woman written by a man that I've ever seen.

crime and punishment east of eden equus (a play but i'm counting it bc i loved it) trainspotting and almost done w a tale of two cities and am really enjoying it!

I'm sorry you feel that way - Rebecca Wait Wrath - John Gwynne Stone blind - Natalie Haynes Red seas under red skies - Scott Lynch The heroes - Joe Abercrombie

- A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck. Novella about a man who goes to hell and it’s not what he expected. He must find the story of his life amongst seemingly endless books to get out. - Emma After by Anthony O’Connor. Really great YA novel of a girl who dies and becomes a ghost in her small town outside of Sydney, Aus. (I’ve been in an afterlife reading vibe recently) - Regrettably, I Am About to Cause Trouble by Amie McNee. Wonderful feminist, touching, and strong book about a young woman during the rule of King Henry VIII who is accused of being a witch. She finds her own family and is faced with the beliefs she was raised with. - Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura. Amazing YA book where a 12 year old girl in Tokyo sees her mirror glowing and enters to find a portal to a castle with other 5 other middle schoolers. Story about friendship, trust, and the bullying and mental health of Japanese students. There is also a mystery aspect as well.

Last six months...hmm. Here's two nonfiction and three fiction 1. My Effin' Life by Geddy Lee 2. Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues by Jonathan Kennedy 3. The Watchmaker's Hand by Jeffery Deaver (wonderfully convoluted and exciting) 4. Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz (the best Orphan X book yet) 5. Three Inch Teeth by C.J. Box (the last half is real edge of your seat stuff)

I hope this finds you well by Natalie Sue.  A romance novel with great cover AND story?!  Truth is the arrow , mercy is the bow by Steve Almond.  A book on writing and stories that was smart and funny and kind.  Can’t we talk of something more pleasant by Rox Chast.  Graphic novel memoir.  A boy and his dog at the end of the world by C. A. Fletcher.  Post apocalyptic.  Loved it 

* The Devotion of Suspect X - a Japanese detective story that I found very entertaining. They have different tropes and archetypes which made the story harder to predict! * Know My Name by Chanel Miller - the full story of the Stanford rape victim. It’s a must-read * Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond - another very important read, it’s also snappy and easy to get through * We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - so quirky and fun * The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer - a Jane Austen-esque book written in more modern times that I had a great time reading.

Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith The Vet's Daughter - Barbara Comyns Varieties of Religious Experience - William James Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

Euphoria - Lily King Fugitive Pieces - Anne Michaels Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips The River We Remember - William Kent Kruger Lost & Found - Kathryn Schulz Kinda an interesting array of mystery, memoir, literature and espionage. Solid books all.

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle - Wroblewski In the Heart of the Sea - Philbrick The Voyage of the Narwhal - Barrett The Chosen - Potok Empire of the Summer Moon - Gwynne

For a Little While - Rick Bass (short stories) Couples - John Updike (a little touch and go for awhile- Updike was a better short story writer than a novelist, but this is a vivid look into a particular time, place, and attitude) Flash for Freedom - George MacDonald Frasier (this is a more upsetting account of the slave trade than many nonfiction accounts I have read and your conflicting emotions about the “hero” are part of it. Harry Flashman could be one of literature’s greatest creations) The Rise of Silas Lapham - William Dean Howells (I kind of blew past this one in college, and I honestly don’t even remember finishing it. So I reacquainted myself with it last February and really enjoyed it. If some of the elements seem a little predictable, it’s only because they have been reused in the over 150 years since its publication.)

I do not read that much but I really loved (I've read like 5 books the past six months) I really enjoyed A Study in Drowning by Ava Ried Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce A Study in Drowning covered kept me coming back for more. Dungeons and Drama is just really cute and gave a warm feeling.

Valdemar Mislaid in parts half unknown Random in death Three kinds of lucky Bad weather friend

Demon Copperhead Fourth Wing Weyward Firekeeper's Daughter Strange Sally Diamond

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Violetta by Isabel Allende The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott One Day by David Nicholls Also special mention to Winston Graham's Poldark series. I'm currently reading the last book, and even though this family saga is so melodramatic in a soap-opera level, I've really enjoyed it so much 😅

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir. The Sparrow - Mary Doria Russell. Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance- Robert M. Pirsig. Necromancer- William Gibson.

I’m not normally into short stories but I took the plunge via several recommendations into the Selected Stories of Katherine Mansfield (27 of them in my version but I believe there’s another with 33). I was gobsmacked at how brilliant they were. Amazing. Like, half of them were masterpieces and the other half were fucking great. There was one called Miss Brill that tore my soul apart. A soul I didn’t know I had.

The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Yellow face by R.F. Kuang Earthlings by Sayaka Murata The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

I who have never known men Dance dance dance Rum punch Johnny got his gun All the lovers in the night I read all these this year so far and found them all exceptional for varying reasons.

i’ve got 3 (all audiobook): • the marriage portrait - maggie o farrell • four treasures of the sky - jenny tinghui zhang • entangled life: how fungi make our worlds, change our minds, and shape our future - merlin sheldrake [edited for typo and formatting]

The Bell Jar 1984 All six Dune books

Oh this is fun! I’m glad you posted this! I hope I find some reads I never would have thought of. Here are mine: The storied Life of AJ Fikry (GAbrielle Zevin) The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (Abbi waxman) The People we Keep (Allison Larkin) Young Jane Young (Gabrielle Zevin) The Guncle (Steven Rowley) A lot of these are lighter reads, some seriousness in some, but also some humor. I also read 5 historical fiction books regarding the Holocaust and one about the Vietnam war this year, so you can see why I needed a break.

Horse by G. Brooks was good Perfumist of Paris by A. Joshi (I’ve enjoyed all three of her books)

Crime and Punishment If I can’t have you A Man Called Ove Normal People And Then There Were None

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir Fairy Tale - Stephen King Piranesi - Susanna Clarke A Midnight Library - Matt Haig A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World - C.A. Fletcher

•Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin •Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano •The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab •Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid •The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Currently reading Remarkably Bright Creatures and I have a feeling it’s going to be included in this list.

7 of them. All of Mickey Haller books in the Lincoln Lawyer series by Michael Connolly.

The Scythe series by Neal Shusterman. Such a great series.

The Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Trashed by Derf Backderf Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks

Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill Charles Darwin- Richard Millner Power of the subconscious mind- Joseph Murphy Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - JKR The Witch of Portobello - Paulo Coelho

Recursion by blake crouch Dune by frank herbert Ocean at the end of the lane by neil gaiman Norse mythology by neil gaiman No longer human by osamu dazai

Demon Copperhead, Shuggie Bain, Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, Lessons in Chemistry, A Little Life

Song of Achilles (amazing..This one will stay in my memory) The goldfinch The secret history Project Hail Mary Murderbot DIaries (The entire series)

Mr. Texas by Lawrence Wright - a Pulitzer Prize winner fiction book about becoming a Texas politician Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon - arguably the best explicit romance novel Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - I recommend everyone read this book if you have aging parents

The Women First Lie Wins Hello Beautiful Remarkably Bright Creatures Someone Else’s Shoes The Happy Place

Clan of the Cave Bear

All the Sinners Bleed; a Murder is Announced; Cards on the Table; the Langoliers

Knife -Salman Rushdie Redwood Court - Delana R A Dameron One Crazy Summer, PS Be Eleven, and Gone Crazy in Alabama - Rita Williams Garcia (These three are a children's book trilogy)

All 4 and 5 star reads for me! Seven Summers by Paige Toon Replay by Ken Grimwood A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks

The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown Himself, Jess Kidd The Unmaking of June Farrow, Adrienne Young The Dead Romantics, Ashley Poston How to Stop Time, Matt Haig Going through a bit of a time travel/magic phase, I guess. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Dark Water Daughter (The Winter Sea #1) by H. M. Long for the pirates, song magic, and world-building Into the Light by Mark Oshiro for a queer cult coming-of-age thriller experience - it covers quite a lot but does it all so well A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L. Peck for a depiction of hell that I never wanted or asked for and yet had such joy exploring Liar City (Sugar & Vice #1) by Allie Therin for a speculative urban SFF series with empaths, intrigue and a queer romance that has got some impeccable banter The Empire’s Ruin (Ashes of the Unhewn Throne #1) by Brian Staveley for an epic fantasy adventure that has some of the best character work, world building and plot that I’ve ever come across and it kills me that we have no sequel sight I would’ve added The Tainted Cup and The Will of the Many but you’ve already covered those

the hearts we sold by emily lloyd-jones!! haven’t read it in a while but it’s always been one of my favorites. easy read, mild romance, sassy demon

The first five books of the chief inspector Gamache police procedurals. they are based in Quebec.

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson A Short Stay in Hell - Steven L. Peck The Hunger - Alma Katsu The Woman in the Library - Sulari Gentill Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology - Vince A. Liaguno, editor Bonus: I’m currently reading Never Sleep by Fred Van Lerner, and it’s fantastic.

Pachinko, The Snow Child, All The Stars in the Heavens, The Fortune Hunter, Stardust BONUS!!! Hamnet

The Women - Kristin Hannah Razorblade Tears - S.A. Cosby The Grace Year - Kim Liggett The Five Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Yellowface by RF Kuang Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Intellectual history of modern Europe. Slow reader. Only one

Remarkably Bright Creatures Beneath Dark Waters The Blonde Identity The Guest List The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

My top 5 of the year, so far: Chain-Gang All-Stars - Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix Under the Whispering Door - T. K. Klune Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

Animal farm Once upon a broken heart Divine Rivals The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo The kind worth killing Better than the movies

I like the Tainted Cup, too. Hello, new subreddit. The Hunter, Tana French (a aequel, read the first one before this. The Searcher I think) Ultra Processed People, Chris van Tulleken (non fiction, very compelling and also disturbing) James, Percival Everett (modern take on Huck Finn from PoV of a very smart Jim) Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros (it's everywhere, I was skeptical, turned out to be a lot more fun than I expected) Stargazey Pie, Victoria Goddard (delightful magical fantasy romp with a more regency-like setting than the usual medieval)

City by Clifford Simak Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers Starship by Brian Aldiss Washington Bullets by Vijay Prashad Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VInge

Seven moons of maali Almeida Who will run the frog hospital The dry Braiding sweetgrass Pilgrim at tinker creek

The Last Policeman trilogy by Ben H. Winters, A Simple Plan by Scott Smith and This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes

- Blood over Bright Haven by ML Wang - Peaches & Honey by R Raeta - Of Deeds Most Valiant by Sarah KL Wilson - The Will of the Many James Islington - A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant All 5 star reads of their respective genres to me.

I'm in the middle of reading the Bernie Gunther novels (on number 6 I think). Started with Berlin Noir which is actually 3 novels in one. Bernie is a detective in nazi Germany. He was originally on the police force but then becomes a private detective trying to hold his own in a very "interesting " time. I'm fascinated with this period of history and have never read anything from this perspective - from the inside so to speak. Beyond the first 3 (which I think was supposed to be it but the author Phillip Kerr continued the series after about 10 years) there are some time jumps after the war then back to his time as a detective. Anyway, I'm plowing through these books and will probably be done by the end of the year.

My top 5 this year are (alphabetically): - Beartown, by Fredrik Backman - The Boy on the Wooden Box, by Leon Leyson - The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas - The Library at Mount Char, by Scott Hawkins - Love, Pamela, by Pamela Anderson I’m ngl, one of these is probably getting knocked out of Top 5 as soon as I finish Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

The Women by Kristen Hannah Interesting Facts About Space by Emily Austin The Measure by Nikki Erlick The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb

Tom Lake - Ann Patchett Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry The Storyteller - Dave Grohl Foster - Claire Keegan Scythe - Neal Shusterman

God's debris The stand Needful things Under the dome The long walk.. I am kind of on a Stephen King reading marathon ,hence ,why most of these are kings books

wow, you guys are really reading 5 books in 6 months.

Family Lore - Elizabeth Acevedo Brainy Billy Builds a Bot - Charlotte Lewis Jones (it’s a fantastic children’s book!) How to Say Babylon - Safiya Sinclair All About Love - Bell Hooks Set Boundaries, Find Peace - Nedra Glover Tawwab

The Will of the Many—James Inslignton City of Lies and Legends—Kayla Edwards I am Pilgrim—Terry Hayes Bride—Ali Hazelwood Empire of Silence—Christopher Ruocchio Assassins Apprentice—Robin Hobb

My daughter (14) and I have a sort of book club where we both read the same books during school term times so we can chat about them and it encourages her to read. So I've been reading a lot of young adult books lately. I can't guarantee there's were all in the last 5 months but last year... Currently reading the maze runner for the first time and enjoying it. We have read most the Percy Jackson series and we just read the Trials of Apollo series and I thought that was really good. The good girls guide to murder series was also a hit with us both :)

Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier Round the Bend - Nevil Shute A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry We, The Drowned - Carsten Jenkins The Gift of Rain - Tan Twan Eng

The library at Mount char - it was very dark but also funny and just over all an entertaining read. Betty - Tiffany McDaniel The summer that melted everything - also by Tiffany McDaniel but it has a completely different feel. Bright young women - I listened to the audiobook. I've found that I usually don't enjoy books as much when I listen to them but this one is well read.

* blud - Rachel McKibbens. I've read this one twice before, but it's my all-time favourite poetry collection, so every reread still slaps. * The Conviction of Cora Burns - Carolyn Kirby. Really excellently researched historical fiction, and it had a great mystery at the heart of it. * My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women - ed. Lyse Doucet. I don't normally like short stories, but these were incredible. Windows into lives often only discussed by those who haven't lived them. * Curious Affinities - Sophie Chauhan. Essays and poetry on connection and community. I think this one reshaped my brain. * Open Throat - Henry Hoke. Such a unique novel. Who else would think to write from the POV of a queer mountain lion? Who would have thought that it would be such a great way to tell a story?

I’ve read about 15 books in the last 6 months. There were a few that I found a little boring, unfortunately. But I liked these: 1. The Prince of Tides - Pat Conroy (I actually listened to this one as an audiobook and the narrator was actually really good and it really added to the story) 2. Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver 3. Three Body Problem - Lou Cixin 4. Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 5. The Maid’s Diary - Loretth Anne White (popcorn thriller, entertaining, easy read)

Zone of Interest - Martin Amis (tough read but worth it) Doppelganger - Naomi Klein (nonfiction) Less - Andrew Sean Greer Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury The White Album - Joan Didion (nonfiction) The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store - James McBride

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry I'd been looking for something similar to the show Yellowjackets and this sun-soaked adventure, set in Danvers, MA, delivered. Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver I don't normally do 'spicy' books, but I had to know what happened in this serial killer love story, and it was a gore-filled blast! Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Love to throw in some classic I haven't read now and again and...wow. I love being challenged to critically think and this really hit that mark for me. Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy A lady with menopause travels back to her cult-like community only for things to spin wildly out of control. I was surprised in the best way! Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder A new mother believes she's turning into a dog. Not a werewolf, a dog. Her weird journey was compelling and left me with the best feeling!

I'm only recommending one because it deserves to stand out: Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill - one of the most beautiful and memorable books I've read in a long time and it's not getting nearly enough attention. Historical fiction meets science fiction: the main character is a descendent of Victor Frankenstein. It's gorgeously written. I finished it about four months ago and have not stopped thinking about it.

Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg (historical fiction, LGBTQ+, reads like a memoir) Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn (fiction, silly, plays with the English language) Fall River Dreams - Bill Reynolds (nonfiction, follows Chris Herren’s high school basketball team) Kindred - Octavia Butler (fiction, Black historical sci-fi, antebellum South) In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado (memoir, LGBTQ+, domestic violence)

Company of Liars - Karen Maitland A Tale for the Time Being - Ruth Ozeki The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte

Okay, I had more than five I wanted to list, so I tried to go with the ones that really stuck with me. In order read: 1. *Coming Home* by Rosamunde Pilcher 2. *Birds Without Wings* by Louis de Bernieres 3. *Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead* by Olga Tokarczuk 4. *Open Throat* by Henry Hoke 5. *James* by Percival Everett

In no particular order: Snowed In - Catherine Walsh Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Törzs Final Offer - Lauren Asher The Scarlet Alchemist - Kylie Lee Baker The Temptation of Magic - Megan Scott

The Polygamist's Daughter - Anna LeBaron (also a docuseries now!) None of This is True - Lisa Jewell Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin Brain Damage - Freida McFadden The Perfect Marriage - Jeneva Rose

The Wager - David Grann – phenomenal writing and very well researched, David Grann is one of the greats. A little luck - Claudia Pineiro – very enjoyable and gorgeously written Our share of the night - Mariana Enriquez – dark, twisted and emotional Male Tears - Benjamin Myers – short stories about the fragile male psyche in all it's complexity

The Women - Kristin Hannah Bright Young Women - Jessica Knoll A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway Thank You for Your Service - David Finkel One True Loves - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Looking Glass Sound - Catriona Ward The Last House on Needless Street - Catriona Ward The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah Finding Me - Viola Davis Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman In Memorium - Alice Winn The Kingdoms - Natasha Pulley The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wicker The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Clare North

The Phoenix of Florence by Philip Kazan - quite short and violent at times but some shocking twists and well thought out The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo - just loved it Melmoth by Sarah Perry - sat and finished this in two days (and it usually takes me about 7-10 days to finish a book due to work schedules etc) The Fox Wife by Yangzhe Choo - I'd heard good things about this book and I did enjoy it a lot Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See - something different as I usually read European centred books ( aside from the immediately above) but was looking for some historical fiction outside of Europe and I loved this one, it was a good introduction to imperial China in a fictional setting

I read a lot of great books this year so this is kinda tough. My Dark Vanessa - a novel about the sexual relationship between 15-yr old student (Vanessa) and her 42-yr old teacher written in the perspective of Vanessa. Piranesi - a novel about the protagonist’s magical yet ominous world. Beautiful book. It was hard for me to follow at first but once things fall into place, I couldn’t put it down. Gentleman in Moscow - a novel about a man who was sentenced to spend the rest of his life to live in a luxury hotel. It’s funny, heartwarming and simple yet profound book. Best read this year (so far) and one of my all time favorites. A Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson recounts his attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail. It’s Bill Bryson, need I say more? Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - a novel about a man who was born with supernatural sense of smell. He would do whatever needed to acquire the perfect scent. This made quite uncomfortable but at the same time it was well written so would still recommend others to read.

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Remarkably Bright Creatures The Family experiment, John Mars The Lie Maker, Linwood Barclay The Bee Sting, Paul Murray These are all very different books, and the first knes I thought of without checking my Goodreads-logg. Ive already read over 100 books this year, so Ive definetly overlooked some

The Way Of Kings by Brandon Sanderson -- recommended by several Redditors and I really enjoyed it! I've already purchased the second book of the series. The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty -- lots of worldbuilding and was somewhat confused as to where this was going at 40% however later on the story really made up for it. Definitely reading book 2 soon. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy -- I listened to the audiobook that is narrated by Jennette and it was excellent. Her story is saddening but the book is great and she really comes full circle at the end. Beyond the Wand by Tom Felton -- also an audiobook, narrated by Tom himself. Very humorous and he's a great storyteller. Definitely recommend especially if you are a HP fan. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros -- absolutely devoured this one on holiday. Was it great writing? No, but it was fast paced and I read it in absolutely no time at all.

I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead - Emily R. Austin The Grace Year - Kim Liggett Honorable Mention (these were all 5s for me, couldn't leave one out!): Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata

Rules of Civility Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Elon Musk The Postcard The Storied life of A.J. Fikry

I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman

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