Best book you read this year?

Let Us Descend by Jessmyn Ward

It was the last book I have read. Couldn’t bear to pick up another afterward. Not sure how long it would have lasted, because I have a new puppy, aka Land Shark.

I had 2.
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
The Circus Train by Amir Parikh

Best Book: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Worst Book: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

In addition to the books I mentioned in the other thread, I finally read Tom Lake by Ann Patchett and loved it.

My favorite book I read this year that wasn't published this year was The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makai.

Thanks!  

GO AS A RIVER BY SHELLEY READ (beautiful writing; inspiring)  - $1.99 for Kindle version now.  I just bought it. 

My top 3:

3: Go as a River: Gorgeous prose and heart-wrenching
2: All that is Mine I Carry with Me Brilliant. And that ending. Oh my.
1: All the Broken Places What a book hangover I had after that.

Others mentioned definitely made my top 15!

Lisa

My favorite fictional book was Demon Copperfield by Barbara Kingsolver.

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel was my favorite nonfiction book.

Many of yours were some of my faves as well. 

And ITA, Those We Thought We Knew was just jaw dropping. Such an excellent read and definitely in my top five. 

Lisa 

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. I read it in almost one sitting as I was so gripped by it. The sequel, The Family Remains, was also good but not as good as the first.

The description alone of this book is magical & grabbed my interest right away.  

“Down a narrow alley in the small coastal town of Mallow Island, South Carolina, lies a stunning cobblestone building comprised of five apartments. It's called The Dellawisp and it's named after the tiny turquoise birds who, alongside its human tenants, inhabit an air of magical secrecy.  When Zoey Hennessey comes to claim her deceased mother's apartment at The Dellawisp, she meets her quirky, enigmatic neighbors including a girl on the run, a grieving chef whose comfort food does not comfort him, two estranged middle-aged sisters, and three ghosts. Each with their own story. Each with their own longings. Each whose ending isn't yet written. When one of her new neighbors dies under odd circumstances the night Zoey arrives, she's thrust into the mystery of The Dellawisp, which involves missing pages from a legendary writer whose work might be hidden there. She soon discovers that many unfinished stories permeate the place, and the people around her are in as much need of healing from wrongs of the past as she is. To find their way they have to learn how to trust each other, confront their deepest fears, and let go of what haunts them. Delightful and atmospheric, Other Birds is filled with magical realism and moments of pure love that won't let you go. Sarah Addison Allen shows us that between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways.”  

Definitely going to the top of my TBR pile !


NOTE:  flanz mentioned above, currently a Kindle Unlimited selection right now !

I really enjoyed The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

Where the Crawdads Sings— although that might have been at the end of last year. It’s a nice book with lots of twists and hidden meaning or it can just be read for light entertainment. Beware there is a big twist at the end!