I’ve decided to end the year on a positive note with an alphabetical list (by author) of my favorite books/series and authors as well as some of my favorite reviews! I didn’t bother trying to make this a Top Ten post or anything, just a simple list of books I’ve read more than once and that cross my thoughts even more.

(I admit I did try not to just Copy/Paste my entire Goodreads “favorites” shelf onto here and even that amount of whittling was agnonizing haha! There are some I feel could maybe be on this list but as I’ve only read them once I can’t be sure so I didn’t add them despite really wanting to! Asking a bibliophile their favorite book is perhaps one of the cruelest things you can ask.)

Share some of your favorite reads in the comments!

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BOOKS

Jane Austen
First published in 1811
~Romance~
Goodreads | Amazon

Six of Crows
(Duology)
Leigh Bardugo
Published in 2015
~Fantasy~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams Bianco
Published in 1922
~Children’s Story~
Goodreads | Amazon

The Others
(Series)
Published in 2013
~Urban Fantasy~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Mercy Thompson
(Series)
Patricia Briggs
Published in 2006
~Paranormal~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Agatha Christie
First published in 1920
~Mystery~
Goodreads | Amazon

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins
Published in 2020
~Dystopia~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
Published in 1967
~Contemporary~
Goodreads | Amazon

Walking Shadows
(Series)
Talis Jones
Published in 2018
~Post-Apocalyptic Western~
Goodreads | Amazon

The Chronicles of Narnia
(Series)
C.S. Lewis
Published in 1956
~Fantasy~
Goodreads | Amazon

Throne of Glass
(Series)
Sarah J. Maas
Published in 2012
~Fantasy~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Female of the Species
Mindy McGinnis
Published in 2016
~Contemporary~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Chaos Walking
(Trilogy)
Patrick Ness
Published in 2008
~Science Fiction~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Animal Farm
George Orwell
Published in 1945
~Dystopia~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Harry Potter
(Series)
J.K. Rowling
Published in 1997
~Paranormal~
Goodreads | Amazon

Vicious
V.E. Schwab
Published in 2013
~Science Fiction~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Children of Icarus
(Trilogy)
Caighlan Smith
Published in 2016
~Dystopia~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

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REVIEWS

Sometimes even if a book doesn’t turn out to be a favorite I still find myself whisked away into their world while writing a review for my blog. Here are a few of my favorite reviews that I wrote. I’m not a professional but every once in a while I feel like I may have done a decent job or at least really enjoyed writing about whatever book I’d just read and despite being a bit of a rambling mess the words easily flowed and I remember those books quite well to this day no matter their star rating.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins
Published in 2020
~Dystopia~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Circle
Dave Eggers
Published in 2013
~Dystopia~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Female of the Species
Mindy McGinnis
Published in 2016
~Contemporary~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen
Published in 1993
~Memoir~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Look Who’s Back
Timur Vermes
Published in 2012
~Satire~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Lost Boy
Christina Henry
Published in 2017
~Horror~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Nora & Kettle
Lauren Nicolle Taylor
Published in 2016
~Historical~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Poppy War
(Trilogy)
R.F. Kuang
Published in 2018
~Fantasy~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Scythe
(Trilogy)
Neal Shusterman
Published in 2016
~Dystopia~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

The Star-Touched Queen
Roshani Chokshi
Published in 2016
~Fantasy~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

These Vicious Masks
(Trilogy)
Tarun Shanker & Kelly Zekas
Published in 2016
~Paranormal~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Tahereh Mafi
Published in 2018
~Contemporary~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

Worlds of Ink and Shadow
Lena Coakley
Published in 2016
~Paranormal~
Goodreads | Amazon
My Review

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