As this was my best reading year yet, I had lots to choose from. This list does not include some rereads but I did include one in audiobooks. This was difficult especially the other fiction. All because it’s not here does not mean they weren’t the great. It’s been such a fantastic reading year.

Children and Middle Grade

• The Tea Dragon trilogy by K. O’Neill
• Garlic and the Witch series by Bree Paulson
• The Only Child by Guojing
• Marshmallow Clouds by Connie Wanet and Ted Kooser

Graphic novels

• Ducks by Kate Beaton
• Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
• Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman
• Monstress series by Marjorie Liu
• The Night Eaters series by Marjorie Liu

Fantasy and Sci-Fi

• Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
• Heart of the sun warrior by Sue Lynn Tan
• A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

Other Fiction and Literary Fiction

• Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
• The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman

Nonfiction

• Say Goodnight to Insomnia by Gregg D. Jacobs
• Chinatown Pretty by Valerie Liu and Andria Lo
• All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell

Audiobooks

I consumed 18 audiobooks which is the most I’ve ever done. I hope this continues for the next few years especially for nonfiction.

• Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper, narrated by the author
• These Precious Days by Ann Patchett, narrated by the author
• Matilda by Roald Dahl, narrated by Kate Winslet – technically a reread but I needed to highlighted the narration
• Graphic Audio’s A Court of Mist and Fury, narrated by a full cast