What’s the best book you’ve read in the past 12 months?

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What’s the best book you’ve read in the past 12 months?

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  1. kaeorin Avatar

    I recently finished The Poppy War, by R. F. Kuang and it blew my mind. I loved it a lot and am trying to get my hands on the second and third books.

  2. So_Call_Me_Maddie Avatar

    “Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus” – Sandi Toksvig

    “Making It So: A Memoir” – Patrick Stewart

  3. moverene1914 Avatar

    Two: West with Giraffes and Horse.

  4. cheesepage Avatar

    Braiding Sweetgrass.

  5. whatsmypassword73 Avatar

    I’ve gone back in time and I’m rereading Watership Down, still such a unique story.

  6. Kbudski Avatar

    Before you knew my name by Jacqueline Bublitz

  7. sabrinasoIstice Avatar

    Two different series

    The Shades of Magic Series by V.E Schwab

    And the Emily Wilde series by Heather Fawcett

  8. Bento_Fox Avatar

    Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

  9. mama2babas Avatar

    I’m Deep into contact mysteries this last year. I do audio books and try to have a full series to go through. 

    Witch City Mysteries was a good series 

    ACOTAR series 

    A Good Girls Guide to Murder

    All of Frieda McFadden’s work is good

    Crime and Punishment was hard to get through, but honestly I think about it A LOT

    The Ascendence Trilogy 

    I have a lot on my Good Reads account and recommend everyone who loves reading to make an account and share their books!

  10. MaximusHomeboyus Avatar

    Just read “Gods With a Small G” in one day. It’s definitely vulgar and somewhat raw, but I couldn’t put it down.

  11. mississippihippies Avatar

    Flowers for Algernon. Loved it when I read it in 5th grade, but now that I work with autistic kids, it was even more emotional.

  12. pandora0312 Avatar

    Last June I read a Power Unbound by Freya Marske. The entire series is just fantastic.

  13. klocutie13 Avatar

    FantasticLand by Mike Brockoven
    It’s Lord of the Flies set in a theme park that resembles a famous one in Florida. The book is styled as a series of interviews retelling what happened.

  14. cig-coffee Avatar

    Spare…. by prince Harry

  15. Last_Discipline_9753 Avatar

    Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

  16. mrsissippi Avatar

    You’re gonna die alone and other excellent news by devrie donalson

  17. NATOrocket Avatar

    Different Seasons- Stephen King

  18. Dull-Afternoon6353 Avatar

    All the colors of the dark and god of the woods

  19. anjschuyler Avatar

    A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams, for surreeeeee

  20. Ewwwyoustink Avatar

    The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

  21. womansrea Avatar

    The red rising series. Actually amazing, there are I think 7 of them and the worst one for me was still a 4/5

  22. swole_not_flexy Avatar

    Did a binge read if all of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s books and I lovedddd Carrie Soto is back

  23. Nervous_Chemical7566 Avatar

    {Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin} {Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross} are couple of the stand outs.

  24. Dramatic-Wasabi299 Avatar

    Tie between The River Warren by Kent Meyers, and Educated by Tara Westover

  25. BurgersForShoes Avatar

    Tender is the Flesh was quite good.

  26. OwlFlirt Avatar

    Sin Eater by Megan Campisi and the Dark Window books by Rachel Gillig. Both very interesting stories about women and how they handled things when life affecting situations intervened.

  27. gravestonetrip Avatar

    The Measure, Nikki Erlick and The One, John Marrs (I’m now on my third book by him since then)

  28. keeperofthenins Avatar

    My Friends by Fredrik Backman

  29. RedDeath208 Avatar

    The Light Eaters, by Zoe Schlanger — all about plant senses and behaviour. It’s a field that was unfunded for years after a stupid book came out in the 1970’s claiming plants like Mozart, but people are starting to get back into it now and it is fascinating! I’ve never had a book I’ve had to interrupt reading so many times to start excited conversations about it. Get this book!!!

  30. CommercialExotic2038 Avatar

    I loved, love, loved “West with Giraffes” which was an Amazon First Reads.

    I had a friend named West, and the mc reminded me of him very much.

    It is a story of how in 1938 giraffes get to the West Coast after a huge storm. It is remindful of Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley: In Search of America”.

  31. _muck_ Avatar

    The Fox Wife

  32. Livy1013 Avatar

    Throne of Glass series by Sarah Maas

  33. Buzznbee Avatar

    Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

  34. eldermillenial89 Avatar

    For the Love of a Son – Scott Oake

  35. AppleCiderGenie Avatar

    The Other Significant Others by Rhaina Cohen. All about friendships and how valuable they can be in our lives even relieving some responsibilities we often put on our romantic partners! It’s so wholesome and beautiful. I couldn’t recommend it more!

  36. SpoiledSuccubae Avatar

    It seems more relevant now than ever

  37. leah_paigelowery Avatar

    I just finished Blackwater by Michael McDowell and loved it.

  38. eviltinycreatures Avatar

    Aliens: Phalanx. It is well written, the characters are great, and I love xenomorphs.

  39. Koleilei Avatar

    Fiction: The Humans by Matt Haig or A Short Walk Through A Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

    Non-fiction: The Promise of Paradise: Utopian Communities in BC by Andrew Scott or Patient Zero by Lydia Kang or Off With Her Head by Eleanor Herman

  40. Anxious_Hellbender Avatar

    The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I’m 30 pages in and I already feel the need to escape capitalism and appreciate Mother Nature and her many gifts.

    I think it would heal me mentally and emotionally. Perhaps living off the grid would make me feel like life is worth living and not being wasted on material things like money, social media, junk food, etc. 

  41. Purpleagluna Avatar

    A Cruel Quiet and With Interest. Both on Amazon, same author: Herkimer Lenox.

  42. agentdecker107 Avatar

    The Only One Left by Riley Sager. Easy read and a couple twists that keep you on your toes!

  43. Rad_lee Avatar

    Oh I have a few!

    • The name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss (will the last book ever come out? 😭)

    • the Jasad Heir by Sara Hashem (one of the best enemies to lovers I’ve read)

    • Any book by Karin Slaughter (the stories hurt my heart. Her writing is so impactful)

    • The library at mount char by Scott Hawkins (got me back into reading)

  44. peladero Avatar

    Three body problem series by Cixin Liu

    Silo 1 by Hugh Howey

  45. psych0nurse84 Avatar

    11/22/63 by Stephen King. The love story that evolved between Jake and Sadie, and their tenderness towards one another just broke my heart (in a good way!), but the ending crushed my soul. I finished it a week ago, and I’m still thinking about Jake and Sadie 💕

  46. RokkitFrog Avatar

    A Psalm for the Wild Built and it’s sequel, A Prayer for the Crown Shy. They are short, but powerful.

  47. watertown1990 Avatar

    Romance novels