Top Ten Tuesday: All The Starred Glories

The best books I’ve read so far this year. Go on, fangirl.

Nafiza

The best books I’ve read this year, huh. I’ve read quite a few actually. I make it a point to not continue books if they’re not working out for me because there’s no point in torturing myself when other great books await my pleasure. That said, there have been some that I’ve liked more than others. Mind you, I have read about 295 titles in total up till now so there are a lot. Here is an abridged list.

1. This Is Sadie by Sara O’Leary and Julie Morstad. Picturebook. Amazing.
2. This Shattered World by Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner. YA novel. Science Fiction.
3. Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge. YA. Fairytale retelling.
4. The Water and the Wild by K. E. Ormsbee and Elsa Mora. Middlgegrade. Fantasy.
5. The Rabbit Back Literature Society by Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen. Adult bookish fantasy. Translated by Lola Rogers. Pushkin Press.
6. Gretel and the Dark by Eliza Granville. Crossover. Fairytale. Holocaust.
7. Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire. For all audiences. Russian fairytale. Retelling of The Prince and the Pauper. 
8. The Vine Basket by Joseanne La Valley. Middlegrade. Realistic fiction.
9. Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor. Last in a trilogy. YA fantasy.
10. A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman. YA verse novel.
11. The Seven Realms quartet by Cinda Williams Chima. YA high
12. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. Verse novel. Middlegrade.
13. All That Glitters by Holly Smale. YA realistic.
14. Uprooted by Naomi Novik. Crossover. High fantasy.
15. The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge. Middlegrade. Fantasy.

Steph

I have to remember them all… wow… my mind always draws a blank on these lists.

1. The Airborne series by Kenneth Oppel :)
2. The Theodosia series by R.L. Lafevers
3. We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
4. The Thickety by J.A. White
5. Seraphina and Shadowscale by Rachel Hartman
6. Egg & Spoon by Gregory Maguire, I also really liked this!
7. Sisters and Smile by Raina Telgemeier… and I’m sure there were more graphic novels…
8. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer – yup, I hadn’t ever read it before but I got to it this year!
9. Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
10. Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
11. …. there are more!

Yash

*stares at hands* I am starting to doubt if I really do love fantasy as much as I say I do. *broken whisper* Who am I? O_O

1. Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
2. All the Rage by Courtney Summers
3. The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma
4. The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
5. Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz
6. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
7. Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
8. None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio
9. Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
10. The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
11. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
12. Every Breath trilogy by Ellie Marney
13. SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
14. X: A Novel by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon
15. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

Janet

I’m going to interpret this as best books I’ve read for the first time this year. I do a lot of rereading (can you truly love a book if you don’t have at least a few lines memorized?), and without this interpretation my list would be rather longer.

1. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
2. The Water of Possibility by Hiromi Goto
3. Monstrous Regiment and Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
4. Fearless Girls, Wise Women and Beloved Sisters: Folklore from Around the World compiled by Kathleen Ragan
5. The Darkest Part of the Forest and The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black
6. Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
7. The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community by Diana Pavlac Glyer
8. Hope and Other Luxuries by Clare Dunkle
9. Elena Vanishing by Elena and Clare Dunkle
10. The Hollow Kingdom by Clare Dunkle
11. Ms. Marvel: Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson, Jacob Wyatt, and Adrian Alphona
12. Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle and Julie Paschkis
13. Pablo Neruda: Poet of the People by Monica Brown and Julie Paschkis
14. Winter is Coming by Tony Johnston and Jill LaMarche
15. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
16. Owls and Other Fantasies, A Poetry Handbook, and Thirst by Mary Oliver
17. Wishing for Tomorrow by Hilary MacKay
18. The Hidden Agenda of Sigrid Sugden by Jill MacLean