Favorite book you've read this year?

[Anonymous]

I really enjoyed Remarkably Bright Creatures

[Anonymous]

Wild Dark Shore
Broken Country
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife

[Anonymous]

All The Colors of the Dark
The God of the Woods
Broken Country

Of the ones folks have said already, I really liked Wild Dark Shore, The River is Waiting and The Names. I thought Atmosphere was OK, but wanted to like it more than I did.

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Anonymous wrote:North Woods by Daniel Mason

Seconding this. Have read it twice this year.

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Anonymous wrote:All The Colors of the Dark
The God of the Woods
Broken Country

Of the ones folks have said already, I really liked Wild Dark Shore, The River is Waiting and The Names. I thought Atmosphere was OK, but wanted to like it more than I did.

I found
WDS and TRIW just ok.

[Anonymous]

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe

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Anonymous wrote:I mostly read older books, so my answer is probably The End of the Affair.

I recently reread this one. It’s one of my all time favorites.

[Anonymous]

Culpability, by Bruce Holsinger

[Anonymous]

The Names and This Time Tomorrow

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Anonymous wrote:North Woods by Daniel Mason

Ditto. Just fantastic.

[Anonymous]

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace was really good.

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Anonymous wrote:North Woods by Daniel Mason

Ditto. Just fantastic.

I posted above about reading it twice. My bookclub hated it. one of the reasons why was that they none of the characters were likeable. I cannot imagine judging a book based on this.

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Anonymous wrote:The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace was really good.

Amazing book. It nearly shattered me though

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Anonymous wrote:North Woods by Daniel Mason

Ditto. Just fantastic.

I posted above about reading it twice. My bookclub hated it. one of the reasons why was that they none of the characters were likeable. I cannot imagine judging a book based on this.

That's a shame. It's such a standout and beautiful work.

I also read "Tinkers" by Paul Harding this year, and they both struck me as profound in similar ways. Maybe it's the idea of how humans are connected to one another and their environment over time and place . . . books like these always speak to me. I lost my mom recently, and reading both of these books has really helped me process my grief and be able to think about how an individual life, though fleeting, is part of a much bigger picture.

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Anonymous wrote:North Woods by Daniel Mason

Ditto. Just fantastic.

I posted above about reading it twice. My bookclub hated it. one of the reasons why was that they none of the characters were likeable. I cannot imagine judging a book based on this.

I also don't understand the pov that readers can't get into a book if the characters aren't warm & fuzzy and "just like me!". North Woods was my favorite book of last year and I thinking about a re-read.

This year I most liked History of Sound by Ben Shattuck. Was made into a lovely small film also.