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Burial Rites by Hannah KentA Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
The Wind is Not a River by Brian Payton
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
I don't usually list favorites as I read so much and it's hard to pin down which were the best, but the one book I have suggested to friends, family, and patrons this year has to be:
by Fredrik BackmanJust a wonderful study of a human being that had me laughing out loud and crying like a baby at the end.
Dee wrote: "And because we know that you cannot just have one favorite, fire away your top five favorites!"1. Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey
2. Out to Canaan by Jan Karon
3. The Family of Jesus by Karen Kingsbury
4. The Probability of Miracles by Wendy Wunder
5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Just to name the top few....Stranded by Alex Kava
Bones of Betrayal by Jefferson Bass
Let Me Go by Chelsea Cain
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell
Gentlemen Bootleggers: The True Story of Templeton Rye, Prohibition, and a Small Town in Cahoots by Bryce T. Bauer
Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman
Must Love Otters by Eliza Gordon
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
I just read Must Love Otters at the end of the year Magpie - super cute - and I saw that she/they (since it is apparently a writing duo) have another book out
I rated 10 books that I read in 2014 as 5 star books. I would have to say my 5 favorites of those were-The Pearl that Broke Its Shell
The Golem and the Jinni
The House at Riverton
The Light Between Oceans
The Invention of Wings
It's even hard to limit to 5, but we must draw the line somewhere!Anna Karenina
And the Mountains Echoed
The Poisonwood Bible
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
All Quiet on the Western Front
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Anna Karenina (other topics)And the Mountains Echoed (other topics)
The Poisonwood Bible (other topics)
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