Goodreads Secret Santa discussion

Hi everyone, I would love you all to comment 1 book you recommend that you read in the last year. Whether it's the best book you read, or one you think important for others to read. Please leave it in a comment! When the sign up goes out, I will announce what this is for :P
Lastly, I will only be taking 1 recommendation per person, so if you leave multiple (incase someone else picks yours) please note which is your priority.

Edit - It does not have to be a recent book.

The year of the witching

Alexis Henderson

Ohhhhh that's real hard, I read so many 5 star books this year...

Gonna have to be Alien: Echo

Mine is Betty by Tiffany McDaniel.

Mel wrote: "Mine is Betty by Tiffany McDaniel.

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I was contemplating putting that one down as well. Beyond brilliant.

100% Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

This was a reread, but I cannot settle on a new one, so...

Birthright: The book of man by Mike Resnick.
Such a good analysis of the human nature on a fictional history line where humanity conquer the stars.

This Town Sleeps by Dennis Staples. It ripped my heart out in the best way.

Mine would be It by Stephen King since that is what I have been reading.

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig

The Black Flamingo - Dean Atta

Le Chœur des Femmes, by Martin Winckler.
(Read this one in French, I have no idea if it exists in another language yet actually)

The little house by Philippha Gregory

The Storyteller - Antonia Michaelis

Follow Me to Ground

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing!

Becca wrote: "The Midnight Library - Matt Haig"

Ooh! Good to know. I just bought this one.

Mine would be The Silent Treatment by Abbie Greaves!

Oh goodness, I can only do 1? I’m going to have to go with The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins.

A Little Life by Hanya Yanigahara

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo!! not even finished it but really enjoying it so far

Choosing one is going to be fun because I absolutely want a whole bunch of books for everyone to read, but, I'm going to go ahead and choose,

This Is How It Always Is - Laurie Frankel

I've been doing a lot of rereading this year, but I will go with Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs

Apoorv wrote: "Choosing one is going to be fun because I absolutely want a whole bunch of books for everyone to read, but, I'm going to go ahead and choose,

This Is How It Always Is - Laurie Fran..."

I loved that one!

Such a Fun Age was one of the most memorable books I read this year.

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami 😌

I'll go with:

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Mine is Notes on a Nervous Planet, by Matt Haig
It gave me comfort for my anxiety

I'll have to go with Revenger by Alastair Reynolds.

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld

I don't want to give anything away, but it has a power that the synopsis barely touches upon.

A Danger to Herself and Others by Alyssa B. Sheinmel

The Nothing Mage by J.P. Valentine

The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Just a heads up that I will be using these all this week, so last chance to add some :)

The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware!!! This was the first book in at least a year that made it to my favourites list!

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom. This is like one of my all-time favorite books. :)

Didn’t have that many to choose from but
Beautiful Disaster from Jamie McGuire

wait so have you shared already what you wanted these book recs for? 👀

The info is in the bottom of the sign up info! I put them in “bookshelf”

Oh riiiiight, now I remember, the bookshelf wasn't done yet when I read through everything - guess that's why I forgot about it lol. Sorry!

Oh yeah it took me a bit to get it setup I did forget that haha