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the hate u give was such a great book!!

All for the Game by Nora Sakavic was my favorite series of this year, second runner up was Beartown which is building to be a trilogy!

I read and enjoyed THUG and Evicted. I’ve been toying with trying some of the authors here I haven’t yet read (Octavia Butler) or some I’ve read one and not others (Ng). Thanks for the nudge. Congrats about grad school!

I love your reviews and always look forward to your recommendations. Thanks for writing your Top 10 list. I’ve several to add to my to-read list now! I really enjoyed Pachinko, The Nix, A Gentleman in Moscow, and THUG in 2017.

I too appreciate your thoughtful reviews and the lists you shared. For non-fiction I quite liked The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
and Hunger. And some of my fiction faves include Exit West, The Vegetarian, The Book of Joan, Difficult Women, and Another Brooklyn (published in 2016). This coming year I have my eye on Pachinko, The Break, Seven Fallen Feathers, and new works by Roxane Gay and Zadie Smith. I've just started a non-fiction piece named Conflict Is Not Abuse which is excellent. Thanks for continuing to inspire us!

I recognize Salt and The Unseen World which are the only ones that I also read in 2017! Little Fire Everywhere is on my to-be-read soon though. My best read of 2017 was hands down A Little Life, which coincidentally is also how I came to follow you, Thomas! Keep up the great reviews ;)

Jeanne wrote: "I read and enjoyed THUG and Evicted. I’ve been toying with trying some of the authors here I haven’t yet read (Octavia Butler) or some I’ve read one and not others (Ng). Thanks for the nudge. Congr..."

So glad to hear you enjoyed both THUG and Evicted! And please do try out Butler as well as the Ng work you haven't read yet, both are stellar. Thank you for your kind note re: grad school. :)

Maisie wrote: "All for the Game by Nora Sakavic was my favorite series of this year, second runner up was Beartown which is building to be a trilogy!"

Thank you for these titles! They both seem quite athletic and intriguing, and I've made a mental note to elevate them on my to-read list. :)

Anna wrote: "the hate u give was such a great book!!"

Agreed! So glad it's received so much well-deserved hype and attention from the Goodreads community and across the internet. :)

Giulia wrote: "I recognize Salt and The Unseen World which are the only ones that I also read in 2017! Little Fire Everywhere is on my to-be-read soon though. My best read of 2017 was hands down A Little Life, wh..."

Glad you recognize Salt and the Unseen World and I hope you enjoy Little Fires Everywhere! And, yep, A Little Life is so amazing and I'm glad it's connected us - amazing isn't even the right word to capture it, I'm not sure if there is such a word. I still haven't read a book that has affected me the way A Little Life did. A book in a league of its own.

Mridula wrote: "I too appreciate your thoughtful reviews and the lists you shared. For non-fiction I quite liked The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
and Hunger. And some of my fiction faves include Exit ..."

Aw Mridula, thank you for this compassionate comment and for all the book recommendations, I'll do my best to check them out! Happy reading in 2018. :)

Sandra wrote: "I love your reviews and always look forward to your recommendations. Thanks for writing your Top 10 list. I’ve several to add to my to-read list now! I really enjoyed Pachinko, The Nix, A Gentleman..."

Aw Sandra, thanks for saying that. I've really enjoyed staying updated on each other's reads and reviews. I've moved The Nix and A Gentleman in Moscow up on my to-read list, and omg, I just finished Pachinko tonight and it was one of the best books I've read in awhile - so excited to write my review and spread the good word about this amazing novel.