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Favorites of 2025

I decided better late than never this year! It is always so hard to choose favorites, but every year, some books stand out to me. Just click on the cover to see my review.

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Favorites of 2024

★★★★★★★★★★ 10/10 Absolution by Alice McDermott God of the Woods by Liz Moore Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout All The Colors of the Dark By Chris Whitaker The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino Playground by Richard Powers We All Want Impossible

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Favorites of 2023

★★★★★★★★★★ 10/10 I always find this such a difficult task. I have loved so many of the books I have read this year. For whatever reasons these 10 resonated with me the most. Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan The Dead Romantics By Ashley Poston Fourth Wing By Rebecca

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Favorites of 2022

★★★★★★★★★★ 10/10 The Overstory by Richard PowersI think this was my favorite book of the last several years. Don't let 500+ pages on trees scare you away from this tremendous novel! Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel The Candy House by Jennifer Egan Our Missing Hearts

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Favorites of 2021

★★★★★★★★★★ 10/10 So many great books in 2021. I chose these for a variety of reasons.Plot-driven favorites-What happened to Owen? Another great science-laden adventure story from Andy Weir. These books made me think....Patricia Lockwood certainly writes from the perspective of her generation. One of my favorite authors turned