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Category: Favorite books of the year

Yesterday I shared my favorite books of 2020. Choosing favorites is hard, and so to make it easier on myself

What I’m about to say will surprise exactly no one: 2020 was an unusual reading year for me. I read

Last week I shared my favorite books of 2019. To make it easier on myself, I divided my favorites list

2019 was another great year for me. I read piles of stellar books, and today I’m sharing my tip-top favorites.

2018 was a solid reading year for me, and today I’m sharing the best-of-the-best: the handful of truly exceptional titles that

2017 was a great reading year for me, and today I’m sharing the best-of-the-best: the handful of truly exceptional titles that

2016 was a great year for reading. (And I’m not just saying that—it was much better for me than 2015!)

Last week I shared my favorite novels of 2015, and the same rules apply to this nonfiction list: I’m calling these

I love and hate best-of-the-year lists. Love because I can’t resist reading them; hate because I abhor picking a favorite

Today I’m sharing the best books I read in 2014. These are the books I read in 2014 that I

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