2022: Top Ten Books

 Top Ten Books Read in 2022 (in no particular order):

2021: Top Ten Books

 Top Ten Books Read in 2021 (in no particular order):

2020: Top Ten Books

Top Ten Books Read in 2020 (in no particular order):

2019: Top Ten Books

Top Ten Books Read in 2019 (in no particular order):

The Astonishing Color of After - Emily X.R. Pan
Ash Princess (series) - Laura Sebastian
Everless (series) - Sara Holland
Shades of Magic (series) - V.E. Schwab
Witch Hat Atelier (series)- Kamome Shirahama
The Promised Neverland (series) - Kaiu Shirai
Lovely War - Julie Berry
The Book of Dust (series) - Philip Pullman
Legacy of Orisha (series) - Tomi Adeyemi 
A Very Large Expanse of Sea - Tahereh Mafi

Wilder Girls

Rory Power

Wilder Girls 

"It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty’s life out from under her."

"It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don’t dare wander outside the school’s fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything."

"But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there’s more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true."

https://itsrorypower.com/

The Promised Neverland

Story by Kaiu Shirai

Art by Posuka Demizu

The Promised Neverland

"The children of the Grace Field House orphanage have their happy lives upended when they find out they’re being raised to be fed to demons. Can they escape their fate before it’s too late?"

"Life at Grace Field House has been good for Emma and her fellow orphans. While the daily studying and exams they have to take are tough, their loving caretaker provides them with delicious foods and plenty of playtime. But perhaps not everything is as it seems…"

"Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest kids at the Grace Field House orphanage. And under the care of the woman they refer to as “Mom,” all the kids have enjoyed a comfortable life. Good food, clean clothes and the perfect environment to learn—what more could an orphan ask for? One day, though, Emma and Norman uncover the dark truth of the outside world they are forbidden from seeing."

https://www.viz.com/the-promised-neverland

 

Lovely War

Julie Berry

Lovely War

"It's 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. She's a shy and talented pianist; he's a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. When they fall in love, it's immediate and deep—and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields."

"Aubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. A gifted musician who's played Carnegie Hall, he's a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. Love is the last thing on his mind. But that's before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who's already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans."

"Thirty years after these four lovers' fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II. She seeks to answer the age-old question: Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another? But her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music and reveals that War is no match for the power of Love."

http://www.julieberrybooks.com/