It’s an old question, but a good one . . . What were your favorite books this year?
List as many as you like … fiction, non-fiction, mystery, romance, science-fiction, business, travel, cookbooks … whatever the category. But, really, we’re all dying to know. What books were the highlight of your reading year in 2007?
My answer:
I haven’t made my official list yet but still wanted to respond to this post. Here are some of my favorites this year with links to reviews. If I only had to pick ONE book other than the New Testament as my favorite, I would say it was To Kill a Mockingbird.
In chronological order.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan***** by Lisa See
To Kill a Mockingbird***** by Harper Lee
The Book Thief ***** by Markus Zusak
The Road ****1/2 by Cormac McCarthy
Fahrenheit 451****1/2 by Ray Bradbury
The Giver****1/2 by Lois Lowry
The Handmaid’s Tale ****1/2 by Margaret Atwood
The Stone Diaries****1/2 by Carol Shields
New Testament*****
Coraline****1/2 by Neil Gaiman
The Secret Life of Bees****1/2 by Sue Monk Kidd
We ****1/2 by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Half of a Yellow Sun****1/2 by Adichie
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ****1/2 by Betty Smith
Wow, The Book Thief is on a lot of lists. I really need to read it. I also liked The Stone Diaries!
That is a great list, Michelle! I hope to read The Book Thief this next year and also Coraline if I can fit it in. I read Half of a Yellow Sun and Fahrenheit 451 this year too and liked both quite a bit.
Half of a Yellow Sun is sitting on my TBR pile. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and the Book Thief have made it onto my wishlist since starting to read all these lists!
Snow Flower & the Book Thief made my list too. The Handmaid’s Tale came pretty close. I’m reading The Giver and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn so it looks like they should be pretty good.
Cool list
To Kill a Mockingbird, The Secret Life of Bees, The Giver, and The Handmaid’s Tale are all-time favorites of mine. I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn this year, and it made my highlights list too. (I can’t believe I’d never read it before!) I’m definitely going to try to get to The Book Thief, Snow Flower, and some of the others on your list in the near future.
A lot of those I read this year as well and I’d have to agree.