Each year I worry that I won’t know what to come up with for my top ten list–this worrying lasts all of two seconds because as soon as I start to look back over a year’s worth of nose-in-a-book, I realize I read PLENTY of wonderful stuff! This year my list is a little bit all over the place, just like my reading preferences. Enjoy! ~Lauren
The Trespasser by Tana French
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
You’re Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Thrice the Brinded Cath Hath Mew’d by Alan Bradley
The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith by Gabrielle Bernstein
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
BONUS SECTION: LATE TO THE PARTY
Here are a couple of extra favorites for me this year that I was inspired to read by my coworkers who picked them for their Top Ten lists last year. So if that initial plug wasn’t enough to motivate you, maybe my two-thumbs-up will help!
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff / The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins / The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Read it or Weep 