As the year 2013 comes to a close, we’d like to reflect on the books that we loved that were released this year. See something you like? Find a similar book by clicking on the tag!
- Care of Wooden Floors: Will Wiles (Fiction, Humor, Friendship)
- Nos4A2: Joe Hill (Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Supernatural)
- Doctor Sleep: Stephen King (Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Supernatural)
- The Longest Road: Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean: Philip Caputo (Non-Fiction, Memoir, Travel)
- The Goldfinch: Donna Tartt (Fiction, Art, New York City)
- Silent Wife: S.A. Harrison (Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Marriage)
- W is for Wasted (Alphabet Series): Sue Grafton (Fiction, Mystery, Homelessness)
- Letters from Skye: Jessica Brockmole (Fiction, Historical Fiction, WWII, Scotland)
- A Hundred Summers: Beatriz Williams (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Rhode Island)
- Infernal Devices Trilogy: Cassandra Clare (Fiction, Young Adult, Steampunk, Fantasy)
- Mr. Tiger Goes Wild: Peter Brown (Fiction, Children’s, Individuality)
- How the Light Gets in: Louise Penny (Fiction, Mystery, Canada)
- Eleanor and Park: Rainbow Rowell (Fiction, Young Adult, Abuse, Bullying)
- Gris Grimley’s Frankenstein: Gris Grimley (Fiction, Young Adult, Graphic Novel)
- Boxers & Saints: Gene Luen Yang (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Graphic Novel, China)
- The Real Boy: Anne Ursu (Fiction, Children’s, Fairy Tales)
- Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke: Rob Sheffield (Non-Fiction, Memoir, Music)
- The Light Between Oceans: M.L. Stedman (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Australia, Family)
- And The Mountains Echoed: Khaled Hosseini (Fiction, Family, Afghanistan)
- The Last Runaway: Tracey Chevalier (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Slavery, Ohio)
- Ashford Affair: Lauren Willig (Fiction, Historical Fiction, England, Africa)
- Obituary Writer: Ann Hood (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Grief, San Francisco)
- Empty Mansions: Bill Dedman (Non-Fiction, Biography, New York)
- Paris Architect: Charles Belfoure (Fiction, Historical Fiction, WWII, Holocaust)
Our big winner, with the most recommendations, was “Light Between Oceans“. We can’t wait until the 2014 books come out!