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Anonymouseposter · 2023-01-16T14:14:00+00:00

What was the best book you read last year? I’m looking for ideas for what to read next. My favourite was American Dirt, I learned a lot and found it very gripping.

Divebar2021 · 17/01/2023 21:29

I really enjoyed American Dirt too but made the mistake of reading some reviews on Goodreads while I was reading it. The whole controversy around the author and her “right” to centre her story in Mexico was illuminating. Apparently you shouldn’t be writing it if you haven’t lived it.

PritiPatelsMaker · 17/01/2023 19:08

I do targets too @Divebar2021 although my target is much less than yours, think I managed 23 last year.

So sorry that you've been struggling @DuchessOfDisco.

SomersetBrie · 17/01/2023 18:59

Mayhemmumma · 17/01/2023 18:41

Hearts invisible furies John boyne

I could read that annually and it would always be the best.

TheBitterBoy · 17/01/2023 18:59

Cloud Cuckooland by Anthony Doerr. I read it in the summer and I still think about it most days.

biedrona · 17/01/2023 18:57

1982mommaof4 · 16/01/2023 14:18

Off I go to purchase American dirt

same here

WhatWouldHopperDo · 17/01/2023 18:46

An oldie but I absolutely loved The Green Mile by Stephen King. Also The Instant by Amy Liptrot. If you haven’t read The Outrun I really recommend reading g that first.

DD (25) says I have to mention the Starless Sea as that was her favourite last year.

Mayhemmumma · 17/01/2023 18:41

Although American dirt was also excellent as was a terrible kindness as mentioned

Mayhemmumma · 17/01/2023 18:41

Hearts invisible furies John boyne

DuchessOfDisco · 17/01/2023 18:30

I set a good reads challenge if 25 every year and I’ve yet to hit it. I always start good but then like last year, finished my last book in May and didn’t pick up another until January this year. So I didn’t read many (16 I believe) but my favourite was The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. I was signed off work with depression when I read it too so it was the prefect read

walnutmarzipan · 17/01/2023 11:10

Divebar2021 · 17/01/2023 10:58

Does anyone else have reading targets? I challenged myself to read 35 last year and I reached it but found myself choosing books because they were thin and rushing through them. I’m going to try a more targeted approach this year and really think about what kinds of books I want to invest my time in.

Yes I do the Goodreads challenge every year but I only set it to about 20. Sometimes I manage and sometimes I don't.

CelticPromise · 17/01/2023 11:04

Light Perpetual was fab.

Divebar2021 · 17/01/2023 10:58

Does anyone else have reading targets? I challenged myself to read 35 last year and I reached it but found myself choosing books because they were thin and rushing through them. I’m going to try a more targeted approach this year and really think about what kinds of books I want to invest my time in.

Divebar2021 · 17/01/2023 10:54

Time to visit the library!

Yay! I’m always banging on about the library. We must use them or we’ll lose them. Yes there are some recommendations I’m also going to make note of.

OnceRuralNowUrbanbliss · 16/01/2023 22:25

I loved Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

I've promised myself I'll make more time for reading this year so thank you for this thread and all the recommendations. Time to visit the library!

VickerishAllsort · 16/01/2023 22:09

The Five by Hallie Rubenfold.
She explores the lives of Jack the Ripper's victims, although he is barely mentioned.
Which is as it should be.
She gives them life again, although their lives were hellish, giving them back their humanity.
It was January last year, and I read about 60 books altogether, but this is the one I can't forget.

Lurleene · 16/01/2023 22:04

Reclining · 16/01/2023 14:46

Confessions of Frannie Langton! Got me out of a big reading slump.

@Reclining in case you don't know there is currently a drama series of this to watch on ITV X.

sakura06 · 16/01/2023 21:56

Absolutely loved American Dirt (think I may have read it in 2021). I've since bought it as a gift for a lot of people! My favourite book I read last year was Pachinko. Fantastic. I also really liked Black Water Sister by Zen Cho and The Dry by Jane Harper. I didn't read enough in 2022...

GracePooleslaugh · 16/01/2023 21:55

If it's just something I read in 2022 the The Diary of Samuel Pepys.

I don't think I read anything published in 2022

BrazilNutsLookLikeKillerWhales · 16/01/2023 21:54