What is the best book you have read this year?

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Need some inspiration for my book challenge and know which ones to avoid from the other thread, but need some good reads.

Mine would definitely be A Gentleman in Moscow or The Women in the Castle.

Every single book in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child is top of my list. I have read 12 of them this year.
Different Class by Joanna Harris
Mary Queen of Scots by John Guy
Katharina Luther by Anne Boileau
Abide With Me by Elizabeth Strout
The Accidental Tourist by Ann Tyler
The Other Half of Augusta Hope by Joanne Glen

Neil Gaiman all day long

Half of a yellow sun
The nickel boys

Circe by Madeline Miller

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

The lost man. jane harper
lost lights of st kilda Elisabeth Gifford
believe me JP Delany
valentina s e lynes

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Where the Crawdads Sing

The Dry by Jane Harper (if you like a good thriller)
A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute

The Dry
american Dirt
Nearly Normal Family

Mine are:
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller

I enjoyed Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw

Boys Parts
My Sister the Serial Killer
Troy by Stephen Fry
The Five
The Hunting Party
Then There Were None
The Flat Share
The Last Time I Lied
The Silent Patient
Home Before Dark
Queenie

Oh and Song of Achillies. Finished it a week ago and I still miss Patroclus.

Identity crisis by Ben Elton.

A little life by Hanya Yanagihara. Amazing book, one of the handful I will remember for the rest of my life.

Another vote for American Dirt

Where the Crawdads Sing, it was absolutely mesmerising! Great to see Hamnet mentioned, it's next on my list.

Giver of Stars

Around the world in 80 trains

I enjoyed The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes and also The Ship of Brides by the same author.
I also loved ‘Under the Dome’ by Stephen king

Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

The Shining. My goodness what a book.