Favourite reads so far this year?

[Posey]

And worst?

4 months into the year, just wondering what are the best books people have read so far, and the worst.
Always looking for inspiration, and things to avoid.

For me, the stand out book of the year so far has been "The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals" by Wendy Jones.
Also loved "The Sense of an Ending" by Julian Barnes

Worst was probably "Stone Junction" by Jim Dodge. Not awful but really not my cup of tea (read it for book club)

Loved The Stranger's Child (Alan Hollinghurst?) and Parrot and Oliver (Peter Carey).

Didn't get on with Dickens - again (another futile attempt but I think I will now give up).

I found "Sense of an Ending" disappointing. It was well written, but a little overly clever, like a smug trick on the part of the author.

"Before I go to Sleep" was v good for first two thirds or so, but ending was pretty dreadful.

I loved: "The Earth Hums in B Flat", "Nothing to Envy", "Why be happy when you could be normal" and "Dark Matter".