It’s a new year and time for a new reading challenge! I exceeded my goal last year. This year I am going to read 115 books.
I got to thinking recently, after watching a few movies on Netflix that were made from books I’d read (and loved) that I should do a post about some of the BEST books I’ve read in a long time. AND some of the worst. Because I’ve read some that I just could not get into, that are strangely very popular. But to each their own, I guess?
I am super curious to hear what others think? And what were some of your absolute favorites and definitely tell me some of the worst books you’ve read!
The Best Books
1 – All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
2 – Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
3 – The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
4 – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
5 – Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
6 – The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
7- The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
8- Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli
9 – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
10 – Yellowface by RF Kuang
11 – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
12 – Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West
The Worst Books
1 – The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2 – Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
3 – Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
4 – The Wife Between Us by Greer Gendricks
5 – A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing
6 – The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
7 – The Other Mrs by Mary Kubica
8 – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
9- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
10 – The Help by Kathryn Stockett
DG
I loved the Help but couldn’t get into All the Light I Cannot See, I also liked Eleanor Oliphant and American Dirt. I thought the Bernadette book was ok and Into the Water was just ok as well.