{"id":62599,"date":"2024-01-18T02:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=62599"},"modified":"2024-01-14T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T22:46:30","slug":"best-and-worst-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=62599","title":{"rendered":"Best and Worst Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Best Books<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr<\/p>\n\n\n

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2 – Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides<\/p>\n\n\n

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3 – The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin<\/p>\n\n\n

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4 – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman<\/p>\n\n\n

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5 – Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez<\/p>\n\n\n

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6 – The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon<\/p>\n\n\n

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7- The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen<\/p>\n\n\n

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8- Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli<\/p>\n\n\n

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9 – Pachinko by Min Jin Lee<\/p>\n\n\n

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10 – Yellowface by RF Kuang<\/p>\n\n\n

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11 – American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins<\/p>\n\n\n

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12 – Two Lives of Sara by Catherine Adel West<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Worst Books<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 – Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 – Into the Water by Paula Hawkins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 – The Wife Between Us by Greer Gendricks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 – A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 – The Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 – The Other Mrs by Mary Kubica<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 – The Secret History by Donna Tartt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 – The Help by Kathryn Stockett<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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