I've read an amazing amount of great literature this year. It was a treat to look back and reminisce about each book on my GoodReads account and it is my hope that I can inspire one reader to pick up at least one of these fabulous books. I prefer fiction over nonfiction so I surprised myself with three fantastic memoirs this year. Leonard Pitts has an excellent article "This is the Year of Reading Women" in order to push himself to read more works by women. I am glad to say looking through my lists women authors continue to take a lead for me.
Nonfiction:
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg
Educated by Tara Westover
The gifts of imperfection by Brene Brown
Better than carrots or sticks; restorative practices for positive classroom management by Dominique Smith
Fiction:
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens
Salvage the bones by Jesmyn Ward
Heads of the colored people by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
The Bar Harbor retirement home for Famous Writers (and their muses) by Terri-Lynne DeFino
The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
Helen Hoang's book's The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test
Sally Rooney's Normal People and Conversations with friends
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Young Adult/Children's Fiction:
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart
Louisiana's Way home by Kate DiCamillo
Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds
Summoner Series by Taran Matharu
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Here Lies the librarian by Richard Peck
Walking with Miss Millie by Tamara Bundt
Aru Shah and the end of time by Roshani Chokshi
Amina's voice by Hena Khan
Merci Suarez changes gears by Meg Medina
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Ban this book by Alan Gratz
I'm so gratefully to work in a field where I enjoy the homework very much. There are so many fantastic diverse authors out there now and I loved what I read in Amal Unbound, Are Shah, and Merci Suarez, Amina's Voice, Ami Polonsky for Grayson, and Kelly Yang! I hope 2020 brings as much joy reading.
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