Year in Review: Genre Fiction

Best Speculative Fiction

1.  The Wolf Hour. Sara Lewis Holmes. 2017. Scholastic. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2.  Wishtree. Katherine Applegate. 2017. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
3. The Nutcracker Mice. Kristin Kladstrup. Illustrated by Brett Helquist. 2017. [October 24] 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
4. Brave Red, Smart Frog: A New Book of Old Tales. Emily Jenkins. Illustrated by Daniel Eason. 2017. Candlewick. 104 pages. [Source: Review copy]
5. The Button Girl. Sally Apokedak. 2017. 394 pages. [Source: Review copy provided by author] 
6. Norse Mythology. Neil Gaiman. 2017. Norton. 299 pages. [Source: Library]
7. Orphan Island. Laurel Snyder. 2017. 288 pages. [Source: Library]  
8. Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth. Frank Cottrell Boyce. 2017. 336 pages. [Source: Library]
9. Your Sins and Mine. Taylor Caldwell. 1955/2017. Open Road Media. 105 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
10. Scythe. Neal Shusterman. 2016. 448 pages. [Source: Library] 

Best Historical Fiction

1. The Librarian of Auschwitz. Antonio Iturbe. Translated by Lilit Thwaites. 2017. 424 pages. [Source: Library]   
2. Hook's Tale: Being the Account of an Unjustly Villainized Pirate Written by Himself. John Leonard Pielmeier. 2017. 288 pages. [Source: Library] 
3. Blood Red Snow White. Marcus Sedgwick. 2016. 320 pages. [Source: Library; Audience: YA, Adult]  
4. Projekt 1065. Alan Gratz. 2016. Scholastic. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
5. The War I Finally Won. (The War That Saved My Life #2) Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. 2017. 400 pages. [Source: Library]  
6. Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night. Barbara J. Taylor. 2014. 320 pages. [Source: Library]
7. Mr. Dickens and His Carol. Samantha Silva. 2017. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
8. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers. Deborah Heiligman. 2017. 464 pages. [Source: Library]

Best Mysteries

1. The Wife Between Us. Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. 2018. St. Martin's Press. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2. Twelve Angry Men. Reginald Rose. 1954/2006. 79 pages. [Source: Library]  
3. Nate the Great and the Lost List. (Nate the Great #3) Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. Illustrated by Marc Simont. 1975. 80 pages. [Source: Library]  
4. The Case of the Lucky Loser. Erle Stanley Gardner. 1957. 192 pages. [Source: Bought]
5. Champagne for One. Rex Stout. 1958. 205 pages. [Source: Bought]
6. Headed for Home. Mary Helen Brown. 2016. 178 pages. [Source: Review copy]

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