Year in Review: Top of Genres

Top Mysteries:

1. Murder, Magic, and What We Wore. Kelly Jones. 2017. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
2. Murder Past Due. Miranda James. 2010. 294 pages. [Source: Borrowed]
3. A Heart in a Body in the World. Deb Caletti. 2018. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
4. The Daughter of Time. Josephine Tey. 1951/1995. Simon & Schuster. 208 pages. [Source: Bought]
5. Thirteen at Dinner. Agatha Christie. 1933. 228 pages. [Source: Bought] 
6. Singing in the Shrouds. Ngaio Marsh. 1958. 240 pages. [Source: Bought]

Top Historical Fiction:

1. Louisiana's Way Home. Kate DiCamillo. 2018. Candlewick Press. 240 pages. [Source: Library] 
2. Midnight Without a Moon. Linda Williams Jackson. 2017. HMH. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
3. The Lacemaker. Laura Frantz. 2018. Revell. 416 pages. [Source: Review copy]
4. Promises and Primroses. Josi S. Kilpack. 2018. Shadow Mountain. 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
5. Ashes on the Moor. Sarah M. Eden. 2018. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
6. Here Be Dragons. Sharon Kay Penman. 1985. 704 pages. [Source: Borrowed]  
7. The Orphan Band of Springdale. Anne Nesbet. 2018. Candlewick. 448 pages. [Source: Library.]
8. The Bride of Ivy Green. Julie Klassen. 2018. Bethany House. 448 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
9. A Bound Heart. Laura Frantz. 2019. Revell. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
10. Make A Wish, Molly. Barbara Cohen. 1994. 48 pages. [Source: Bought]

Top Speculative Fiction:

1. Bob. Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead. 2018. Feiwel & Friends. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
2. Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe #2) Neal Shusterman. 2018. 5014 pages. [Source: Library]
3. The Enchanted Sonata. Heather Dixon Wallwork. 2018. [Oct 23] 375 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
4. Brightly Burning. Alexa Donne. 2018. HMH. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy]
5. Reign the Earth. (The Elementae #1) A.C. Gaughen. 2018. Bloomsbury. 448 pages. [Source: Review copy]
6. The Fourteenth Goldfish. Jennifer L. Holm. 2014. Random House. 208 pages. [Source: Library]  
7. The City of Ember. Jeanne DuPrau. 2003. 270 pages. [Source: Bought] 
8. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel. 1865/1871. 247 pages. [Source: Bought]

 Top Contemporary/Realistic

1. Wonder. R. J. Palacio. 2012. Random House. 320 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy. Jeanne Birdsall. 2005. Random House. 262 pages. [Source: Library]
3. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Jeanne Birdsall. 2008. 308 pages. [Source: Library]
4. The Summer of Broken Things. Margaret Peterson Haddix. 2018. Simon & Schuster. 393 pages. [Source: Review copy]
5. Bronx Masquerade. Nikki Grimes. 2001/2017. Penguin. 192 pages. [Source: Library]
6. Between the Lines. Nikki Grimes. 2018. 216 pages. [Source: Library]
7. Find A Stranger, Say Goodbye. Lois Lowry. 1978/2018. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 192 pages. [Source: Review copy]
8. The Day They Came To Arrest The Book. Nat Hentoff. 1982. 176 pages. [Source: Book I bought] 
9. Road Trip with Max and His Mom. Linda Urban. Illustrated by Katie Kath. 2018. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 160 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
10. Echo's Sister. Paul Mosier. 2018. HarperCollins. 240 pages. [Source: Library]

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews