Top Ten Tuesday; Favourite Books I Read in 2019

It's time for the final Top Ten Tuesday of the year, courtesy of That Artsy Reader Girl. Fittingly enough, the topic of the week was favourite books I read in 2019.

I read a bunch of great books this year, so this is just a random selection of some of my favourite books I've read this year.

My picks are;

Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell

The Hocus Pocus Magic Shop by Abigail Drake

The Vine Witch by Luanne G. Smith

Barnhill by Norman Bissell

The Seventh Life of Aline Lloyd by Robert Davies

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #1) by Jessica Townsend

Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quintet #1) by Roshani Chokshi

Comments

  1. Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)31 December 2019 at 15:20

    I liked the Historian, even though it wasn't a genre I usually read. Happy 2020 Reading!

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  2. Lydia31 December 2019 at 17:32

    I really need to read Small Spaces sometime. It sounds so good.

    My TTT.

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    1. GothicVamperstein31 December 2019 at 23:26

      You have something to look forward to. I think it has a sequel as well. :-)

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  3. Aj @ Read All The Things!1 January 2020 at 03:08

    I just got Nevermoor, so I’ll be reading that one in 2020 for sure.

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    1. GothicVamperstein1 January 2020 at 14:43

      You have something to look forward to in Nevermoor. :-)

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  4. Poinsettia2 January 2020 at 16:15

    The Nevermoor books sound fun! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.

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  5. Lectrice Vorace11 January 2020 at 02:35

    The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is such a great book!

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