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This Is How You Lose the Time War | Amal El-Mohtar

#2020Favorites #FictionEdition #Part2

This is How You Lose...- best time-travel sci-fi romance I've ever read.

My Calamity Jane - this series is nothing but a frolic and I am HERE FOR IT.

Transcendent Kingdom - I could not stop reading this story of a girl trying to use science to figure out her family.

The Prettiest Star - so beautiful and so heartbreaking.

BookNAround The Prettiest Star was my best read of 2020. 3y

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EliNeedsMoreShelves

The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller

#2020favorites #FictionEdition #Part1

Song of Achilles - retelling of the story of Achilles & Patroclus, emphasising humanity's capacity to love.

Overstory - trees are important to my family, so this story of the connection of life & trees hit home.

Beauty of Your Face - the story of a woman returning to faith later in life is powerful.

Tell the Wolves I'm Home - the forbidden bond b/t June & Toby, her uncle's partner, is heartbreaking.

Tamra I loved Tell the Wolves! 👍🏾 3y

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squirrelbrain

My 2020: A Beautiful Year! | Hifish Notebooks

Here are my #20best2020 #fictionedition. I love how there are the same books that appearing on a lot of our lists - such a great bookish community to be a part of. #blameitonlitsy

I struggled to get it down from 25(ish) so there‘s a few that I could add in, but then I can‘t decide which to take out.... aargh!

Thanks for the tag @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB - who else would like to join in?

TrishB Great choices 😁 I‘m having a go tomorrow! 3y

Kalalalatja Oooh, great picks! 👌 3y

Suet624 Great selection! Can‘t wait to read Hamnet. 3y

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BarbaraBB What a wonderful selection. I love that we both selected Soviet Milk! It‘s a book I‘d never had discovered if it weren‘t for the challenge! 3y

Cinfhen Wow!! What a great list!!!We share a bunch of favorites 🥰 3y

Cinfhen And quite a few are already lined up for 2021🥳🥳🥳 3y

HOTPock3tt The Dutch house!!! 🎉💗🙌🏽 3y

JennyM Beautiful list! 3y

rockpools Ooh! Two of those are going on my list if/when I ever do it. And at least 2 more are on my kindle. 3y

Caroline2 Yes! I‘ll have the Immortalists on my list too. I‘m waiting till end of Dec tho as I‘ve got some awesome books im@looking forward to reading (including Starless Sea) which I rek might make the list?! 🤔 3y

squirrelbrain Yes, I probably should have waited too @Caroline2 ! You‘re putting a lot of pressure on that Starless Sea #buddyread though - very high expectations....! 3y

Caroline2 That‘s a good point!! 🤔 lowering expectations...it‘ll be crap! 😉 (don‘t wanna jinx it!!! 😬) 3y

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Cinfhen

My Reading Life | Pat Conroy

I think I‘m ready to call my #20Best2020 #FictionEdition ( #NF will follow)
I‘ll start with tagging a few Littens but I‘d LOVE to see EVERYONE‘s picks @TrishB @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @CarolynM @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm @KarenUK @JennyM @Librarybelle @jenniferw88 @Kdgordon88 @Hestapleton @TheAromaofBooks @Centique @Reggie

Librarybelle Thanks for the tag! I‘ll look through my read books this year and come up with a list! 3y

KarenUK I‘ll get thinking! 💕 3y

AmyG Great list! I have some of those on mine, too. (edited) 3y

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BarbaraBB You read so many books and in the end we always love the same ones 💝. I‘ll start thinking about mine too! 3y

jenniferw88 I'm going to have to combine fiction and non-fiction this year, as I have a feeling fiction is going to be a lower number than usual. X 3y

Cinfhen PLEASE share your list @AmyG we generally like the same books!!! I can‘t wait to see what you all choose @Librarybelle @KarenUK @BarbaraBB it‘s weird @jenniferw88 but I think I had MANY more fiction choices than NF choices to choose from.... 3y

Hestapleton This is the second time I‘ve been tagged! Gonna have to spend some time thinking about this.... 3y

Cinfhen Opps... Sorry I missed your previous post @Hestapleton I can scroll through to see ♥️ 3y

AmyG @Cinfhen I will make up my list today! 3y

Hestapleton @Cinfhen I‘ve been tagged twice but haven‘t done it yet 😂 It‘s so hard to narrow down favorites!! 3y

Megabooks Girl I‘m still getting organized!! It will come!! 3y

Cinfhen I‘m holding my breath for your list(s) @Megabooks !!!!!!! 3y

Megabooks Also, I‘ve read 10 of these, bailed on 1 (Trust Exercise) and have a few more on my shelves! 3y

Cinfhen Awesome @AmyG I have a feeling I may be stacking books today 😜 3y

TheAromaofBooks Ooo some fun ones!! I need to pull together my list - @Chrissyreadit was also interested in seeing everyone's 2020 favorites & I still haven't posted!! 3y

Cinfhen Ohhh, I need to check @Chrissyreadit post!!! Not that my TBR is lacking but Tis The Season @TheAromaofBooks 3y

Cinfhen And it‘s DEC 2 @TheAromaofBooks just sayin.... 3y

TheAromaofBooks LOL I have to go through all my tags before I post stuff so I can collect all the last-minute #BookSpin lists 😂 Not my fault if some of those tags end up being people randomly telling me about the best books they read all year!! 😆 3y

Simona Stoner is still in my TBR list 😚 3y

erzascarletbookgasm Thanks for the tag. I‘ve only read Stoner and Alias Grace. I‘ll go through my reads. Can‘t wait to see everyone‘s lists! 3y

Cinfhen Hahaha @TheAromaofBooks you were just doing your due diligence/ I get it!!!!! I‘m SO happy with this month‘s draw 🙌🏻💕🥳 3y

Cinfhen I LOVED Stoner @Simona I think you will too! It‘s quiet but powerful, right @erzascarletbookgasm 3y

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag, I‘ve been thinking about this and will work on my post soon! 3y

Cinfhen Excited to see your picks @Kdgordon88 🧡 3y

squirrelbrain You‘ve got 6 on there that might make it to my list - and I loved Stoner too but read that last year... It‘s going to take some time to figure this out though.... 🤔 3y

Cinfhen No rush @squirrelbrain Go Nuts 🥜 🐿 3y

TrishB Will have a think at the weekend, my brain power has gone by the end of the working day! 3y

Cinfhen Perfectly understandable @TrishB 3y

KarenUK Great list! I have many of these on my TBR for next year.... 💕 3y

Cinfhen We do match on a few @KarenUK but that doesn‘t really surprise me..... we tend to like the same books 3y

JennyM What a great year of reading you‘ve had - a really fab list! I will get my thinking 🧢 on. Decisions, decisions 🧐 3y

Centique Amazing list! I‘m so glad it‘s 20, I was trying to work out my top 10 yesterday and it was IMPOSSIBLE. 😍 3y

Crazeedi I love your picks, I have to come up with mine 3y

CarolynM Run and Beautiful Ruins are on my list too 🙂 3y

Freespirit Some awesome books on your list @Cinfhen ❤️ 3y

Reviewsbylola So glad Stoner made your list! 🙌🏻 3y

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ChaoticMissAdventures

Shadow of the Wind | Carlos Ruiz Zafon

#fictionedition

My favorite book recommendation, Shadow of the Wind.
Everyone I push to read it absolutely loves it!

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Cinfhen

American Dirt | Jeanine Cummins

Great idea for a hashtag @KarenUK like my TBR needs any more books....here we go my #MostAnticipated2020 #FictionEdition 😜

BarbaraBB

TrishB I‘m so excited for the new Mitchell too 😁 4y

Ms_T @TrishB Me too! 4y

BarbaraBB Ooh... a new Mitchell! 4y

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KarenUK I didn‘t know McCann had a new one..... another for my #TBRmountain! 💕 4y

Cathythoughts I‘m ready & waiting to get American Dirt as soon as it comes out ❤️👍🏻.... another screen shot for me to take !!!! 🥳exciting 4y

TrishB @Ms_T hope we do t hype it too much! 4y

Amandajoy A new Mitchell and a new McCann? Lovely! 4y

Cinfhen Right @Amandajoy ??? 4y

Reviewsbylola Definitely all about the Straub! 4y

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Deblovestoread

The Heart's Invisible Furies | John Boyne

#Top10oftheDecade #Fictionedition. This was HARD! So many good books but these are probably the ones I talked about the most.

Cinfhen

Andrew65 Some great choices. 4y

readordierachel Love your choices! 4y

StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Great choices. 4y

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Cinfhen Thanks for sharing!! There‘s one book I‘m not familiar with/ Must go investigate

Northline: A Novel

BarbaraBB That‘s the only one I haven‘t heard of either. Love your choices! 4y

Crazeedi I read "home" recently, and have "lila" on my shelf tbr❤ 4y

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batsy

Zama | Antonio Di Benedetto

To add to the #top10ofthedecade #fictionedition I'm borrowing an idea from @Lindy and doing an #intranslationedition #fictionintranslation

Feel very lucky to be able to have access to a fantastically diverse selection of fiction translated into English; so many brilliant books 💙

@Cinfhen

alisiakae Great idea! And I‘m stacking a lot of these! 😄 4y

Cinfhen Love this!!! Thanks for the additional #TBRexplosion 💥heads up @Kalalalatja 4y

Billypar Great list! Schweblin is at the top of my must-try authors for 2020. Really want to try those Miaojin and Lispector choices. And Strange Weather... @Reggie convinced me on @ReadingEnvy podcast. So basically everything on this list is a must-read for me (except Vegetarian- already read and loved) 😁 4y

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Lindy Thanks for sharing your list! 2020 might be the year that I finally pick up Clarice Lispector. 😊 4y

batsy @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen 🙂❤️❤️ 4y

batsy @Billypar I'd definitely encourage you to try them all 😁 Lispector's stories I reread over a period of a year or so... There's something about how she sees the world. And Strange Weather is just one of the loveliest books in terms of being life-affirming. Fever Dream on the other hand messed with me 😭 4y

batsy @Lindy My pleasure! I've only read Lispector's shorts and the novella The Hour of the Star. She's pretty special. Would love to see what you think if you give her a try. 4y

Suet624 I‘ve only read Vegetarian but I did a screenshot so I can find the others. Thanks for sharing! 4y

Kalalalatja Oh, so many new to me books! Definitely a big #TBRexplosion @Cinfhen 💥💥💥 4y

BarbaraBB I may like this one even more 😍😍 4y

ReadingEnvy Eve out of her ruins is so good! 4y

batsy @Suet624 @Kalalalatja @BarbaraBB ❤️❤️❤️ 4y

batsy @ReadingEnvy Just brilliant 4y

readordierachel Love your list! Blowing up my tbr as usual 😃 4y

batsy @readordierachel Always a pleasure 😁❤️ 4y

GatheringBooks oh em gee. this is perfect for our #ReadIntlLit2020. Taking note of some of the lesser-known-to-me titles. You are a veritable treasure trove, Suba. 4y

batsy @GatheringBooks 😘 I hope you get a chance to read them and I'd love to know what you think! 4y

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batsy

My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Ottessa Moshfegh

Thank you for the tag @Centique and I'm sorry it took forever 😆

This is my #top10ofthedecade #fictionedition I read a lot of old books so I tried to make it easier for myself by limiting it to the books published within the decade & cheated by including Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy as one book 😅 I'll be doing a separate one for fiction in translation later #listfever

I loved seeing everyone's lists; great fun ❤️ Fab idea @Cinfhen

Centique Brilliant list as usual! I‘m going to have to catch up on a few of these for sure 😍 4y

BarbaraBB Fab list Batsy, as expected! 💜 4y

Tamra Freshwater was amazing! 😁 4y

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CarolynM Great list. I love Wolf Hall and Hot a Milk. I started reading Whatever Happened to Interracial Love but put it aside. I need to get back to it. 4y

Kalalalatja So many books I haven‘t read! #TBRexplosion 💥 4y

Cinfhen So glad YOU shared your list!!! I need to go back and check out some of these titles that im not familiar with!!!!! Love the hashtag @Kalalalatja It‘s true 💥💥💥💥💥 4y

batsy @Centique @BarbaraBB Thank you, had a lot of fun making this list and scratching it out and remaking it again 😁❤️ 4y

batsy @Tamra Isn't it just 😍 4y

batsy @CarolynM Thank you! The Collins book is a bit of a mood read, I think 🙂 4y

batsy @Kalalalatja @Cinfhen Yay, happy to hear about #tbrexplosion 🙌🏽 4y

Cathythoughts ❤️❤️❤️screen shotting 👍🏻 4y

batsy @Cathythoughts 👍🏽❤️ 4y

Erinreadsthebooks I love this list! 4y

Lindy Such a great list! So happy to see Jenni Fagan making your top 10; Panopticon is brilliant. 4y

batsy @Erinreadsthebooks 😊 4y

batsy @Lindy She's an amazing writer. It's a book that has stayed with me! 4y

Suet624 Oh darn it! More books to find! Freshwater will always be with me. So good. 4y

Freespirit Great List..some I need to read!! 4y

batsy @Suet624 I'm just thinking where Akwaeke Emezi can go after writing a book like that! The bar is set so high! 🙌🏽 4y

batsy @Freespirit Thank you! I recommend these books for sure 😁 4y

readordierachel Good choices!! I have a copy of Panopticon that I must get to soon. 4y

batsy @readordierachel I'm amazed that there's so much of the book I still remember. Raw and urgent. 4y

thereflectiveflaneur Freshwater is utterly astounding! 4y

batsy @thereflectiveflaneur Yes it really is ❤️ 4y

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Eggbeater

The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel | Neil Gaiman

These were my favorite fiction reads published over the past decade. As you can see, I really like fantasy, so many are part of a series and not always in order. #Top10oftheDecade #FictionEdition

vumblereads I love 🙌🏼

The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel

night_shift The fifth season is the only one on your list that's also on mine, but a few of those are on my TBR, which I'm glad to see they're best of the decade good! 4y

HOTPock3tt A treacherous curse!! It‘s on my top 10 of the decade list too 😎♥️ (edited) 4y

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