I read over 100 publications this year. Some were good, a couple of were just alright, lots of were terrific, and 16 of them stood above the rest as publications I would certainly practically widely recommend. This is not a rated listing. Rather, I’ve grouped these reviews loosely by mood, since not every season of life asks for the same kind of book. Along the way, I also share:
A few disappointments, several respectable mentions, and finally, 2 publications that increased over every little thing else, my personal best of the best for the year.

0:00 Introduction
When You Want Something That Feels Different, 0:38
5:44 When You Need a Good Cry
When You Want to Dive Into a Series, 7:47
13:31 When You Need a Break From The Noise
16:00 Disappointments and Honorable Mentions
18:16 The Top 2
20:53 A Wild Year!

Publications Mentioned (with links).
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When You Want Something That Feels a Bit Different, for.
Unusual Pictures– Uketsu.
https://amzn.to/4aqi2Gx.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter– Stephen Graham Jones.
https://amzn.to/3MTTI65.
Audiobook – https://amzn.to/4pM9iPJ.
King Sorrow– Joe Hill.
https://amzn.to/491Q6GN.
Piranesi– Susanna Clarke.
https://amzn.to/4s7zdDe.

When You Just Need a Good Cry, for.
Kid’s Life– Robert McCammon.
https://amzn.to/48OUytD.
Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer– Fredrik Backman.
https://amzn.to/4pfExC0.

For When You Want a Series to Dive Into.
The Hierarchy Series– James Islington.
The Will of the Many – https://amzn.to/48NncLz.
The Strength of the Few – https://amzn.to/4s286cN.
The Bloodsworn Saga– John Gwynne.
https://amzn.to/44AYk7i.
The Sun Eater Series– Christopher Ruocchio.
https://amzn.to/44AYk7i.
A Song of Ice and Fire– George R. R. Martin.
https://amzn.to/3YDGAoi.

When You Need a Break from the Noise, for.
The Mythmakers– John Hendrix.
https://amzn.to/4aZlCro.
Tress of the Emerald Sea– Brandon Sanderson.
https://amzn.to/3MJMfqk.
Task Hail Mary– Andy Weir.
https://amzn.to/4p2w5pe.

⚠ Disappointments (Subjective, Not Bad Books).
Hell Bent– Leigh Bardugo.
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries– Heather Fawcett.
Babel– R.F. Kuang.
Red Rising– Pierce Brown.

⭐ Honorable Mentions.
Golden Son– Pierce Brown.
https://amzn.to/4qka5rg.
Nervous People– Fredrik Backman.
https://amzn.to/3MMIDDV.
I Who Have Never Known Men– Jacqueline Harpman.
https://amzn.to/4pYcHek.
The Raven Scholar– Antonia Hodgson.
https://amzn.to/48MT4Qr.
Blood Over Bright Haven– M.L. Wang.
https://amzn.to/3MRQxfe.
Grave Empire– Richard Swan (favorite cover of the year).
https://amzn.to/3MDFjLt.

Best of the Best.
The Little Prince– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
https://amzn.to/3MN8tHU.
We Do Not Part– Han Kang.
https://amzn.to/4pOz7yQ.