Read Women discussion

What have been your favorite books written by women or nonbinary authors this year? Share as many or as few as you like, whether by categories or in general.

Out of the 86 books I've read so far this year, these are my 5+++ and 5 stars:

5-Star Plus:
* Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (top of the top)

* As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner
* Assembly by Natasha Brown
* The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
* Huda F Are You?: A Graphic Novel by Huda Fahmy
* No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

5-Star
* Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
* Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat
* Once Upon an Eid by S.K. Ali
* River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
* So Distant From My Life by Monique Ilboudo
* The Only Child by Guojing
* The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas
* The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
* What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

GailW wrote: "Out of the 86 books I've read so far this year, these are my 5+++ and 5 stars:


5-Star Plus:

* Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (top of the top)

* As Close to Us as Breathing by Elizabet..."

As always you're tempting me not only to augment my TBR but to push several of these to the top ten of it. As God intended, no doubt. And I adored Assembly and The Only Child, too.

My favorites to-date:

Fiction

The Road to Lichfield by Penelope Lively
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ
Judgment Day by Penelope Lively

Nonfiction

Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri
We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine by Alissa Wilkinson
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

Picture Books
The Only Child by Guojing
Into the Goblin Market by Vikki VanSickle

Okay - fun! Here are my five star reads so far (absolute faves are starred):

January:
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan - mystery
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa - fiction
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - paranormal
Day Shift by Charlaine Harris - paranormal
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris - paranormal
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan - fiction
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros - romantasy
February:
✭Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss - historical fiction
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim - historical fiction
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan - non-fiction/memoir
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo - fantasy short stories
✭Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross - fantasy
March:
✭An Honored Vow by Melissa Blair - fantasy/romantasy
Black by Catherine Winters - urban fantasy
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness - fantasy
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent - romantasy
April:
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart - fantasy
✭Anyone But Her by Cynthia Swanson - paranormal/mystery
Brother, I'm Dying by Edwidge Danticat - non-fiction/memoir
✭It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson - paranormal/mystery
Blood's Echo by Isabella Maldonado - mystery
May:
Alison Bechdel’s Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel - fiction/LGBTQ+
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent - romantasy
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry - fiction
You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian - fiction/LGBTQ+
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten - fiction/Nordic noir (sort of)
Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent - romantasy
The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells - fantasy
June:
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - fantasy
✭The Memory Keeper of Kyiv by Erin Litteken - historical fiction
Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent - romantasy
Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent- romantasy

My five-star reads for the first half:

Fiction:
The Stepdaughter by Caroline Blackwood
Live Through This: A Novel by Kristen McGuiness
Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit by Nadine Sander-Green
Tin Man by Sarah Winman

Nonfiction:
You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas
The House of Being by Natasha Trethewey
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams