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Monday, June 29, 2015

TTT: Favorite books read in 2015, so far

Top Ten Tuesday hosted by Broke and Bookish
Topic: Favorite books read in 2015, so far

Favorite Audiobook
Whistling Season by Ivan Doig, read by Jonathan Hogan


Favorite Adult Fiction
The Martian by Andy Weir


Favorite Adult Nonfiction
The History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage


Favorite Young Adult Fiction
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven


Favorite Young Adult Nonfiction
March, Book Two by John Lewis


Favorite Book Part of a Series
Blue Lily, Lily Blue (Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Stiefvater


Favorite Fantasy
Egg and Spoon by Gregory McGuire


Favorite Science Fiction
The Martian by Andy Weir


Favorite Poetry
Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Walter Dean Myers


Favorite Reread
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig


Favorite Classic
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins


Favorite Book Club Selection (for readability AND discussion)
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion


Graphic Novel or Biography
Steve Jobs: Insanely Great by Jessie Hartland