TTT: My favorite books read each of the last twelve months

 TTT (Freebie week):

 My favorite book for each of the last twelve months.

July 2020

Close to Birds by Mats Ottosson 

This stunningly beautiful book provided me a few moments of respite from all my worries.

June 2020

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nishi Coates

A unique imagining of the underground railroad. 

May 2020

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi 

A timely and important read.

April 2020

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

An epic story of the old west. I'm guess this will also be the favorite book on this list. 

March 2020

Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of  Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher

The subtitle is correct. This a collection of letters deserving of a wider audience. Loved it.

February 2020

Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs by Gail Jarrow

I was busy reading YA nonfiction in January and February for the Cybils Award. I really got into this one about the formation of the Food and Drug Association.

January 2020

Playlist: The Rebels and Revolutionaries of Sound by James Rhodes

Another Cybils finalist (it ended up the SH Nonfiction winner) about classical musicians accompanied by a Spotify playlist of a few of their pieces of music.

December 2019 

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

A brother and sister and their special relationship with each other and with the Dutch house.

November 2019

Virgil Wander by Leif Enger

A quirky book by a favorite author.

October 2019

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Thought by some to be the Nigerian Harry Potter 

September 2019 

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

A mystery surrounding the LA Public Library.

August 2019

The Overstory by Richard Powers

Interconnected stories all having something to do with trees. Brilliant.

Note: This was fun, going back in my records and determining a favorite from a list of five to ten books read that month. Some months I loved many books and other months were slim pickings. I am not surprised that half of my favorites were nonfiction. Also, it was strange doing this activity now. With the pandemic raging and the world stuck at home, it is odd looking back on what I read and when. Did I really only read that book last month? I would have thought I read it a few years ago. Two of my favorites were super long and took me ages to read, Lonesome Dove and The Overstory, yet the time was well spent. They were both so good. I encourage you to make your own year long favorites list and see what ends up the top of the heap.


-Anne