BONUS: My Personal Best Books of the Year (from SECRET STUFF)
/After the final episode of 10 Things To Tell You airs, you will still be able to find me talking about books and reading (my favorite topic) in these places:
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In regular episodes of my SECRET STUFF Patreon
This episode is an excerpt from the SECRET STUFF Patreon podcast where I share my top books of the year (10 fiction and 10 nonfiction).
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I'll be sharing this "Best Of" list to the Secret Posts email subscribers this week (it's free!) and also to social media. But this shared episode is the only place I talk through why each book made the list.
Here is my FINAL list for Best Books of (my) year:
FICTION:
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Billy Summers by Stephen King
Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The Weight of Memory by Shawn Smucker
Amy and Isabelle by Elizabeth Strout
Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
NONFICTION:
What Kind of Woman by Kate Baer
Dirt by Mary Marantz
Breath by James Nestor
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
Radical Candor by Kim Scott
The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
The Color of Water by James McBride
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
BOOKS ALSO MENTIONED:
Misery by Stephen King
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths Reimagined
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
Oh William! by Elizabeth strout
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
I Hope This Finds You Well by Kate Baer
The Dance of Connection by Harriet Lerner
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
MORE RESOURCES:
Ep 147: Book Club's Best Books of the Year
