What is the BEST book you’ve read in the last year?

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What is the BEST book you’ve read in the last year? I need audiobook recommendations!

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A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in gover
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justanothervoice 4mos

The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J Kline. I loved it and then I listened again with my littles (9 & 11) and they loved it too.

Jessica Stormthrooper 4mos

My favorite book last year!

Rosalyn Eves 4mos

I loved TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea. The audiobook was great. Cozy, charming, just enough danger to keep things interesting. Also queer. And Sangu Mandanna's The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches was fun!

The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behin
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Hi Im Sera 4mos

I re-read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and it's still a 5 star for me 🥹🥰

Sir Ulrich Von Lichtenstein 4mos

I loved The Night Circus! Partly because the audiobook reader was excellent!

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he
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Andy Mickelson 4mos

I'm in a stage of my life where I read hundreds of picture books and only a handful of adult titles each year, but I had a good time with Project Hail Mary.

Recommended by Craig Checketts and Physgal
Thirteen-year-old Anna, an orphan, lives inside the formidable walls of Constantinople in a house of women who make their living embroidering the robes of priests. Restless, insatiably curious, Anna learns to read, and in this ancient city, famous for its libraries, she finds a book, the story of Ae
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Physgal 4mos

I really enjoyed Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr.

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old
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jooty buicy 4mos

‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ Jennette McCurdy So so so so good.

Breasha Morris 4mos

This may be too low brow of a recommendation but I really loved "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jeannette McCurdy

Recommended by Jason Frank and Tyler
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxfo
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Tyler 4mos

Babel by RF Kuang! It’s SO good

Centuries before, robots of Panga gained self-awareness, laid down their tools, wandered, en masse into the wilderness, never to be seen again. They faded into myth and urban legend. Now the life of the tea monk who tells this story is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promi
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Chris Fleiger 4mos

"To Be Taught If Fortunate" by Becky Chambers Also every other Becky Chambers book. You might really like "Psalm for the Wild-Bilt"

Recommended by Bekah M. and Nancy Ross
A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea. Welcome to Charon's Crossing. The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing thr
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Nancy Ross 4mos

Also listen to Under the Whispering Door also by TJ Klune

For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope, tracing a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping flo
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Tasha Seegmiller 4mos

The audio of Remarkably Bright Creatures is amazing (talking octopus).

Recommended by smuckerpuck
Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual
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smuckerpuck 4mos

Non fiction. The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt. I've read it twice but pick through it each year. Incredible insight into moral psychology and how people formulate their morals.

Recommended by RngrCrnks
Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Susanna Clarke's magisterial novel weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of historical England. She has created a world so thoroughly enchanting that eight hundred pages leave readers longing for more. English magicians were once the wonder
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Recommended by Aryanna Hyde
Station Eleven book. Read 43,206 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Set in the days of civilization's collapse, Station Eleven tells...
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Aryanna Hyde 4mos

Station 11! Helped me process some things from the pandemic and the beautiful writing just kept me coming back, even after I finished it.

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