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My Favorite Books of the 2010s

Happy Top Ten Tuesday over at That Artsy Reader Girl!

I'm not that into cover art, so I'm using today's Top Ten Tuesday for a topic I've been meaning to talk about..my favorite books from the past decade!

My Favorite Books of the 2010s
  1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, 2013
  2. The Broken Earth trilogy by N. K. Jemisin (2015, 2016, 2017)
  3. How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin, 2018
  4. The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
  5. The Good Lord Bird by James McBride, 2013
  6. The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty, 2017
  7. The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook and Smitten Kitchen Everyday by Deb Perelman (2012, 2017)
  8. American Cake and American Cookie by Anne Byrne (2016, 2018)
  9. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, 2014
  10. The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders, 2019
  11. Educated by Tara Westover, 2018
  12. The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo, 2014
  13. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, 2015
  14. Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on love and life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed, 2012 (2010-2012 column on the Rumpus)

Comments

Lydia said…
Nice list. I really liked Educated, too.

My TTT .
January 28, 2020 at 12:17 PM
P M Prescott said…
Not familiar with any of the titles, but a good list. https://pmprescott.blogspot.com/2020/01/ttt-012820.html
January 28, 2020 at 1:07 PM
Judy Krueger said…
I have read many on your list. N K Jemisin was my favorite new author of the decade!
February 2, 2020 at 1:26 PM
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