This year I read 167 books, the shortest being 23 pages, the longest 990 pages, and the average being 223 pages. Mind you, 56 of those were books I proofread or edited, which means I read them more than once in the process, so some extra page credit is warranted!
Now, no year is ever perfect, and there are bound to be disappointments. I don't want to dwell on them, but Stephen King's You Like it Darker was not particularly dark, Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry was everything I find distasteful about grimdark, Ritual of Proof by Dara Joy was either an awkward satire or deliberate cheat, and John Wiswell's Someone You Can Build a Nest In just didn't work for me on any level.
With that ugliness out of the way, these are the 10 books that made an impression on me this year, the books that I enjoyed, that stick with me, and that I've made a point of sharing with those around me. They may not all be 5-star critically acclaimed works, but they have taken up permanent residence in my head and my heart, and they're welcome to take up all the space they like.
(click through the images to revisit my reviews)
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