I’ll start off by saying it was extremely hard to pick my top ten favorites. I got to 20, then 15, and then finally 10 and it broke my heart to cross any of them off my list. Lol. I read some really great books this past year and Goodreads tells me I read over 120 books (including audiobooks). Sheesh, who would have thought I read quite that much. Lol. So here it is – my Top Ten (in no particular order):
1. Evergreen by Rebecca Rasmussen
2. The Language of Hoofbeats by Catherine Ryan Hyde
3. The Pearl that Broke its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
4. A Day of Fire by Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Kate Quinn, and Vicky Alvear Shecter
5. The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
6. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
7. The Virtues of Oxygen by Susan Schoenberger
8. Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
9. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
10. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Phillipp Sendker
Has anyone else read and loved these books? Here’s to hoping that 2015 will be another great year of reading a whole lot of wonderful books!
The Wife, the Maid,and the Mistress and The Invention of Wings (audio) made my lists, too. Happy New Year!
YES! Lost Lake is in my top 10 too! Actually it may just be my top fave of the year!
I need to post this *runs over to my blog to post top 10 of 2014*
Happy New Year babe – Love ya!
Darlene, I have not read any of the books on your list! You had a very good year of reading. Have a safe and happy New Year’s.
I’ve only read one of those books but I’m anxious to read most of the rest. Happy New Year, Dar!
You did great in 2014! I read more books than I thought I would too.
I haven’t read any of your favorites, but several are on my TBR or wish list. Invention of Wings, Winter People, The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress, and The Pearl That Broke the Shell . . . So many books I want to read!
Ah, I completely forgot about Winter People. I need to get to that one – love McMahon’s stories!
The Winter People was on my top reads list for this 2014 as well! I just adored it and this author has become a must read for me! I’m adding some of these to my TBR list right now 🙂