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TOP 10 BOOKS
The books listed are those that I enjoyed for this calendar year. Book Titles are added consecutively.
At the end of the year, all book titles that have been or are on this list will be randomly selected for the top 10 books of the year.
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2022
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Under Dark Skies A.J. Scudiere
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Sophie: Witch-Hunter KS Marsden
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The Kingdoms of Savannah George Dawes Green
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Shout the Battle Cry of Freedom KM Breaky
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The Silence in the Sound Dianne Braley
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Rook Stephen Eoannou
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The Girl Who Disappeared James Lingard
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Beneath Memory A.J. Scudiere
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Immoral Origins Lee Matthew Goldberg
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Keys to Eternity Lali A. Love
Honorable Mentions
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Dirty Little Secrets Elise Noble
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On Deadly Grounds Kaye Schmitz
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A Normal November Ted Tayler
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The Right Thing Terry Persun
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The Fountain of Youth Steve Shear
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Gender Queer: A Memoir Maia Kobabe
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Witch-Hunter Trilogy K S Marsden
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Behind the Veil E. J. Dawson
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Righteous Assassin Kevin Chapman
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At Daddy's Hands: Courage Knows No Age Jacob Paul Patchen
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Traffic: A Ronnie Lake Mystery Niki Danforth
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Murder at Mardi Gras Doug Lamplugh
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DEMIGODS Joe Giambrone
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Bone Talking Will Mayo
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Only The Dead (Know the End of War) Jan Notzon
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The Spectra Upended Christie Valentine Powell
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Keita's Wings 2 Undaunted Christie Valentine Powell
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The Trafficking Murders Brian O'Hare
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Reckoning - One Degree of Separation Gerald Darnell
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Crown City John Heldt
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A Kind of Hush JoDee Neathery
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Silk Chris Karlsen
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The Doomsday Medallion Avanti Centrae
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The Silicon Gambit Isabella Steel
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Talia: On the Shore of the Sea Joel Flanagan-Grannemann
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The Arboretum After Midnight W.T. O’Brien
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The Two Lilies Chris Fortunato
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Wander Home Karen A. Wyle
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Slaughterville Rod Glenn
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Rite Judgement Pete Adams
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The Covid Protocols: Upholding Your Rights in Authoritarian Times Abdiel LeRoy
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Mumblings of a Mortician Arthur Sesnovich Frank Quaglia
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Walking Through Fire CJ Bahr
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Rose's Assignment Melina Druga
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7 Habits For Creating A Magical Family Life Scott Cranfield
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Only In New York 3 M. G. Crisci
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Black, White, and Gray All Over: A Black Man's Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement Frederick Douglass Reynolds
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The Vase of Many Colors Steve Shear
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The Rooms Have You Now Eric Danhoff
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The Long Shadow of Death Nichole Heydenburg
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Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology Amy Sonnie, Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran, Alegria Sonata Barclay, Alix Lindsey Olson, Andromeda, Anna Mills, Antigona, Ariana Banias, Attar of Nishapur, Beth Ann Dowler, Bree Zuckerman, Cecilia Isaacs-Blundin, Chris Cotrina, Colleen K. Donovan, Dana Nicole Robinson, Dani Frances Montgomery, Daryl Vocat, De Anne Lyn Smith, Emil Keliane, Gina de Vries, Gloria Ng, Jason Roe, Jerome C. Boyce, John Frazier, Katherine Heather Grobman, Kevin Rolfe, Kohei Ishihara, Lisa Lusero, Liz Gaden, Margot Kelley Rodríguez,Maria Poblet, Mario Anthony Balcita, Matt Wiedenheft, Meicha, Meliza Banales, Mollie Biewald, Nzinga Akili, Qwo-Li Driskill, Rachel Josloff, Ryan Pesigan Reyes, Ryn Gluckman, S. Asher Hanley, Sara Frog Davidson, Shane Luitjens, Sherisse Alvarez, Siobhan Brooks, T. Rowan, Thea Gahr, Tim Arevalo, Uchechi Kalu
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A Matter of Latitude Isobel Blackthorn
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Sainted in Error Glenda Winders
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Clarissa's Warning Isobel Blackthorn
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Chosen A.D. Trosper
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Final Call Eliot Parker
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The Ghost Of Villa Winter Isobel Blackthorn
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Parched Anne Joyce
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50 States Richard R. Becker
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Newman's Awesome Year Lynn F. Austin
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New Era Tommy B. Smith
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The Dark Web Murders Brian O'Hare
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Tapestry of My Mother’s Life Malve von Hassell
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Snifter of Death Chris Karlsen
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Sold Souls R Weir
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A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention: A memoir of Coming Home to My Neurodivergent Mind Rebecca Schiller
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Songs I Heard the City Sing Myrtle Brooks
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Sing Like A Canary Isobel Blackthorn
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The Sun Casts No Shadow Mark Richardson
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Cause And Effect: Vice Plagues The City Pete Adams
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The Ancestor Lee Matthew Goldberg
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Lost to the Lake Anna Willet
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Deadly Enterprise Kevin Chapman
Top 10
"2020"
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DreamRovers 3: Hearts of Deliverance C. Valentine Powell
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The Killing Moon R. Glenn
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Life After: The Line of Duty B. Way
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Over the Hedge P. Mahurin
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The Cabin Sessions I. Blackthorn
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Masters' Promise J. Schulz
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Population Zero F. Lewis
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A Salted Slug J. King
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Organic eMotions: Poetry for hUmaNITY L. Love
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Servant of the Lesser Good S. Stevens
Previous Years
#1
2020:
The Scarlet Queen: A Gripping Epic Fantasy by M. Reinhardt
2019:
Foul Play Is Not Suspected by S. Murphy
2018:
Jagdlied: a Chamber Novel for Narrator, Musicians, Pantomimists, Dancers & Culinary Artists
By D. Landon
2017:
Unraveling
by S.P. Aruna
2016:
Schizo: Hidden in
Plain Sight
by I. Benator
2015:
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda
2014:
Fallen
by Nick Stephenson
2013:
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
by Carol Burnett