It’s that time of the year to tally up. Here are my stats according to Goodreads.
TOTAL BOOKS READ IN 2017 = 320
5 Adult; 11 YA; 6 MG; 36 CB/ER; 260 PB
Listed below are my favorite reads from this year. This list contains titles published in 2017 and past years.
ADULT: Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng), Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
YOUNG ADULT: The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas), The Crown’s Game (Evelyn Skye)
MIDDLE-GRADE: Real Friends (Shannon Hale), Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive (Ammi-Joan Paquette & Laurie Thompson)
CHAPTER BOOKS: Goldie Blox Rules the School! (Stacy McAnulty), Jasmine Toguchi: Mochi Queen (Debbi Michiko Florence), Talented Clementine (Sara Pennypacker), Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse (Tamara Will Wissinger), Dory and the Real True Friend (Abby Hanlon)
EARLY READERS: Eva Sees a Ghost (Rebecca Elliot)
PICTURE BOOKS:
- I Will Not Eat You (Adam Lehrhaupt & Scott Magoon)
- It’s Not Jack and the Beanstalk (Josh Funk & Edwardian Taylor)
- Wait (Antoinette Portis)
- After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again (Dan Santat)
- Nobody Likes a Goblin (Ben Hatke)
- Mice Skating (Annie Silvestro & Teagan White)
- The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse (Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen)
- Double Take! A New Look at Opposites (Susan Hood & Jay Fleck)
- The Little Red Cat Who Ran Away and Learned His ABC’s (the Hard Way) (Patrick McDonnell)
- Freedom in Congo Square (Carole Boston Weatherford & R. Gregory Christie)
- Giant Squid (Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann)
- Mr. Lincoln’s Way (Patricia Polacco)
- Barnacle is Bored (Jonathan Fenske)