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My year-in-review post will be up on Monday, with reading stats. But first, as usual, I want to share the list of my favorite things I read this year. (You can see past years’ best-of lists at this tag.)

I gave two books this year ratings of 10:

• Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden, Camille T. Dungy – nonfiction
• How Long ’til Black Future Month?, N.K. Jemisin – fiction

These books received ratings of 9:

• The Same River Twice, Chris Offutt – nonfiction
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, Sangu Mandanna – fiction
• The Hand on the Wall, Maureen Johnson – fiction
• Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire, Clare Frank – nonfiction
• A Short Walk Through a Wide World, Douglas Westerbeke – fiction
• Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes, Chantha Nguon with Kim Green – nonfiction (that link will go live in January. patience!)
• The Hunter, Tana French – fiction (that link will go live in January. patience!)
• Winter Solstice, Nina MacLaughlin – nonfiction

Honorable mentions and other media:

• The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley, Sean Lusk – fiction
• I am late to this party, but found Ted Lasso an outstanding television series: funny, heartwarming, and wrenching, with truly great writing. What a pleasure! Thank you, Liz and Darren, for pushing.
• Naomi Novik’s series, beginning with A Deadly Education – fiction

It’s been a great reading year. As ever. Welcome to 2024, friends.

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