I forget how hard it is to narrow my list down to 5 books. I read over 100 books this year, which seems to be fairly normal for me, and at the end of the year, it's pretty easy to say, "I have these 50 favorite books!" And I post around that for the finalists. Then I set that aside and ruminate. Which books stayed with me? Which books didn't fall asleep once I stopped reading them? Then I try to whittle the list down some more. Some of the books are short, some are long. Should that factor into it? I don't think so but then when I'm trying to get down the list to 5, well, something has to be the criteria.... Some were anthologies- amazing anthologies!! Some were books in a series. Do I pick only one from the series? The first one? None of them? Some nonfiction- tough to get into my top 5 if you're nonfiction even if you make it to the finalist list! I'm just so much more into fiction.... Poetry, historical, horror, fantasy, and of course science fiction. I look for books that I just can't stop thinking about to be the final cut. That often means the ones I read in earlier in the year have had more time to "prove" themselves unforgettable. The ones that I read more recently have the advantage of being fresher in my mind. Oh, why did I limit myself to 5????? I guess, I can't keep to my own rules... So this year, we have 5 gold award winning Trixie and the Moai and 1 silver!!
Here are this year's honorees- in the order I read them!!
And our one silver recipient!
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