2019 Finalists for the Trixie and the Moai Book Award

I want to recognize the amazing books and authors that I read every year, so in 2016 I started a tradition of giving an award to the 5 best books I read that year. This is a completely arbitrary award with no meaning to anyone but me. But it's a tradition I quite like and look forward to it each year!! 

One of the things that I like about this process is that I'm sometimes surprised by the ones that I pick. Sometimes a book that I loved in the moment doesn't stick with me as time passes. Other times a book that I actually kind of hated doesn't leave me and makes me rethink it. This year a book that I kind of hated in the moment but put on this list is The Poison Thread. I did not think that would make it on my list at all!!

Here are the finalists for the fourth annual Trixie and the Moai Book Award!