And, in no particular order, here are the books I loved the most from the past reading year:
- Our Missing Hearts, by Celeste Ng
- A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, by Emma Southon
- Legends and Lattes, by Trevor Baldree
- The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, by Megan Bannen
- The Stardust Thief, by Chelsea Abdullah
- The Bandit Queens, by Parini Shroff
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty
- The Postcard, by Ann Berest
- Perilous Times, by Thomas D. Lee
- The Road to Roswell, by Connie Willis
- Lone Women, by Victor LaValle
- Every Rising Sun, by Jamilia Ahmed
- Vampires of El Norte, by Isabel Cañas
- The Water Outlaws, by S.L. Huang
- And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts
- Strangers to Ourselves, by Rachel Aviv
Happy reading!