And here are some of my favorite books from last year:
- The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo
- The Isle in the Silver Sea, by Tasha Suri
- “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer”: Letters on Love and Marriage from the World’s First Personal Advice Column, by Mary Beth Norton
- Bright Sword, by Lev Grossman
- This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, by Ilona Andrews
- The Iron Garden Sutra, by A.D. Sui
- Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke
- The Other Bennet Sister, by Janice Hadlow
- Of Monsters and Mainframes, by Barbara Truelove
- The Scarlet Ball, by Nghi Vo
- Algot, Anna Stinna and the Water of Life, by Jonas Jonasson (review forthcoming)