It’s that time of year again! Where I go through all the books I’ve read this year and dig out my very best favourites, then relentlessly compliment those same books for making this year’s reading so great. This year was a particularly difficult one to narrow down, with five books being no brainers at the top of the list, and probably about fifteen or so more being really good.
What’s interesting this year is how many sci-fi books have made the list – I think it speaks to my shifting tastes that sci-fi is getting more and more priority as I’m finding a lot of fantasy failing to excite me quite as much. There are exceptions to this rule, as you’ll see further down the list. I’ve also found myself more interested in books that play around with narrative, with three mosaic-style novels making the list. I usually try not to include more than one book from a series, although this has not been necessary this year.
With that out of the way, let’s begin!
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Writings of a Doomscribe 