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LibraryReads – Year-End Favorite Winners

Browse LibraryReads Year-End Favorite winners and nominees by year. This archive follows one award category across the full LibraryReads history.

LibraryReads Year-End Favorite Cross-year archive

2019

LibraryReads Year-End Favorite results for the 2019 award year.

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The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

Richardson, Kim Michele

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

May-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Daisy Jones & The Six

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Standalone · Historical

Mar-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Dutch House

Patchett, Ann

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Evvie Drake Starts Over

Holmes, Linda

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jun-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Flatshare

O'Leary, Beth

Standalone · Women's Fiction

May-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Braithwaite, Oyinkan

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Nickel Boys

Whitehead, Colson

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Red, White & Royal Blue

McQuiston, Casey

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

May-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Silent Patient

Michaelides, Alex

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2019 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

2018

LibraryReads Year-End Favorite results for the 2018 award year.

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An American Marriage

Jones, Tayari

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Circe

Miller, Madeline

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

Ware, Ruth

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Great Alone

Hannah, Kristin

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Immortalists

Benjamin, Chloe

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Kiss Quotient

Hoang, Helen

The Kiss Quotient Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

There There

Orange, Tommy

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Wedding Date

Guillory, Jasmine

Wedding Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Woman in the Window

Finn, A.J.

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

2017

LibraryReads Year-End Favorite results for the 2017 award year.

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Beartown

Backman, Fredrik

Beartown Series · Book 1 · Literary

Apr-2017 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Dry

Harper, Jane

Aaron Falk Series · Book 1 · Police Procedural

Jan-2017 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Honeyman, Gail

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

May-2017 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Glass Houses

Penny, Louise

Chief Inspector Gamache Series · Book 13 · Police Procedural

Sep-2017 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Little Fires Everywhere

Ng, Celeste

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2017 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Magpie Murders

Horowitz, Anthony

Susan Ryeland Series · Book 1 · Amateur Sleuth

Jun-2017 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

News of the World

Jiles, Paulette

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Small Great Things

Picoult, Jodi

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Oct-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

2016

LibraryReads Year-End Favorite results for the 2016 award year.

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Commonwealth

Patchett, Ann

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

A Great Reckoning

Penny, Louise

Chief Inspector Gamache Series · Book 12 · Police Procedural

Sep-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Lilac Girls

Kelly, Martha Hall

Standalone · Historical

Apr-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

My Name Is Lucy Barton

Strout, Elizabeth

Amgash Series · Book 1 · Literary

Jan-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Nest

Sweeney, Cynthia D'Aprix

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend

Bivald, Katarina

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Salt to the Sea

Sepetys, Ruta

Standalone · Action Adventure

Feb-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Summer Before the War

Simonson, Helen

Standalone · Historical

Mar-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Truly Madly Guilty

Moriarty, Liane

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Woman in Cabin 10

Ware, Ruth

Lo Blacklock Series · Book 1 · Thriller

Jul-2016 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

2015

LibraryReads Year-End Favorite results for the 2015 award year.

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Circling the Sun

McLain, Paula

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Girl on the Train

Hawkins, Paula

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

A God in Ruins

Atkinson, Kate

Standalone · Historical

May-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

Stradal, J. Ryan

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Little Paris Bookshop

George, Nina

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Nature of the Beast

Penny, Louise

Chief Inspector Gamache Series · Book 11 · Police Procedural

Aug-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Rosie Effect

Simsion, Graeme

Rosie Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

Jan-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

A Spool of Blue Thread

Tyler, Anne

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2015 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

2014

LibraryReads Year-End Favorite results for the 2014 award year.

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All the Light We Cannot See

Doerr, Anthony

Standalone · Historical

May-2014 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Fangirl

Rowell, Rainbow

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2013 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Goldfinch

Tartt, Donna

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2013 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Landline

Rowell, Rainbow

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2014 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Longbourn

Baker, Jo

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Series · Historical

Oct-2013 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The One Plus One

Moyes, JoJo

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2014 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Rosie Project

Simsion, Graeme

Rosie Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Oct-2013 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

Station Eleven

Mandel, Emily St. John

Standalone · Science Fiction

Sep-2014 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Zevin, Gabrielle

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2014 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

We Were Liars

Lockhart, E.

Liars Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

May-2014 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite

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