So I have read a lot of books this year and quite a few of them were added to my favorites list. But I will be narrowing that list down even further for this end of the year favorites list. These are my top books of this year, some of which are not new releases but were new to me.
I have organized my favorites by genre and have tried to narrow it down to 5 or less books per category. It is hard to pick just one book per category when you have read over 500 books in a year. Also I don’t like to limit my recommendations for favorite books because I love to shout them to the world. So here are my favorites!
Paranormal Romance
- Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
- Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston
- Hero’s Haven by Rebecca Zanetti
Contemporary Romance
- Man Down by Kate Meader
- Driven by Rebecca Zanetti
- High Heat by Annabeth Albert
- The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
Historical Romance
Urban Fantasy
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Comics
- Fangs by Sarah Andersen
- Stranger Planet by Nathan W. Pyle
- Subzero by Junepurrr
- Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Nonfiction
- The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
- Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
- How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom
- The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper’s Women by Hallie Rubenhold
Red-Haired Ash Reads 
So many books here are on my TBR but some I’ve absolutely loved–like The Wall of Winnipeg and Me! One of my all-time faves 😍 I just finished Cemetery Boys over the weekend and absolutely loved it as well! I’ve heard a lot about The Five and am really keen to check it out at some point. Great list!
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I hope you enjoy them all!
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Wow, looks like you had a great reading year! I’m looking to read more non fiction in 2021 so I’ll definitely take a look at some of your recommendations. I especially want to read The Five and both books by Ibram X Kendi! 📚❤️ X x x
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They were all great and very informative. I hope you like them.
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