Recommended reads: Best of 2013

I know, I know — libraries aren’t all about books anymore. These are titles that are too good not to share.

I’ve read a lot this year, and I’m astonished how many nonfiction books made my favorites list. I’d also like to grant some Yearly Achievement Awards to George R.R. Martin, Rae Carson, Tiffany Reisz and M.L. Buchman for sucking me into their series and taking me off to much more exciting worlds.

And now, without further adieu, my Goodreads shelf for the best books I’ve read this year.

Best of 2013

Buck: A Memoir

by M.K. Asante

Building a Buzz: Libraries & Word-Of-Mouth Marketing

by Peggy Barber

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

by Katherine Boo

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

by Ben Fountain

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

by Lois P. Frankel

Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind

by Jocelyn K. Glei

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative

by Austin Kleon

Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties

by Beth Kobliner

The Art of Explanation – Making Your Ideas, Products and Services Easier to Understand

by Lee LeFever

For Me and My Gal

by Robbi McCoy

Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

 

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What books did you love?