best book series poll

[kirstinb]

What is the best book you've read in the past year?  Two years?  Three years?

Believe it or not, my answer to all three is the same:  We Need to Talk About Kevin.  

But I'm researching good books for my summer vacation....need some rec's.

[Myrrhine]

I've really liked Jellicoe Road, The Humming Room, The Sky Is Everwhere, and Paper Towns.

[dorothyinAus]

Last Year:  Newton and the Counterfeiter, with Captain Corelli's Mandolin as a close runner up.

Two Years Ago:  The School of Essential Ingredients, with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards as a close runner up

Three Years Ago:  Shades of Grey (Jasper Fforde), with The Black Tulip as a close runner up.

Falling just out of the time frame was Bel Canto which was fantastic!

[charlatti]

Last year: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore or Where'd You Go, Bernadette. Beautiful Ruins is another runner up that would be a great vacation book.

Two years ago: The Night Circus

Three years ago: Columbine

[duckduck]

Last year: Darkfever

Two years ago: Drums of Autumn

Three years ago: Outlander

[GilliC]

Past year: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Past two years: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Past three years: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

[secretlyevil]

I had to go back to goodreads to see as nothing was coming to mind.

In 2011 - I read Game of Thrones series and most of Parsol Protectorate series, both were excellent.

2012 - I read most of the BDB series and Jade Calhoun series, both I recommend. They weren't phenominal but I enjoyed them. I also read the Steampunk Chronicles and Magnificent Device series, they're excellent series, very fun.

[daydreamer]

I don't read a lot of current books, but I loved and successfully recommended A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan last year. 

Also from last year, The Hunger Games Trilogy is excellent.

Older books that I've raved about that would make good vacation reads:

The Alienist by Caleb Carr circa 1994. It's a crime scene murder mystery that will appeal to anyone who likes the CSI or Profiler tv shows.

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. A Gothic style modern mystery surrounding a mysterious writer and her book of 13 magical stories. 

[booknerd]

I've read a bunch of Nora Roberts, most of which were funny and romantic. Books that stand out to me are Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah, the Chesapeake Bay series by NR, and a re-read of Harry Potter.

[duckduck]

Jun 18, 2013 17:31:33 GMT -5 daydreamer said:

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. A Gothic style modern mystery surrounding a mysterious writer and her book of 13 magical stories. 

Loved this one!

[msmerymac]

2013:
Winter Sea
Slaughterhouse Five
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

2012:
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
The Book Thief
Cloud Atlas
The Night Circus
Ask the Dust

2011:
Everything is Illuminated
Just Kids

[Pippin]

After looking back through my goodreads I've realized I have been reading a lot of YA in the last few years but of those:

The Hunger Games was probably the best series I've read lately.

Before I Fall was by far my favorite book that I've read in a while.

The Thirteenth Tale was also one of my favorite non YA books that I've read recently.

[Booze Raccoon]

2011 - The Hunger Games Trilogy (maybe that was 2012) - edit

2011 - The Help
2012 - It's So Easy: And Other Lies by Duff McKagan
2013 - Inferno by Dan Brown (I haven't loved anything I've read this year, this is the best of a lot of crap)