Thank you to everyone who contributed to this list, and for the gifts of great books and classic stories. As always, each entry is linked to an Amazon page, but I urge you to support your local bookshops whenever possible. This year we had 2 contributors add suggestions from authors they know personally, these are…

20 titles, totaling 7,236 pages. Shown below in order from smallest to largest. Scroll down for the reviews. Rules of Civility and Table for Two are both worth reading, in that order. The first follows a year in the life of a young Katey Kontent as she navigates New York City in 1938, and the…