2013 Favorites of Books Published this Year

Here  is my Top Ten list of books published and read  in 2013.  If you are interested to learn more, click the Title to take you to my blog about it, or click the bookcover to take you to Goodreads and my review of it there. 

Texas History:

1. The Son    --  What a great book about Texas!

Inspiration:

2. My Beloved World                                3. Lean In  

Excellent writing, historical and dramatically different in presentation or subject matter:

4. Life After Life  5. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves  

Historical Magical Realism / Fantasy:

6.  The Ghost Bride   7.  The Golem and the Jinni  

Thinking outside the Box:

8.  David and Goliath: The Triumph of the Underdog   

Dramatic Historical Fiction:

9. Fever     

And, of course, something related to performance arts that I loved:

10. Diary of a Redneck Opera Zinger   -- What a fun book!