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Goodreads Staffers Share Their Top Three Books of the Year

"Oh, the agony! The internal debates! The anguish we caused our coworkers as they whittled down their lists to just their top few books! Hopefully our carefully considered staff picks will inspire additions to your Want to Read shelf.
You'll notice that our reading habits run the gamut. But careful perusal unveils some office favorites, including lots of love for The Vanishing Half, the novels of Yaa Gyasi, and Ijeoma Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race."
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Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi)
Transcendent Kingdom
1
Yaa Gyasi
You Never Forget Your First (Alexis Coe)
You Never Forget Your First
2
Alexis Coe
What Are You Going Through (Sigrid Nunez)
What Are You Going Through
3
Sigrid Nunez
28 Summers (Elin Hilderbrand)
28 Summers
4
Elin Hilderbrand
The Unhoneymooners (Christina Lauren)
The Unhoneymooners
5
Christina Lauren
The Honey-Don't List (Christina Lauren)
The Honey-Don't List
6
Christina Lauren
Three Kingdoms, a Historical Novel: Complete and Unabridged: Complete and Unabridged V. 1 (Trans Moss Roberts)
Three Kingdoms, a Historical Novel: Complete and Unabridged: Complete and Unabridged V. 1
7
Trans Moss Roberts
Three Kingdoms, a Historical Novel: Complete and Unabridged: V. 2 (Trans Moss Roberts)
Three Kingdoms, a Historical Novel: Complete and Unabridged: V. 2
8
Trans Moss Roberts
Catching the Big Fish (By David Lynch)
Catching the Big Fish (By David Lynch)
9
So You Want to Talk Bout Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk Bout Race
10
Ijeoma Oluo
Eat a Peach: A Memoir (David Chang)
Eat a Peach: A Memoir
11
David Chang
Know My Name (Chanel Miller)
Know My Name
12
Chanel Miller
The Inheritance (Matthew Lopez)
The Inheritance
13
Matthew Lopez
Rodham (Curtis Sittenfeld)
Rodham
14
Curtis Sittenfeld
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls (Nina Renata Aron)
Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls
15
Nina Renata Aron
The Book of Lost Names (Kristin Harmel)
The Book of Lost Names
16
Kristin Harmel
In Five Years (Rebecca Serle)
In Five Years
17
Rebecca Serle
Long Bright River (Liz Moore)
Long Bright River
18
Liz Moore
The Vanishing Half (Brit Bennett)
The Vanishing Half
19
Brit Bennett
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic (Kenya Hunt)
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
20
Kenya Hunt
Of Women and Salt (Gabriela Garcia)
Of Women and Salt
21
Gabriela Garcia
Flour Water Salt Yeast (Ken Forkish)
Flour Water Salt Yeast
22
Ken Forkish
Emergency Skin (N.K. Jemisin)
Emergency Skin
23
N.K. Jemisin
Battle Mage (Peter A. Flannery)
Battle Mage
24
Peter A. Flannery
Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace (D.L. Hughley, Doug Moe)
Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace
25
D.L. Hughley, Doug Moe
Poemsia (Lang Leav)
Poemsia
26
Lang Leav
Restoring the Soul of Business (Rishad Tobaccowala)
Restoring the Soul of Business
27
Rishad Tobaccowala
The Henna Artist (Alka Joshi)
The Henna Artist
28
Alka Joshi
The Ride of a Lifetime (Robert Iger)
The Ride of a Lifetime
29
Robert Iger
One to Watch (Kate Stayman-London)
One to Watch
30
Kate Stayman-London
One Piece Volume 1: Romance Dawn (Eiichiro Oda)
One Piece Volume 1: Romance Dawn
31
Eiichiro Oda
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Emil Ferris)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
32
Emil Ferris
Little Fires Everywhere (Celeste Ng)
Little Fires Everywhere
33
Celeste Ng
My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell)
My Dark Vanessa
34
Kate Elizabeth Russell
Normal People (Sally Rooney)
Normal People
35
Sally Rooney
Dear Girls (Ali Wong)
Dear Girls
36
Ali Wong
Mermaid Fillet (Mia Arderne)
Mermaid Fillet
37
Mia Arderne
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Jordan B. Peterson)
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
38
Jordan B. Peterson
Matilda (Roald Dahl)
Matilda
39
Roald Dahl
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
40
Yuval Noah Harari
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