Best books of the year

Tate Billingsley, Marissa Stapley, Allison Espach, Laura Wood, Monica Wood, Eileen Garvin, Holly Gramazio, Karen Outen, Simon Van Booy, Ellery Lloyd, Clare Mackintosh, Ashley Elston, Nicole Anderson, Ruta Sepetys, Amanda McGee, Lori Fisher, Elizabeth Strout, Laurie Frankel

Cindy Burnett, Lisa Brideau, Michael Bennett, Bruce Borgos, T.J. Newman, Sara DiVello, Simon Mockler, Amulya Malladi, Jessa Maxwell, Matthew Quirk, Daniel Sweren-Becker, Peter Heller, Cara Hunter, Julia Heaberlin, Tess Gerritsen, Cheryl A. Head, Jesse Q. Sutanto, Jacqueline Winspear, Gill Paul, Amanda Peters, Laura Spence-Ash, Pip Williams, Nguyen Phan Que Mai, Jon Clinch, Shelley Read, Kate Morton, Rachel Beanland, Sadeqa Johnson, Elizabeth Crook, Ruth P. Watson, William Kent Krueger, Ann Hill Hearth, Fiona Davis, Matthew Norman, Tracey Lange, Laura Hankin, Nick Fuller Googins, Ann Napolitano, Sally Page, Julie Carrick Dalton, Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu, Katie Cotugno, Colleen Oakley, Jane L. Rosen, Ashley Poston, John Scalzi, Christina Lauren

Christina Coward, Gillian McAllister, Lisa Barr, Jayda Justus, Sarah Miller, Melissa Ferguson, Lori Fisher, Gabrielle Zevin, Kathleen Holt, Michelle Beckwith, Thrity Umrigar, Jean McNamara, Shelby Van Pelt, Robin Beard, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Kelly Hogan, Pam Lamp, Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Belle de Costa Green, J.P. Morgan, Regan Kelly Orillac, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Carolyn Johnson, Charles Belfoure, Anne Glasgow, Louise Kennedy, Lynette Burnett, Sarah Winman, Carol Harris, Bonnie Garmus, Charlotte Whitton, Jordan Magaziner Steinfeld, V.E. Schwab, Celeste Ng, Lucy Foley, Deanna Raybourn, Jen Darling, Ruta Sepetys, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Katherine Chen