Best book you read all year?

[Joyce Valenza]

This may be the first summer in a long time I can read just for fun. I thought it would be cool to plan our summer reading lists here. But let's really be selective. Choose one, just one, book in each category and share it here. Feel free to attach links to reviews or include delicious covers!

Best children's
Best YA
Best graphic novel/memoir, etc.
Best adult fiction
Best adult nonfiction
Best guilty pleasure(!)

[Mary Goglio]

Best YA: Ironman by Chris Crutcher
Best adult fiction:Away by Amy Bloom and Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich
Best adult nonfiction:My Life in France by Julia Child (I love reading about food and foodies)
Guilty pleasure:Case Histories by Kate Atkinson and Whole World Over by Julia Glass (more food stuff).

[Julia Beck]

Best YA: Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of Otori Series) by Lian Hearn
Best Adult Fiction: People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, Mr. Pip by Lloyd Jones and the Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
Best Adult Non-Fiction: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond and The Judgement of Paris : The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism by RossTodd

[Jeff Vogt]

Best Children's - Poor Puppy (delightful sequel to the hilarious ABC book Bad Kitty)
Best YA - King Dork (A humourous mystery set in high school. I haven't laughed out loud so many times reading a book since reading Lamb)
Graphic Novel - Emily the Strange: Chairman of the Bored (awesome illustrations and characterization that totally captures emo/goth students)
Adult Fiction - Cinnamin Kiss (I love the way blends black history with social commentary in a intriguing dectective story)
Adult Non Fiction - It's all too Much (an how-to organization book by TLC's Peter)
Guilty Pleasure - Princess Mia (Love the pop culture references along with teen angst.

[Andrea Langelaar]

Best Children's: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Best YA: The Book Thief

Best Adult Fiction: A Thousand Splendid Suns

Best Guilty Pleasure: Jane Eyre

I am a HUGE historical fiction fan! I try to read as much of it as possible during my "free" time. Above are my most recent answers, maybe not my all-time favourites. Really do love the brilliant first two works of Khaled Hosseini - Kite Runner and Thousand Splendid Suns.

[teacherninja]

Children's: The Arrival by Shaun Tan

YA: Looking For Alaska by John Green

Adult Nonfiction: Freedom For the Thought We Hate by Anthony Lewis

Both Children's AND Guilty Pleasure: On The Run (series) by Gordon Korman --This was like 24 for my fourth gradres and I!

[JJ Avinger-Jacques]

thanks for the new titles!

[Roselle]

Grave diggers daughter by Oates

[Roselle]

Sorry for the incomplete message. In addition to Grave digger I also read Invention of Hugo Cabret and Arrival.

can someone tell me how to edit a post????

[rarthur]

Your words clearly state that, you strongly believe in yourself
and have complete knowledge on books.I have read a lot of articles on books, however the
way you have put it across was really intelligent .good work on Joyce.
.........................................................................
Richard Arthur
Addiction Recovery Colorado

[rarthur]

Your words clearly state that, you strongly believe in yourself
and have complete knowledge on books.I have read a lot of articles on books, however the
way you have put it across was really intelligent .good work on Joyce.
.........................................................................
Richard Arthur
Addiction Recovery Colorado

[Julianne Kaye]

Best Children's: Winners Walk or Free Baseball
Best YA: Twighlight
Best adult fiction: Anything by James Patterson

[JJ Avinger-Jacques]

I always have a stack going, but here are a few of my latest....

Adult fiction: the post-birthday world...by Lionel Shriver
Adult non-fiction or maybe guilty pleasure?: Clapton, The Autobiography
Kids of all ages: Robot dreams, by Sara Varon no text!

sorta hate to admit loving an Oprah pick but Eckhart Toll...