I read a lot of good books this year, but these were my favorites (all four stars out of five or higher):

Children’s

• The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
• Waiting is Not Easy! by Mo Willems
• The First Book of Utah by Olive Burt (an out of print, 1963 published gem found at my local used book store)

Fiction

• Evil Under The Sun by Agatha Christie
• Airframe by Michael Crichton
• Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Non-fiction

• Red Card by Ken Bensinger
• Factfulness: 10 Reasons The World is Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
• Boys in The Boat by Daniel Brown

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