Favorite Reads of 2014

2014 was a stellar year for reading. I've never read this many books before in one year's time. I don't think I'll ever repeat this number again. Since my mother begs for a post where I list all the books from the year's reading, here is my list (with links to reviews) of all the books I consumed in 2014 (Although some of the favorites are listed as HR [Highly Recommended], I have picked two others, as well, to come up with my top ten for the year):

• Promise Me by Richard Paul Evans
• I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan
• Little Fish by Ramsey Beyer
• You Should Really Write a Book by Regina Brooks and Brenda Lane Richardson
• Family Blessings by Fern Michaels
• Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
• Good Pictures, Bad Pictures by Kristen A. Jenson, MA and Gail Poyner, PhD
• Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
• The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain
• Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
• Lulu's Lunch by Anne Peterson
• The Crooked House by Anne Peterson
• Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
• No-Drama Discipline by Daniel J. Siegel, MD, and Tina Payne Bryson, PHD
• Other People's Rejection Letters, ed. by Bill Shapiro
• Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
• Allegiant by Veronica Roth
• The One by Kiera Cass
• The Wonder of All Things by Jason Mott
• Fearless Confessions by Sue William Silverman
• Now I See You by Nicole C. Kear
• Why Smart Kids Worry by Allison Edwards, LPC
• Insurgent by Veronica Roth
• Eight Twenty Eight by Ian and Larissa Murphy
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Small Blessings by Martha Woodroof
• The Elite by Kiera Cass
• Firewall by Diann Mills
• During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
• The Kill Order by James Dashner
• How the Heather Looks by Joan Bodger
• The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
• Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson - (FAVORITE)
• The Public Library by Robert Dawson
• The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner
• The Selection by Kiera Cass
• Emma's Wish by Anne Peterson
• At Home by Bill Bryson
• One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus
• The Person Called You by Bill Hendricks
• Jack Staples and the Ring of Time by Mark Batterson and Joel N. Clark
• Gathering Shadows by Nancy Mehl
• The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley
• Seven Weeks to Forever by Jennifer Farwell
• The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson - HR (FAVORITE NON-FICTION)
• Boys Against Girls series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (FAVORITE KIDS SERIES)
• Divergent by Veronica Roth - HR (FAVORITE YA)
• Stolen by Lucy Christopher
• Dating, Dining, and Desperation by Melody Carlson
• Unstoppable by Nick Vujicic
• Stitches by David Small
• All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - HR (FAVORITE)
• The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton
• Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
• Dancing With My Father by Sally Clarkson
• Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley
• Slated by Teri Terry
• Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas
• Two Kisses for Maddy by Matthew Logelin
• Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta - HR (FAVORITE THRILLER)
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
• Museum of Thieves by Lian Tanner
• The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
• What a Son Needs from His Mom by Cheri Fuller
• Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
• Chestnut Street by Maeve Binchy
• Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
• Leaping the Wall by Julie Kloster
• Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
• The Song Remains the Same by Allison Winn Scotch
• The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
• The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene
• Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur
• Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer - HR (FAVORITE)
• The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce - HR (FAVORITE)
• Notes from a Blue Bike by Tsh Oxenreider
• Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
• The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Addison's Mark by Matt Kuvakos
• Little Audrey by Ruth White
• Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
• Truly, Madly, Deadly by Hannah Jayne
• A Prayer Journal by Flannery O'Connor
• This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
• The Maze Runner by James Dashner
• Hate List by Jennifer Brown
• A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
• Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
• Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller 
• The Playdate by Louise Millar
• Room by Emma Donaghue
• Hollywood, Dead Ahead by Kate Klise
• The Phantom of the Post Office by Kate Klise
• Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
• Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins
• A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
• Look Again by Lisa Scottoline
• State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
• Expecting Adam by Martha Beck
• Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke
• The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
• Getting the Words Right by Theodore Cheney
• Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
• I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
• Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris - HR (FAVORITE YA NON-FICTION)
• The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
• Strawberry Shortcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
• The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards
• Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
• Paper Towns by John Green
• Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff
• Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt - HR (FAVORITE YA)
• Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce
• After the Rain by Karen White
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Sure Signs of Crazy by Karen Harrington