via Goodreads | Joshua’s Year in Books.

My favorite new books I read:

1. Uprooted by Naomi Novik
2. The Last Argument of Kings by Joe Abercrombie
3. Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
4. Sage by Brian K. Vaughn
5. Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
6. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
7. Rat Queens by Kurtis J. Wiebe
8. Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
9. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
10. Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K Jemisin
11. The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in the Middle Age by Sherrilyn Kenyon
12. The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes
13. Super You by Emily V. Gordon
14. A Dark Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

In no particular order.

Biggest disappointments

1. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
3. Wildwood by Colin Meloy
4. Half A War by Joe Abercrombie
5. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien