Welcome to the Best Of Books Blog Hop 2013 – hosted by Diane Estrella, an enthusiastic blogger who does a lot to promote other bloggers, as well as books. Today I'm sharing the best books I read during 2013 in the fiction category, and tomorrow will feature the books I most anticipate reading in 2014.
Be sure to check out the links to other bloggers' lists at the bottom of this post.
Of the 107 fiction books I read this year, these are my top picks. I look for an emotionally engaging story with rich characterization, multi-layered plots, and lyrical prose - and that describes each one of these stories. Books are listed in alphabetical order by author's last name, and links to my review are under each cover.
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Return to Me by Lynn Austin
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The Cadence of Grace series by Joanne Bischof
(All three are excellent)
Review - Be
Still My Soul
Review - Though
My Heart Is Torn
Review - My
Hope Is Found
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The Christmas Quilt by Vannetta Chapman
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The Courier of Caswell Hall by Melanie Dobson
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Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
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Every Waking Moment by Chris Fabry
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The Letters by Suzanne Woods Fisher
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Love's Awakening by Laura Frantz
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Mother of Pearl by Kellie Coates Gilbert
A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund
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Wings of Glass by Gina Holmes
My review
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Love at any Cost by Julie Lessman
My review
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My review
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My review
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Under a Blackberry Moon by Serena B. Miller
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When Sparrows Fall by Meg Moseley
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Stones for Bread by Christa Parrish
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The Outcast by Jolina Petersheim
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In Broken Places by Michele Phoenix
My
review
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For Time and Eternity by Allison Pittman
My review
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Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
My review
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Flight of the Earls by Michael K. Reynolds
My review
Book #2, In Golden Splendor, is also excellent (Review)
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On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin
My review
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Invisible by Ginny L. Yttrup
My review
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My review
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My review
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My review
Book #2, In Golden Splendor, is also excellent (Review)
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My review
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My review
