In which I pick titles out of mugs in the hopes of discovering my favourite book of the last four years.

Books Mentioned:

2015

1. Cress by Marissa Meyer
2. The Diviners by Libba Bray
3. Mrs Palfrey at the Clairmont by Elizabeth Taylor
4. The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
5. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
6. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
7. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
8. Sorta Like a Rockstar by Matthew Quick
9. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
10. Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith

2016

1. Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
2. Night Film by Marisha Pessl
3. Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
4. The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
5. Freya by Anthony Quinn
6. The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
7. The Mad Ship by Robin Hobb
8. Autumn by Ali Smith
9. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon
10. The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

2017

1. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
2. The Throwback Special by Chris Bachelder
3. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
4. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
5. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
6. Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon
7. Lilian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
8. The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night by Jen Campbell
9. Winter by Ali Smith
10. The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks

2018

1. Fool’s Fate by Robin Hobb
2. The Hoarder by Jess Kidd
3. The Management Style of the Supreme Beings by Tom Holt
4. Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
5. And After Many Days by Jowhor Ile
6. Driven by Dane Cobain
7. The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce
8. Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
9. Dying in Other Words by Maggie Gee
10. The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

Booktubers Mentioned:
Katie of Books and Things: https://www.youtube.com/user/thesilverscribe
Russell of Ink and Paper Blog: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHIesGYARon0fpRkyBGJoQ
Dane of Dane Cobain: https://www.youtube.com/user/danecobain

Favourites Videos:

2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OwHlwgS104&t=749s
2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25RmZBRA_Ug&t=352s
2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3NY1niln4
2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZc1_elpepE&t=19s

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Email: charles@variousaltitudes.com
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Indisputably Doris: https://amzn.to/2RADf53

About Me:

I was born in Macclesfield and very rarely leave. I mainly discuss books on this channel but every now and then something else will slip through the net. I'm interested in most fiction, and enjoy books that tell stories about older characters as I feel they're often under represented in literature. Lately, I've become interesting in telling and discovering working class tales.

I have a BA in Creative Writing and have been the secretary to the Macclesfield Creative Writing Group since 2011. In 2015 I independently published my first book Our Doris. The book follows the eponymous Mrs Doris Copeland, atomic housewife, with a rock bun recipe that can make even the most secure dentures shudder. In 2017 I followed it with the sequel Indisputably Doris.