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With the disclaimer that I can’t include any of the Australian YA or children’s books I have read as part of the CBCA Book of the Year Awards judging in this list (which means several hundred books are NOT considered, and also that I didn’t read nearly as many OTHER books as I usually would!), AND that I’ve not included FableCroft publications here, which of COURSE are five star (!), here are my favourite books of 2013! (in basically reverse reading order, thanks to Goodreads).
Night of Cake and Puppets by Laini Taylor
Thankless in Death by JD Robb
Once Upon a Time: new fairytales edited by Paula Guran
The Wild Girl by Kate Forsyth
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
How green this land, how blue this sea by Mira Grant
Cracklescape by Margo Lanagan
Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield
Chicks Dig Comics edited by Lynne M Thomas & Sigrid Ellis
Parasite by Mira Grant
We are all completely beside ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
Perfections by Kirstyn McDermott
Caution: contains small parts by Kirstyn McDermott
Asymmetry by Thoraiya Dyer
Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
When We Wake by Karen Healey
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs
Archie: Married Life (1, 2 & 3) by Paul Kupperberg et al
Hawkeye vol. 1, My life as a weapon by Matt Fraction et al
Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle
A Trifle Dead by Livia Day
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Written in Red by Anne Bishop
Fables vol. 18, Cubs in Toyland by Bill Willingham et al
Batwoman vol. 2, To drown the world by JH Williams III et al
She Hulk, vol. 1, Single Green Female by Dan Slott et al
Captain Marvel, vol. 1, In pursuit of flight by Kelly Sue DeConnick et al
Girl Genius 1-11 by Phil & Kaja Foglio
Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger
Batgirl vol. 1, The darkest reflection by Gail Simone et al
The Mad Scientist’s Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Soulless the manga vol. 2 by Gail Carriger et al
The Voyage of the Unquiet Ice by Andrew McGahan
Saga vol. 1 by Brian K Vaughan et al
A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
Beauty’s Sister by Bradley James
Wow. Imagine if I hadn’t been CBCA reading! There are so many brilliant books! And if you really want to know EVERYTHING I’ve read (if not what I think of them), you can see my 2013 Year of Reading (368, apparently…) here!