Once again, those clever folks over at The Broke and Bookish have come up with another Top Ten Tuesday theme I couldn’t resist – this time it’s my Top Ten Books read this year. It’s really hard to limit myself to just ten when I’ve read so many great books recently, but here’s going with my gut, roughly in the order in which I read them.

And, holding over from this weekend’s 48 HBC mindset, I’m pleased to note that half of these have diverse protagonists. That’s better than I would have guessed, even if I’m not doing so well with diversity in my authors.

Stolen Magic by Stephanie Burgis
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Jinx’s Magic by Sage Blackwood
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
The Castle Behind Thorns by Merrie Haskell
Black Dog by Rachel Neumeier
The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn Moriarty
Velveteen vs. the Multiverse by Seanan McGuire
The Amazing Thing About the Way It Goes by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Bad Luck Girl by Sarah Zettel