My Favorite Books from 2008!

This year at The Book Connection I read close to one hundred titles in a variety of genres. Here is a list of some of my favorites from this year:

Fiction

* Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia by Jessica James**

* The House on Tradd Street by Karen White

* The Santa Letters by Stacy Gooch-Anderson

* Ten Thousand Charms by Allison Pittman

* The Devil Can Wait by Marta Stephens

* The Ultimate Passage by Jean Hackensmith and Kathe Birch

* Mistress of the Revolution by Catherine Delores

* The Lost Diary of Don Juan by Douglas Carlton Abrams

* Season of Sacrifice by Tristi Pinkston

* Up the Devil's Belly by Rhett DeVane


Nonfiction

* Beyond Me: Living a You-First Life in a Me-First World by Kathi Macias

* Don't Know Much About Anything Else by Kenneth C. Davis

* CULLOTTA: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness by Dennis Griffin

* Born Liberal Raised Right by Reb Bradley

* The Fine Print of Self-Publishing, Third Edition by Mark Levine

* The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing by Mayra Calvani and Anne K. Edwards

* The Well-Fed Self-Publisher by Peter Bowerman

* The Dancer Returns by Susan Lee Titus

* The Dog Walked Down the Street by Sal Glynn

* The Sky's Not Falling: Why It's Ok to Chill About Global Warming by Professor Holly Fretwell (children's nonfiction)



Children's fiction

* The Rabbit and the Snowman by Sally O. Lee

* The State of Wilderness by Elysabeth Eldering

* Zooprise Party by Rebekah Delgado

* Rainbow Sheep by Kim Chatel

* Scarecrow Finds A Friend by Blume J. Rifken

* Sam's Quest Book 2: The Royal Trident by Ben Furman

* The Tutu Ballet by Sally O. Lee

* The Giant Leaf by Davy Liu

* You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy? by Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

* The Truth (I'm a girl, I'm Smart and I Know Everything!) by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein

These books are available at Amazon.com.


** My favorite book across all genres for 2008!