My Year in Books. James by Percival Everett was my top book of the year and all time! My top other ten in no particular order: The Silence That Binds Us - Johanna Ho Gather Kenneth M. Cadow The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon Slow Dance - Rainbow Rowell The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer Rez Ball - Byron Graves Colton Gentry’s Third Act - Jeff Zentner The Best Way To Bury Your Husband - Alexia Casale Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books - Kirsten Miller