Favorite Books of the Year

Since 2019, I’ve been creating a series of drawings that highlight some of the favorite books that my friends, family, and I have read each year. While I did not have time for a full set of three for 2021, it has become a fun, end of year activity for me.

A drawing of a stack of books with a header reading "Nick's Picks of 2021. Top 5 of 60". The books shown are: "The Invisible Life of Addie Larue", "The Midnight Library", "The Heart's Invisible Furies", "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo".

2020

A drawing of a stack of books on a shelf with a label reading "Tay's Faves. Number read in 2020: 25". The books shown are: "Daisy Jones & The Six", "Darling Rose Gold", "How Democracies Die", "Where Do We Go From Here", and "Homegoing".
A drawing of a stack of books on a shelf with a label reading "Nick's Picks. Number read in 2020: 43". The books shown are: "The 7.5 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle", "Darling Rose Gold", "Such a Fun Age", "Recursion", and "Beartown".
A drawing of a stack of books on a shelf with a label reading "Whitney's Recs. Number read in 2020: 72". The books shown are: "Sharks in the Time of Saviors", "In the Dream House", "Exhalation", "Homegoing", and "Sing, Unburied, Sing".

2019

A drawing of a stack of books with a header reading "My top 5 of 20". The books are: "The Nightingale", "Educated", "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine", "Room", and "The Glass Castle".
A drawing of a stack of books with a header reading "Nick's top 5 of 46". The books are: "One Day", "The Great Believers", "The Song of Achilles", "A Man Called Ove", and "Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine".
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