Most of my favourite fiction books of the year fall into two categories: historical fiction and Elm Creek Quilters.
Elm Creek Quilters is a series by Jennifer Chiaverini. The books generally center around a group who run a quilter's retreat somewhere in Pennsylvania, as well as some of the people who attend the retreat. Other of the books look back at the history of the area and the ancestors of the current owner of the mansion that houses the retreat. I enjoy the stories and find them good "bus books" (interesting enough for me to forget that I'm on the bus a lot; simple enough that I can focus on them and ignore the noise around me). This year I read 13 of them and that caught me up with the current books. I'm waiting for the next one to come out next year!
My favourite historical fiction (not counting the historical Elm Creek books):
- The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin (WWII, Poland)
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (1922-1954, Russia)
- The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin (WWII, London)
- The Martha's Vineyard Beach and Book Club by Martha Hall Kelly (WWII, Martha's Vineyard)
- A Town Called Alice (WWII and slightly beyond; Sumatra and Australia)
- Half Broke Horses by Jeanette Walls (1900s-1950s, mostly Arizona and Texas; the author calls this a "true-life novel" as it is about her grandmother; I think it fits in the same category as the Little House books)
- The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry (primarily 1952 with some flashbacks to 1920s; South Carolina and London/Lake District during the 1952 Great Smog of London)
- The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
- The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Lucy Gilmore
- The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore
- The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osmon
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