What were your favorite reads during this past year? 

In no particular order, here’s my list:

All the Light We cannot See     Anthony Doerr

The Fear Cure: Cultivating Courage as Medicine for the Body, Mind, and Soul      Lissa Rankin, MD

At Home: A Short History of Private Live    Bill Bryson

Echo   Pam Munroz Ryan

Glimpsing Heaven: The Stories and Science of Life After Death      Judy Bachrach

Girl in Hyacinth Blue      Susan Vreeland

Kitchens of the Great Midwest: A Novel     J. Ryan Stradal