Rather than a traditional ranked list, our end-of-year books roundup at The A.V. Club has always been a little more casual. It’s a space to be more effusive, to talk about works that we didn’t necessarily get a chance to cover on their own. It’s a celebration of one of our smaller but most passionate sections on the site, and we like to acknowledge that by letting our writers talk about their favorite things they read this year without worrying about how those works fit into the year’s written canon. This year, we’ve got hardcore history books and lush romantasy sitting side-by-side. It’s a little chaotic, but hey—we like it that way.
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