*****Best Reads of the Year - March

My best reads in March:

Nonfiction - Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon

Fiction: Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski

Nonfiction: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Fiction: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

No non-fiction for me this month!

Fiction: Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee (and since I had no non-fiction I'll add: Pride and Prejudice by Austen).

Fiction: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa

Nonfiction: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Fiction: His Majesty's Dragon

Non-fiction: Three Cups of Tea (by default, but it is a good book)

Fiction: The Mystery of Grace by Charles de Lint. I just love his books.

Nonfiction: The Lords of Avaris by David Rohl.

Since I still haven't read a non-fiction book this year (I'm halfway through one though) my best reads are all fiction and I have three :P

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

Before I fall - Lauren Oliver

Return of the King - J.R.R Tolkien

Fiction: Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro

...and I'm afraid I didn't read any non-fiction, but I'm currently very much enjoying The Olivetti Chronicles by John Peel

Fiction: Arms of Nemesis by Steven Saylor

Non-fiction: Game Change by John Heilemann and Mark Helperin

Fiction: The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway. Really enjoyed this.

Non-Fiction: Words that work by Frank Luntz

For March (and so far this year):

Fiction: The Black Shields by John Maddox Roberts

Non-fiction: Second Acts by Mark K. Updegrove
(but then that is the only nonfiction book I've read so far this year)

Fiction: Miss Buncle's Book - DE Stevenson

Non-Fiction: I know serious theology is a bit of a minority interest, but this was my only cover-to-cover non-fiction read this month and it is excellent: Evil and the Justice of God - NT Wright

Fiction: The City and the City - China Mieville

Nonfiction: Only read two nonfiction books this month (highly unusual for me!) and neither were particularly stellar. So no pick this month.

Fiction: The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien

No nonfiction this month!

Nonfiction - started this in January but finished at beginning of March - Our Marvelous Mother Tongue by Robert Claiborne.
Fiction - White Teeth by Zadie Smith.

My picks for "best" in March...

Fiction - The Egyptian by Mika Waltari

Non-Fiction - Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe

Juvy Fiction - The Willows in Winter by William Horwood

Karen O.

I have a tie for fiction:

The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
Plainsong by Kent Haruf

Non-Fiction: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

March was a slow reading month, but the most enjoyable read was Med støv på hjernen (With dust on the brain) by Eva Ramm.

March was a stellar month with lots of wonderful books.

Non Fiction: The Most They Ever Had by Rick Bragg...AND A Dab of Dickens & A Touch of Twain: Literary Lives From Shakespeare's Old England to Frost's New England by Elliott Engel

Fiction:Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer AND Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

drat touchstones not working again!

Is anyone planning to start a thread for best books of the quarter?

March was a good reading month!
Difficult to choose... final verdict:

fiction:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Paper Towns by John Green

non-fiction:
Straw Dogs. Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray

Fiction:

Mostly read this in February, but finished it at the beginning of March, so I'll count it here: Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen

Real March read: The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning

Two tomes to bookend the month.

No winner in the nonfiction category.

Fiction: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Yes, it's a reread, but if I didn't let myself count it I would have had three vying for its place, so I'll just go with the definite winner. ;-)

Nonfiction: I read none this month This Book is Overdue by Marilyn Johnson - forgot this one - I gave it four stars, but it's the only nonfiction I read this month (and yes, I double checked that before hitting submit a second time!).

Fiction: Tinkers by Paul Harding
(No contest)

Nonfiction: Don't sleep, there are snakes by Daniel Everett
(Though I think if you ask me again in a couple of months, I'll probably remember my now-2nd-place The hanging of Thomas Jeremiah as the better book. I'll just mention 'em both since I didn't have a best nonfiction last month.)

Fiction: The Dead Republic by Roddy Doyle

Non-fiction: Fordlandia by Greg Grandin (1 of 4 finished in March - I also rated Wedlock and Rose Macaulay 4*)

Fiction: His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik

Nonfiction: The Book of the Courtesans: A Catalogue of Their Virtues - Sarah Griffin

...oooh I almost forgot, we have a tie in nonfiction, as I also looooved The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David Grann.

#20: Zoe, I had not planned on doing a quarterly thread since we already have threads for each month of the quarter. What do you think?

My general philosophy is "the more, the merrier" ;). And I keep seeing people here saying that they read either too many good books or not enough in a given month, so doing, say, top 5 over a three-month period might help even things out.

Two favorite fiction Heresy by Stephanie Merritt and Rooms by James L. Rubart. Everyone should read these. I could find nothing to hate in either one of these.

Fiction: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery. I'm sure this will be one of my best books of the year.

Non Fiction: In the Company of Crows and Ravens by John Marzluff

Fiction: Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

Non-fiction: Alas, none read in March.

#27, 28, There are top reads of the quarter threads in several other groups such as What Are You Reading, but I would be happy to add my favorites here too if we had a quarterly thread.

#32: Rebecca, the quarterly thread is here: http://www.librarything.com/topic/88237

Deirdra

I'm adding Heresy to the huge tbr pile. This one sounds good!

Heresy had me scratching my head, shrugging my shoulders, slamming the book to calm my racing heartbeat, and banging the book hard against the furniture going "Take THAT you bad guys!". To me books that elicit such sharp responses are winners as we are living along with the book.

Fiction: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
and the rest of the series is great!
(but the series isn't complete yet, so be warned)

Nonfiction: Refuse to Choose by Barbara Sher

Fiction: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

Non-Fiction: Can't choose between The Boyhood Memoirs of A. E. Hotchner and Hitler, The War and the Pope by Ronald Rychlak. (ha, ha, see above: Laura's book Refuse to Choose. I do!)

I didn't have a lot of time for reading in March so:

Non-Fiction: (none)

Fiction: The Lost Tiki Palaces Of Detroit - Michael Zadoorian

#17 Tutu-I have to Second The Poacher's Son by, Paul Dioron-It was a Great Book!

Midnight Fires A Mystery with Mary Wollenstonecraft by, Nancy Means Wright

The Garden of Eve by, K.L. Going

Mornings in Jenin by, Susan Abulhawa

My choices for this month:

Fiction - Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris

Non-fiction - 'Too Much Anger, Too Many Tears: A Personal Triumph Over Psychiatry' by Janet and Paul Gotkin (no touchstone, link here)