Here are my 10 favourite books that I've read this year so far! A new video is up on my YouTube channel discussing why these are so special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=764cINHF94k

I've read around 60 titles so far this year and many have been excellent, but these stories all made a big impact, got me thinking, made me want to learn more about their subject matter and were examples of brilliantly engaging storytelling.

From a plot of New England land populated by ghosts over the centuries to three Jewish boys travelling through an increasingly surreal landscape to a cherry farmer reflecting on an early love affair to a newly formed family in Shanghai to a sensitive Libyan man locked into a limbo existence in London to a search for consoling barren landscapes to a daring production of Shakespeare in the West Bank to a trans woman's coming of age in 80s/90s Spain to a runaway slave's quest for independence and his family to a dark and bizarre fishing excursion which leads to a tense beach dance. All these tales were so immersive and resonated with me personally.

Have you read any of these books? Are you interested in reading any you haven't? What are the best books you've read so far this year? I'd love to hear all your thoughts.