MR RIPLEY'S ENCHANTED BOOKS: FAVOURITE BOOKS 2013 - Children's/YA and Adult

                                   

2014 is officially on the horizon and Mr Ripley's Enchanted Books is coming to the end of yet another year. Around this festive time I like to take a trip down memory lane and highlight some of my favourite reads of 2013. 
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Mr Ripley's Favourite Adult Reads 2013: (in no order)
  • Brandon Sanderson - Steelheart - Published by Gollancz - 26, September 2013
  • Cherie Priest - The Inexplicables - Published by Tor 14, February 2013
  • Gareth Powell - Ack-Ack Macaque - Published by Solaris 3, January  2013
  • Samantha Shannon - The Bone Season - Published by Bloomsbury 20, August 2013
  • Joe Hill - NOS4R2 - Published by Gollancz - 31, October 2013

Mr Ripley's Favourite Children's/Young Adult Reads 2013: (in no order)
  • SF Said and Dave McKean - Phoenix - Published by David Fickling - 1, August 2013
  • Brandon Sanderson - The Rithmatist - Published by Orion - 23, May 2013
  • Ian Johnstone - The Bell Between Worlds - Published by HarperCollins - 6, June 2013
  • Andy Mulligan - The Boy with Two Heads - Published by David Fickling - 6, June 2103
  • John Connolly + Jennifer Ridyard - Conquest - Published by Headline - 26, September 2013
  • Oisin McGann - Rat Runners - Published by Corgi - 7, March 2013
  • Rhys A Jones - The Obsidian Pebble - Published by Spencer Hill Press - 29, October 2013
  • Emerald Fennell - Shiverton Hall - Published by Bloomsbury - 3, January 2013 
  • Chris Riddell - Goth Girl: and the Ghost of a Mouse - Published by Macmillan - 12, September 2013
  • Ashley Miller + Jack Stentz - Colin Fischer - Published by Puffin - 7, February 2013
  • Andrew Lane - Lost Worlds - Published by Macmillan - 25, April 2013
  • Michelle Paver - The Burning Shadow - Published by Puffin - 1, August 2013
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all (readers, authors, illustrators and publishers) for your support in 2013. I'd like to wish you all a great Christmas and a wonderful start to the New Year.

Comments

Ian Johnstone said…
Thanks Vincent for a great year on the blog and for the support - it's hugely appreciated, particularly as one starting out in the world of words. Have a great Christmas break and here's wishing you and Enchanted Books all the very best for 2014.
Anonymous said…
And a Happy Christmas to you too! Got Goth Girl waiting for me and although I don't have many days off this Xmas I WILL be making time to finally settle and enjoy :)

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