Obligatory Books Post

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Stole this from litlover12.

Below (in chronological order of my reading them) are the books to which I gave five stars this year on Goodreads.

*Signing Their Lives Away by Denise Kiernan
*The Sisters Who Would Be Queen: Mary, Katherine, and Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Tragedy by Leanda de Lisle
*The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi by Neal Bascomb
*Sense and Sensibility: An Annotated Edition by Jane Austen, Patricia Meyer Spacks
*Journey by Aaron Becker
*Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle
*A Tale of Two Castles by Gail Carson Levine
*Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella by Jan Brett
*Priceless Gifts: A Folktale from Italy by Martha Hamilton
*Fandango Stew by David Davis
*Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln and the Dawn of Liberty by Tonya Bolden
*Locomotive by Brian Floca
*The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea by Tony Johnston
*Cinderella by Sarah L. Thomson
*Vasilisa the Beautiful by Thomas P. Whitney
*The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin
*Mouseton Abbey: The Missing Diamond by Nick Page
*The Fairy-Tale Princess: Seven Classic Stories from the Enchanted Forest by Wendy Jones
*Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes
*The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher by Molly Bang
*Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me by Daniel Beaty
*Gone in a Heartbeat: Our Daughters Died... Our Faith Endures by David Works, Dean Merrill
*Everybody Paints! The Lives and Art of the Wyeth Family by Susan Goldman Rubin
*Mythmaker: The Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, Creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by Anne E. Neimark
*The Desperate Adventures of Zeno and Alya by Jane Kelley
*Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein
*Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music by Ana Gerhard
*Truly, We Both Loved Beauty Dearly!: The Story of Sleeping Beauty as Told by the Good and Bad Fairies by Trisha Speed Shaskan
*Henrietta Who? by Catherine Aird
*The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
*A Going Concern by Catherine Aird
*Red Riding Hood Gets Lost by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
*Princess and the Pea by Xanthe Gresham
*Really, Rapunzel Needed a Haircut!: The Story of Rapunzel as Told by Dame Gothel by Jessica S. Gunderson
*Into the Deep: One Man's Story of How Tragedy Took His Family But Could Not Take His Faith by Robert T. Rogers
*Rapunzel: Based on the Original Story by the Brothers Grimm by Sarah Gibb
*Behind the Scenes at Downton Abbey by Emma Rowley
*The Arabian Nights by Wafa' Tarnowska
*Return to the Willows by Jacqueline Kelly
*Prophet on the Run: A Devotional Commentary on the Book of Jonah by Baruch Maoz
*Malachi: A Prophet in Times of Despair: A Devotional Commentary by Baruch Maoz
*Philadelphia: A 300-Year History by Russell F. Weigley
*The Lie: Evolution by Ken Ham
*The Best of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
*The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich
*Great Books of the Christian Tradition by Terry W. Glaspey
*Peter and the Sword of Mercy by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
*Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
*A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken
*The Public Library: A Photographic Essay by Robert Dawson
*Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard
*The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century by Scott Miller
*The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
*Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Cynthia Rylant
*Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 by Ernest L. Thayer, Christopher Bing
*The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
*The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham
*The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
*Firefly July A Year of Very Short Poems by Paul B. Janeczko
*William Shakespeare's: The Winter's Tale by Bruce Coville
*William Shakespeare's: The Tempest by Bruce Coville
*The White House Is Burning: August 24, 1814 by Jane Sutcliffe
*Fly Away by Patricia MacLachlan
*The Girl with a Brave Heart: A Tale from Tehran by Rita Jahanforuz
*In the Palace of the Ocean King by Marilyn Singer
*The Princess Who Had No Kingdom by Ursula Jones
*Northanger Abbey: An Annotated Edition by Jane Austen, Susan J. Wolfson
*Jane Austen Cover to Cover: 200 Years of Classic Book Covers by Margaret C. Sullivan
*Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M. Hoose

And the runners-up: the books to which I gave four stars.

*Mei Ping And The Silver Shoes: A Chinese Cinderella Story by Margaret Wade
*Happily Ever After: The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart by Trista Sutter
*Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the American People by Albert Marrin
*The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Official Movie Guide by Brian Sibley
*The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
*Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland by Sally M. Walker
*Lincoln Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life by Martin W. Sandler
*The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us by Tanya Lee Stone
*Kennedy Through the Lens by Martin W. Sandler
*Imprisoned: The Betrayal of Japanese Americans during World War II by Martin W. Sandler
*Signing Their Rights Away by Denise Kiernan
*Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation by Scott Farris
*Among the Janeites: A Journey Through the World of Jane Austen Fandom by Deborah Yaffe
*Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry
*The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin by Donna Jo Napoli
*Mistaken Identity: Two Families, One Survivor, Unwavering Hope by Don Van Ryn, Susie Van Ryn
*Cinderelephant by Emma Dodd
*A Story, a Story by Gail E. Haley
*One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie
*Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World by Sid Fleischman
*The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch, Herm Auch
*Witch Who Wanted to Be Princess by Lois G. Grambling
*Cinderella by Michèle Marineau
*And If I Perish by Evelyn M. Monahan, Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee
*Mary Engelbreit's Fairy Tales: Twelve Timeless Treasures by Mary Engelbreit
*Heir of the Forgotten Realm by Michael J. Svigel
*Russian Magic Tales from Pushkin to Platonov by Robert Chandler
*Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens by Robert Gottlieb
*The Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. Baker
*Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America by Tonya Bolden
*The King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts
*Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl by Tonya Bolden
*Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman
*Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
*Such a Prince by Dan Bar-el
*No Kidding, Mermaids Are a Joke!: The Story of the Little Mermaid as Told by the Prince by Nancy Loewen
*Cinderella Stays Late by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
*The Mysterious Case of Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys by Carole Kismaric, Marvin Heiferman
*Frankly, I Never Wanted to Kiss Anybody!: The Story of the Frog Prince as Told by the Frog by Nancy Loewen
*Shakespeare for Dummies by John Doyle
*The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries by Otto Penzler
*Honestly, Red Riding Hood Was Rotten! by Trisha Speed Shaskan
*Death of a Mystery Writer by Robert Barnard
*The Swimming Pool by Mary Roberts Rinehart
*A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh
*A Woman in the House (and Senate): How Women Came to the United States Congress, Broke Down Barriers, and Changed the Country by Ilene Cooper
*Sherlock Holmes for Dummies by Steven Doyle, David A. Crowder
*The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume
*The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart
*How They Choked: Failures, Flops, and Flaws of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg
*The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic Gold by Joy Goodwin
*Walt Disney's Cinderella by Cynthia Rylant
*Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln by Lynda Jones
*Wild Women of the Wild West by Jonah Winter
*Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska's WWII Invasion by Samantha Seiple
*Unlocking the Spell by E.D. Baker
*Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys by Kitty Kelley
*The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War by Daniel Stashower
*Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles, America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone
*Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones
*Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
*Snow White Lucks Out by Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams
*The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy L. Sayers
*Imperfect Presidents: Tales of Misadventure and Triumph by Jim Culllen
*Crowns In A Changing World: British And European Monarchies 1901-36 by John Van der Kiste
*Peter and the Shadow Thieves by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson
*William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
*William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher
*Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz: The Tragic Love Story of Queen Victoria's Eldest Daughter and the German Emperor by John Van der Kiste
*48 Liberal Lies About American History by Larry Schweikart
*Edward VII's Children by John Van der Kiste
*The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
*The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
*George V's Children by John Van der Kiste
*Catfish Tale: A Bayou Story of the Fisherman and His Wife by Whitney Stewart
*Moon Princess by Ralph F. McCarthy
*Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Lauren Child
*Thumbelina by Sindy McKay
*Jack and the Beanstalk by John Cech
*Classical Music for Dummies by David Pogue, Scott Speck
*The Bravest Princess by E.D. Baker
*Death of a Ghost by Margery Allingham
*The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra by Helen Rappaport
*Flowers for the Judge by Margery Allingham
*As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
*Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham
*Quest by Aaron Becker
*William Shakespeare’s: Hamlet by Bruce Coville
*William Shakespeare's: Macbeth by Bruce Coville
*Hi, Koo! by Jon J. Muth
*Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell
*Last Seen Alive by Dorothy Simpson
*Anna's Book by Barbara Vine
*Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by Andrea Warren
*A Young Dancer's Apprenticeship: On Tour with the Moscow City Ballet by Olympia Dowd
*The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke
*Lord Peter by Dorothy L. Sayers
*Little Red Riding Boots: A Once Upon the West Fairy Tale by Erin Zwiener
*The Snow Queen by Bagram Ibatoulline, Hans Christian Andersen