Starting a new year is always a great time to look back and decide which books of the year were your favorites.  A book on everyone’s must read list is from an Alabama native, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars.  A favorite of the teen’s department, it was also named Time Magazine's best book of the year.  While not every book can be an award winner, here are a few books from the last year that we believe are worth reading and rereading.

After Eli by Rebecca Rupp
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo Lanagan
Burn for Burn by Jenny Han & Siobhan Vivian
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson
Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by Jordan Sonnenblick
The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron
Dodger by Terry Pratchett
Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Final Four by Paul Volponi
Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
Legacy of Tril: Soulbound by Heather Brewer
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
A Million Suns by Beth Revis
Mothership by Martin Leicht & Isla Neal
Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
One Shot Away: A Wrestling Story by T. Glen Coughlin
Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
A Soldier's Secret by Marissa Moss
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan
Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst