We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.
This week’s topic is a: Thanksgiving/Thankful Freebie
For this year’s thankful freebie, I’m shining the spotlight on ten books I’m thankful to have read this year. Once I started browsing through my read list, it was surprisingly hard to pick ten… I love when a book makes me glad to be thankful to be a reader because that means I get to experience the wonder of the writing, world, characters, etc. There’s no better feeling! 😍
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
A Man Called Ove by Frederik Backman
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
What books have you read this year that made you feel thankful to be a reader?
dinipandareads 
The Tainted Cup looks interesting.
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It was so good! 😊
Also, I just wanted to say that I was able to access your blog on Tuesday but I wasn’t able to post a comment. And when I just tried clicking the link you shared now, it says that I’m blocked 🥺 Not quite sure why but it’s been happening for quite a while actually!
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I absolutely love A Natural History of Dragons (that whole series is a delight) and A Man Called Ove! And I really need to get around to reading Masquerade this year. Anything by Diana Wynne Jones makes me grateful to be a reader 🙂
Here is my TTT: https://thissideofstoryland.blogspot.com/2025/11/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-thanksgiving-tag.html
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I’ve only just read to the second book now but I am enjoying it a lot. It’s very cosy and fantastical and Isabelle is such a wonderful character. Love following her (mis)adventures 🙂 I hope you enjoy Masquerade! I feel like I don’t see anyone talk about that book but I was pleasantly surprised by it (despite it definitely being more historical and light on the fantasy). I hope you enjoy it if you get around to it 🙂
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That’s good to know, and actually makes me want to read it more, as I’ve been getting more into historical fiction lately!
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I loved The Tainted Cup and can’t wait to read the Sword of Kaigen!
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I can’t wait to continue with the next book in the series cos The Tainted Cup was just as amazing as everyone said it would be. I hope you love Sword of Kaigen—that one emotionally slayed me! 😅
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Ove will always have a special place in my heart. The Thursday Murder Club is there too.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
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Yes! Both books are so wonderful and I’m so glad I read them this year 💜
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I know the books by Richard Osman are really well liked, but I’ve never read any. Maybe someday I need to take a closer look (I’ll just add it to the mental list of all the other books I’m curious about! ;D).
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Hehe, if you do ever get around to checking the series out, I hope you love it. It’s so wonderful 💜
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There are so many great books out there! I love The Thursday Murder Club series. I’ve got the last one to read (but I am getting it for Christmas so it’s a next year’s read 😂)
Have a great week!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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I’ve actually got the last one to read as well and I’m looking forward to it! I hope you enjoy it next year! 😉
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Thank you. I hope you enjoy it too!
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Loved A Natural History of Dragons, A Man Called Ove & Dungeon Crawler Carl! I’ve heard so many good things about The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, it’s on my TBR.
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Aah, I hope you love it, Louise! It is so good and I’m shocked by how much I loved it because it’s so outside of my normal reads. That might’ve made me love it even more though 😍
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Aw this list is so wholesome, and it’s lovely to have so many books you’re thankful for that it’s hard to pick! Though you did a great job, it’s such a varied list 🖤!
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Thanks, Veros! I don’t think my reads are generally this varied but I think that’s why I love this reading year so much. I’m stepping outside of my norm and (clearly) finding wins doing so, hehe 💜
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Awesome list!
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Thank you!
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A few of these are on my TBR (A Man Called Ove, Dungeon Crawler Carl, The Tainted Cup) and now I want to read them even more!
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I hope you love them when you get to them, Lindsey! 😍
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I read Say Nothing and Buffalo Hunter Hunter this year too. Both are so good and yes, I am thankful they were written so I could read them and learn new information.
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I’m so glad that I finally read them as well 🙂
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We both read a Fredrik Backman book this year!
My TTT: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/11/25/top-ten-tuesday-duologies/
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I am always thankful for Fredrik Backman!
The Last Devil to Die kinda broke me. Like it was so good but that book devastated me.
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I definitely need to read more of him soon! Thankful to have so much of his backlist to explore 😂
The Last Devil to Die defo broke me. Oh, the TEARS! 😭 Hit so hard and good, lol.
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I truly need to read The Sword of Kaigen, I have heard so many great things about it!
My TTT: https://www.romantasylife.com/2025/11/christmas-books-to-read-during-holiday.html
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It honestly took me ages to get to as well but I was so glad when I finally did. I hope you love it whenever you get to it 🙂
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A MAN CALLED OVE is one of my all-time favorite books. I’m glad you love it, too!
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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It’s so good—I can definitely see why! I think it might make my own list as well 🙂
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I am so glad to see Ove on here!!! I have loved and adored 7/10 of these and that’s no surprise! I can’t wait to start seeing everyone’s lists. I am going to struggle because I’ve read over 200 books and have so many that I loved and adored. Dungeon Crawler Carl will be on so many lists too!! Yay, for an amazing year of reading!!
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Yaah, I’m so glad that I finally read it! 😂 You’ve read soo many books this year—I can’t even imagine choosing from that many. I’m so glad we read DCC together this year and I can’t wait to re-read and continue it next year! 💜 I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see it on multiple lists this year. I think it was a massively great surprise for all of us, lol.
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Yes, DCC was such a surprise to everyone, even Matt! I am so excited to jump back into the world and re-read these at a slower pace. I am thinking of annotating this time. I do think it’s going to be on soooo many lists! haha.
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Nice list, Dini. I’ve only read a couple of these, but thanks for the reminder, as I still have to read Masquerade.
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I hope you enjoy it when you get to it, Carla! Happy reading 🙂
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Ooh, great list! I still need to read A Natural History of Dragons. And while I enjoyed (loved) The Tainted Cup for some reason I just haven’t gotten around to reading its sequel yet. Hopefully soon!
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I wanted to dive straight into the sequel of Tainted Cup but I think I’ll be buddy reading it at some point next year. I can’t wait. I hope we both love it as much as TTC 😍 I also hope you love History of Dragons—it is so good!
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I was just looking at some Becky Chambers books this morning. Still long waits at the library, but I will read one someday.
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Oh bummer, but the long wait is definitely for good reason. They are amazing books 🙂 I hope you do manage to get your hands on a book by Chambers soon!
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The Tainted Cup is one of my favorites from this year too; I’m glad I picked it up on a whim!
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It is so freaking good and I can’t wait to continue with the next book in the series 😍
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Love this! I’m so glad we buddy read Sword of Kaigen, even if you ended up loving it a little more than me. I still really need to pick up The Tainted Cup, and you put A Natural History of Dragons on my radar, so looking forward to that one too 🙂
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