My favourites from 2013:
Books
Best of the year: also most satisfying series wrap-up:
- A Memory of Light, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Most satisfying mystery, and very close to best of the year:
- How the Light Gets In, by Louise Penny
Most can’t-wait-to-read-the-next-one mystery:
- Speaking from Among the Bones, by Alan Bradley
Most life-changing (fiction):
- The Merciful Scar, by Rebecca St. James and Nancy Rue
Most life-changing (non-fiction):
- A Better Way to Think, by H. Norman Wright
Most satisfying science fiction (and action):
- Star Wars: Scoundrels, by Timothy Zahn
Most satisfying fantasy novel:
- The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
Most satisfying speculative fiction:
- Mask, by Kerry Nietz
Most satisfying historical:
- God’s Daughter, by Heather Day Gilbert
Most laugh-inducing:
- Sinking Deeper, by Steve Vernon
Most personally helpful writing how-to:
- Virtual Book Tours: Effective Online Book Promotion From the Comfort of Your Own Home, by Jo Linsdell
Blogs
Most life-changing posts:
- The One Question You Need for Each Day [Carolyn Watts at Hearing the Heartbeat hearingtheheartbeat.com]
- Four Steps to Finding True Rest [Ginny Jaques at Something About the Joy something-about-the-joy.blogspot.ca]