Books have always been a big part of the holidays for my family. I've already put aside carefully chosen volumes for my sons, and am looking out for some to save for my own reading in the lull between Christmas and New Year festivities. If you're also a fan-atic reader, look over our recommendations of the best of BookLoons 2014 reading below (limited to 3 per genre). These are mainly hardcovers - find rave reads most likely published in paperback in 2014 in our Recommended Reads 2013.

FICTION
Contemporary	Fantasy	Historical
Bingo's Run Ghana Must Go Monday, Monday	The Emperor's Blades Tower Lord Words of Radiance	All the Light We Cannot See I Shall Be Near to You Under the Wide and Starry Sky
Mystery	Mystery - Cozy	Mystery - International
Everyone Lies The Secret Place Windigo Island	The Axe Factor Hounded Tiger Shrimp Tango	The Marco Effect The Son Water Rat of Wanchai
Mystery - Thriller	Horror	Romance
Missing You Peter Pan Must Die Suspicion	Red Rising Runner The Shotgun Arcana	Deeper Than Need Visions Written in My Own Heart's Blood
SF
The Cusanus Game Hurricane Fever Lock In
NON-FICTION
Biography	General	Travel
Ethel Merman, Mother Teresa...and Me Rebel Yell Under Magnolia	Unretirement Wild Things! Zoom	A Field Guide to Happiness Train While the Gods Were Sleeping
TEENS
YA Contemporary	YA Fantasy	YA Non-Fiction
Julian Pieces of Me Road Rash	EXO Shadows The Winner's Curse	How the Beatles Changed the World Pure Grit Taking Flight
KIDS
Giant Vehicles The Story of Buildings Yoko Finds Her Way
Find more book gift suggestions in our many previous Holiday Columns. And if we missed any of your own 2014 favorites, please write and tell us about them.
All of us at BookLoons wish you and yours the best of times, the happiest of holidays, and a joyous, healthy, prosperous and peaceful 2015!!