These are the stand out reads of the year to date. I read more, but these are the ones I remember.
Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
Howards End - E. M. Forster
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (re-read) - J. K. Rowling
Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell
Jane Austen: A Life - Claire Tomalin
The Short Life and Long Times of Mrs. Beeton - Kathryn Hughes
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett
One Thousand Gifts - Ann Voskamp
The Postmistress - Sarah Blake
Lark Rise to Candleford - Flora Thompson
A Family's Affairs - Ellen Douglas