Everything I Read in 2018
January 16, 2019 / Books
As the daughter of a librarian, I am a proud reader of fiction, memoir, poetry, non-fiction, YA and children’s books. In 2018, I read more than I have any other year. In total, I read 74 books! I love seeing what other people have been reading, so I wanted to share my favorites of the year with you.
I chose to break this list into two categories (fiction and non-fiction), and rank them in order of my favorites, to my least favorites. Hard task, I know! To keep it shorter, I am not listing a description of each book, but Goodreads is a great resource to learn more about each book listed in this post. In addition, I included links to additional reviews I have written for a selection of the books.
Keep reading for a list of 53 of the books I read in 2018, ranked!
Fiction
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
- The Mothers
- Stay With Me
- And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
- The Last Mrs. Parrish
- Sing, Unburied, Sing
- Where’d you go, Bernadette?
- The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
- Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore
- Into the Water
- Today Will Be Different
- The Kitchen House
- Annihilation
- History of Wolves
- The Hate U Give
- The Rosie Project
- Modern Lovers
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
- Everything, Everything
- Faithful
- A Spark Of Light
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Exit West
- The Ostrich and Other Things
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- They Both Die At The End
- Turtles All The Way Down
- A Christmas Carol
- Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
- The Old Man and the Sea
- The Catcher in the Rye
Non-Fiction
- We Should All Be Feminists
- Imagine: How Creativity Works
- Daring Greatly
- Rework
- Chasing Slow
- Your Best Year Ever
- The Simplified Life
- Look Both Ways
- Dear Ijeawele, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
- Creative Confidence
- Barracoon
- O’s Little Guide to the Big Questions
- Make Good Art
- It’s Beautiful Here
- The Last Lecture
- Tuesday’s with Morrie
- Man’s Search For Meaning
- The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up
- Dear Madam President
- Make Your Bed
- A Short Guide to a Long Life
- Things Are What You Make Of Them
There you have it! On each list, I would say 1-10 are must-reads and the rest you could give a shot….or not. For 2019, I am two books in: Becoming (Michelle Obama) and Wild (Cheryl Strayed). Looking forward to another great year of reading.