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! 

1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
2. The Mothers
3. Stay With Me
4. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
5. The Last Mrs. Parrish
6. Sing, Unburied, Sing
7. Where’d you go, Bernadette?
8. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
9. Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore
10. Into the Water
11. Today Will Be Different
12. The Kitchen House
13. Annihilation
14. History of Wolves
15. The Hate U Give
16. The Rosie Project
17. Modern Lovers
18. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
19. Everything, Everything
20. Faithful
21. A Spark Of Light
22. Little Fires Everywhere
23. Exit West
24. The Ostrich and Other Things
25. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
26. They Both Die At The End
27. Turtles All The Way Down
28. A Christmas Carol
29. Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
30. The Old Man and the Sea
31. The Catcher in the Rye

1. We Should All Be Feminists
2. Imagine: How Creativity Works
3. Daring Greatly
4. Rework 
5. Chasing Slow
6. Your Best Year Ever
7. The Simplified Life
8. Look Both Ways
9. Dear Ijeawele, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
10. Creative Confidence
11. Barracoon
12. O’s Little Guide to the Big Questions
13. Make Good Art
14. It’s Beautiful Here
15. The Last Lecture
16. Tuesday’s with Morrie
17. Man’s Search For Meaning
18. The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up
19. Dear Madam President
20. Make Your Bed
21. A Short Guide to a Long Life
22. 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. Share your favorites of 2018 with us below!