My 10 Best Reads of 2018

This is definitely one of the hardest decisions I've made all year:

Honorary mentions:
3. Pictures from Hopper for speaking to me (and being from an indie publisher)
2. Leverage in Death for being the 47th in the series and still fantastic
1. Nutshell for being narrated by a foetus



10. Still Alice
This one makes the cut for making me cry.


9. The Monogram Murders
I finally got round to reading this one, and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. This is the reason my tbr-list never gets any shorter; I read this one, and immediately added the next two to my to-read list.


8. Three Things About Elsie
I wasn't convinced this one would be able to live up to The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, but it definitely did. Joanna Cannon is definitely one to watch.


7. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
I loved everything about this book: its title, its gorgeous book cover, its main character, and its method of delivery. I also really enjoyed Today Will Be Different, so Maria Semple is another one to watch.


6. Americanah
This one deserves a place on the list for challenging my views about illegal immigrants.


5. Girl Waits with Gun
A new favourite series, based on the true story of the one of the first female deputy sheriffs in America.


4. War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad
This one just blew me away.


3. The Corrections
I can't resist literary fiction about a dysfunctional family, especially when its climax is one last family Christmas.


2. Blind Defence
This series is another new favourite (it starts with Summary Justice), for its focus on a defence barrister with a murder conviction.


1. Shakespeare: The Biography
This one gets first place, simply because I learnt so much from it.