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Goodreads Staffers' Top Three Books of the Year
As we wrap up our 2018 Reading Challenge, we decided to ask our Goodreads coworkers a simple yet tough question: What were the top three books you read this year?
Oh, the angst we caused among our well-read colleagues as they whittled down their lists to just their top few books! But hopefully our picks will inspire additions to your Want to Read Shelf.
You'll notice that our reading habits run the gamut. But if you look carefully, you can see some office favorites emerge, including multiple picks of the true-crime page-turner I'll Be Gone in the Dark; Naomi Novik's fantasy retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, Spinning Silver; and Angie Thomas' bestselling young adult debut, The Hate U Give.
Now it's your turn! What are your top three books of the year? Share them with us in the comments!
Oh, the angst we caused among our well-read colleagues as they whittled down their lists to just their top few books! But hopefully our picks will inspire additions to your Want to Read Shelf.
You'll notice that our reading habits run the gamut. But if you look carefully, you can see some office favorites emerge, including multiple picks of the true-crime page-turner I'll Be Gone in the Dark; Naomi Novik's fantasy retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale, Spinning Silver; and Angie Thomas' bestselling young adult debut, The Hate U Give.
Now it's your turn! What are your top three books of the year? Share them with us in the comments!
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What are your three favorite books you read in 2018? Share them with us in the comments!
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Check out more recent articles:
Catch Up Now: These Big Series All Have Books Coming Out in 2019
Celebrate Your 2018 Year in Books!
The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Trends of 2018
Comments Showing 151-200 of 373 (373 new)
1) Educated Tara Westover
2) Nothing To Envy
3) Where the Crawdad's Sing
In no particular order:The Weight of Ink/Rachel Kadish
Calypso/David Sedaris
The Essex Serpent/Sarah Perry
Not in any particular order:Hijacking the Runway
Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, & Other Southern Specialties
One True Thing
Looks like poetry hasn’t registered as a genre on the collective reading pleasures of the goodreads staff.
Deb wrote: "How does one become a Goodread's Expert. I think that's my dream job."Apparently being a Michelle Obama sycophant helps.
1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Gawande, Atul 2. When Breath Becomes Air by Kalanithi, Paul
3. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Feynman, Richard
As Bright As HeavenUs Against You
Hillbilly Elegy
The Great Alone Kristen HannahThe Road Cormac McCarthy
In Order to Live Yeonmi Park
Boy Swallows UniverseEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The three favorite books that I read this year:The Feather Thief Kirk Wallace Johnson
Bad Blood
The Witch Elm Tana French (I am currently reading and loving it. I have read 250 pages- half- and will have finished it by year's end.)
Killing Commendatore by MurakamiWar & Peace by Tolstoy
Apostle by Bissell
1. A Gentleman in Moscow2. Tattooist of Auschwitz
3. Enchanted (Rene Denifeld)
4. The Mystery of Julia Episcopa
Sorry, I broke the rules and listed 4
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely FineAll the. Light You Cannot See
TransAtlantic
4.3.2.1 by Paul AsterLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenThe Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
1. The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani 2. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
3. Where the Wind Leads: A Refugee Family's Miraculous Story of Loss, Rescue, and Redemption by Vinh Chung
A place for us. The great alone. Both are my favorites.
News of the World - Paulette JilesGrace - Paul Lynch
How Not to Die - Dr. Michael Greger
My 3 favorite books this year:Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
Educated bt Tara Westover
1. Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan people - Elizabeth Fenn2. The $64 Tomato - Alexander William
3. Janesville: An American Story - Amy Goldstein
Bailey, Elizabeth Tova – The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
Deb wrote: "How does one become a Goodread's Expert. I think that's my dream job."My thoughts exactly!
1. Killers of the Flower Moon2. A Secret History
3. Witches of New York
Luisa wrote: "1. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Gawande, Atul 2. When Breath Becomes Air by Kalanithi, Paul
3. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Fe..."
"Being Mortal" was my 4th pick!
Birds Without Wings/Louis de BernieresI Shall Not Hate/Izzeldin Abuelaish
Against Our Better Judgement/Alison Weir
Fruit of the Drunken Tree-Ingrid Rojas ContrerasThe Lies of Locke Lamora-Scott Lynch
Six Wakes-Mur Lafferty
The Alice NetworkLilac Girls
Nevermoor The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Bridge of ClayThe Narrow Road to the Far North
The Seperation
Only three....Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
The Hate U Give
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
I read many of these choices and they were great books, just wish I could have read all of them to really see which ones were the best.
The Witch Elm by Tana FrenchEducated by Tara Westover
Wildfire by Anne Cleeves
The wicked deep, Need to know, and Woman in the window.
Little Fires Everywhere Before We Were Yours
The Hate U Give
I am Pilgrim - Terry HayesEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
A Ladder to the Sky - John Boyne
In no particular order:Trustee From The Toolroom
Nine Perfect Strangers
The Proud Tower
Jasmine wrote: "My top three favourite books that I read this year are:Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women, by Kate Moore
That Time I Loved You, by Car..."
the radium girls is the best book I read this year. Just behind that is I'll be Gone in the dark.
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo2. Speak: the graphic novel
3. A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
I can't pick just 3! So many good ones!The Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin Harmel
Educated by Tara Westover
The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
The Real Michael Swann by Bryan Reardon
The Last Mrs Parrish by Liv Constantine
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
My three favorite books read in 2018 are Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman, The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley, and The Pisces by Melissa Broder.
#1. To kill a mockingbird #2. Blue labyrinth
#3. A dangerous fortune
The book thief by Markus Zusak , Eldest by Christopher Paolini, Everland by Wendy Spinale
I saw many books listed I want to read and a good number I've read in past years. I liked these three excellent books:Kristin Harmel, The Room on Rue Amelie
Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen, An Anonymous Girl
Ben Reiter, Astroball: The New Way to Win it All
Washington Black - Esi EdugyanAs Bright as Heaven - Susan Meissner
The Vengeance of Mothers - Jim Fergus
So hard to choose! This year, it was:Chemistry, Weike Wang
Girls Burn Brighter, Shobha Rao
The Alice Network, Kate Quinn
There ThereThree Things About Elsie
Circe
Bridge Of Clay
(I read better than I count)
The Unorthodox Dr. Draper and other stories - William Browning Spencer
That Which Should Not Be - Brett J. Talley
He Who Walks in Shadow - Brett J. Talley