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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
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The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schultz, Marcelo in the Real World, Educated by Tara Westover. Honorary Mention: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States.
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Becoming! by Michelle ObamaThe Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The Great Alone The Wife Between Us
Dream Land
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark SullivanThe Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Hard to pick just 3. My picks are:The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
1. Sea Prayer/Khaled Hosseini2. Less/Andrew Greer
3. Future Home of the Living God/Louise Erdrich
The Bear and the NightingaleThe Song of Achilles
Where the Crawdads Sing
Also, Kingdom of the Blind (Inspector Gamache) and Island of the Mad (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes) from two series that I adore.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption When the Moon is Low
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
My top threeEducated by Tara Westover
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Becoming by Michelle Obama
My three favorite books from 2018 (in no particular order):Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
My top 3:The Great Alone
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Red Notice by Bill BrowderThe Tyranny of Good Intentions by Paul Craig Roberts
Good Profit by Charles Koch
Surprised The Library Book isn't on anyone's list.
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost WorldSymptoms of Being Human
Before We Were Yours
The Secrets Between Us.Kingdom of the Blind.
The Great Alone.
Things You Save In a FireThe Silent Wife
Amanda's Wedding
The Book Thief. The Good Earth Trilogy. Gardner of Bagdad
The Break (Katherena Vermette)All We Leave Behind (Carol Off)
Seven afallen Feathers (Tanya Talaga)
The Great AloneLittle Fires Everywhere
Where the Crawdads Sing
Kristen Hanna's " The Great Alone"Amor Towles' "A Gentleman in Moscow
Elizabeth Bernard's "Temptation Rag"
All three great reads
Meg
The Redhaired woman, Orhan PamukThe Only Story, Julian Barnes
Flights of love, Bernhard Schlink
Becoming - Michelle ObamaThe Witch Elm - Tana French
Educated - Tara Westover
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Heart of Betrayal by Mary Pearson
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine - The truth about Melody Browne - Burial Rites
Rod Judkins The art of creative thinking, Stuart Wilde: The silent power, Florence Scovel S.: The power of spoken word
1. The Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin2. Human Acts by Han Kang (not finished yet, but what a book!)
3. Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
The Ocean at the End of the LaneThe Underground Railroad
11/22/63
the great alone, little fires everywhere, the seven husbands of evelyn hugo
2018The White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht about the Korean "comfort women" is one of the most memorable and compelling books I have read in years.
Eleanor Oliphant is another excellent book.
The Last Days of Night by Graham MooreThe Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Absolutist by John Boyne
1) Tell Me No Lies, John Pilger2) The Pacific War (1931 - 45), Saburo Ienaga
3) The Mission Song, John Le Carre
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Palomino Blonde, Ted Allbeury
The Ghost, Robert Harris
The Spies of the Balkans, Alan Furst
4 Stars:
Call Me Irresistible
Silver Silence
Spring Forward
1 - Damaged Goods2 - The Undead 2: The Fort
3 - Extracted
I could put at least 6 as my favourites, but here are just 3 of them:Warlight - Michael Ondaatje
A Train in Winter - Caroline Moorhead
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesMonash and Chauvel by Roland Perry
Three Women of Liverpool by Helen Forrester.
Three Things about Elsie by Joanna CannonHappiness by Aminatta Forna
The Dandelion Years by Erica James
Well for me two absolute best (inEnglish I mean, this is not for French literature): 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' and 'The Death of Mrs Westaway'. If I can add a third one I'd choose 'A Gentleman in Moscow' but I''m not sure of the publication date.
My three favorite books of the year were :Clock Dance by Anne Tyler
The Frozen Hours by Jeff Shaara
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
Before They Were Yours, Whisling Past the Graveyard, When the Crawdads Sing.
How to Be Both by Ali SmithWhite Tears by Hari Kunzru
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensBefore We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo
Solange wrote: "Well for me two absolute best (inEnglish I mean, this is not for French literature): 'Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' and 'The Death of Mrs Westaway'. If I can add a third one I'd choose 'A Gentleman in Moscow' but I''m not sure of the publication date."I don't think publication date matters -- I understood this to be the best books we read this year, not the best books of 2018.
Where’d Ya Go Bernadette. Woman In the Window and Digging Deep
