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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!
Check out more recent articles:
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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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Dec 23, 2018 11:23AM
Eleanor Oliphant, Educated, and I’ll Be Gone In the Dark.
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah--excellent!! Just one Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor started me--and my husband--on her delightful series of time tripping historians
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom --so good I gave each of my three friends a copy for our gift exchange.
It was definitely hard to choose, which was a nice dilemma--so many good books!
This year I really enjoyed reading: The President is MissingThe Wednesday Wars, and Becoming!
(Current favorites!). Your list was fascinating & I definitely added some titles to my To Read list for 2019. Thank you!
The Kitchen HouseThe Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Cuckoo Song
A brief history of everyone who ever lived by Adam Rutherford; The universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence; Scrublands by Chris Hammer
Monk of Mohka Spinoza the Outcast Thinker
Pollan 's Change Minds.
Hard to pick 3.
mine are:3. Since You’ve Been Gone
2. An Ember in the Ashes
1. The Sun is Also a Star
Sometimes I Lie, Everyone Knows You Go Home, and The Broken Girls
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
tear me apart the great alone
as bright as heaven
The GoldfinchNext Year in Havana
The Leavers
The Tangled TreeShe Has Her Mother's Laugh
Jade City
Children of Blood and BoneEscaping From Houdini
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor TowlesBeartown - Fredrik Backman
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
The Martian, Ready Player One, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The book thief, out of my mind, the wolf wilder
Way tough stopping at only three. I have some candidates for favorite books read in 2018, but they are 2019 release, so will save those for next year, and stick, here, with 2018 releases. My absolute favorite book of the year was a non-fiction
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Not in any order of preference
Only Killers and Thieves
Circe
Educated
Sorry, could not reduce it to three.
In no particular order: The Campaigns of Napoleon by David G. Chandler, Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu, and Siddhartha By Hermann Hesse.
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...Moon Called https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Some Kind of Happiness https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
The Hate U GiveAmerican Wolf
Killers of the Flower Moon
A cor da coragem: A guerra de um menino: O diário de Julian Kulski na Segunda Guerra Mundial; The Nightingale; The Good Earth
A People’s History of Chicago by Kevin CovalThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan
There There by Tommy Orange
Of the 56 great books I read this year, it's difficult to pick just 3 butEvery Note Played by Lisa Genova
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Nightingale By Hannah Kristin
My 3 favorites of 2018The Great AloneWhy We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and DreamsLittle Fires Everywhere
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies of a Silicon Valley Startup - CarreyouBorn a Crime - Noah
The Heart's Invisible Furies - Boyne
My top 3 this year:A Gentleman in Moscow by Armor Towles
A Dog's Way Home by Bruce Cameron
Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain
The Mark of the Lion Trilogy by Francine RiversUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Sold on Monday by Kristina McMorris
None are new.... I'm way behind. But loved these three: Gilead/Robinson; Eventide/Haruf; The Handmaid's Tale/Atwood
My three favorite books:Oil and Marble by Stephanie Storey
These Is My Words by Nancy E Turner
The Rent Collector by Camron Wright
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..."
Fully agree with Scarborough! Simply amazing
Daniel wrote: "Kimberley wrote: "A Tree Grows in BrooklynThe Hate U Give
The Elegance of the Hedgehog"
Why aren't more people reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn? Wow, what a masterpiece. Seems like we should read..."
I totally second your thoughts on A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I'd loved the movie for ages and finally thought that I really should read the book. And, boy, am I glad I did.
Star of the North by D.B. JohnThe Fox by Frederick Forsyth
The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille
The Great AloneThe Arrangement
This is How It Always Is
It was a disappointing year of reading for me in that I didn't give out many 5-star ratings despite reading more books than ever. My three best reads this year were:Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani
The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan
The best books I read this year weren't published this year; they were older books.I dislike the publishing industry pandering to popular trends. If any of the books published in 2018 are truly worthwhile, they will still be read and discussed in the years to come. I'll let the passage of time sort the chaff from the wheat. Then I'll read them.
In no particular order: Paula Munier "A Borrowing of Bones"Robin Yockum "Perfect Shot"
1. Wolf War by Bernard Cornwell2. The Fold by Peter Clines
3. A Time of Dread John Gwynne
Little Fires EverywhereThe Great Alone
The Sympathizer
Georgina wrote: "The best books I read this year weren't published this year; they were older books.I dislike the publishing industry pandering to popular trends. If any of the books published in 2018 are truly w..."
It's about what were the best books that you read this year, not what books were published and read this year. They certainly can be older books that you read.
So many great books this year but my three are easy to choose: Call Me By Your Name, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Romantic Outlaws.
The Girl From Blind River, MasseyA Painted House, Grisham
Lay It On My Heart, Pneuman
