Top Ten Tuesday: Best Books I Read in 2018
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!
This week’s TTT topic is Best Books I Read in 2018. This was a tough list to put together, as you’ll see by the fact that I’ve given you my Top 13 because I couldn’t narrow to just 10 favorites. The way I picked my favorites was to start on Goodreads and see how many books I had given 5 star (or 4.5 rounded up to 5) reviews to. I had quite a few more than 10, so then I narrowed from there by selecting the books that resonated the most with me. Those were the ones I’m still thinking about even if it has been months since I read them and they’re also the ones that I tend to recommend most to fellow readers. Also, not all of these were published in 2018. At least two of these were backlist reads that I loved.
Anyway, here’s my list. Happy New Year, everyone! Here’s to a great reading year for us all in 2019!
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Best Books I Read in 2018
(in no particular order)
THE WINTER OF THE WITCH by Katherine Arden
MUSE OF NIGHTMARES by Laini Taylor
THE GREAT ALONE by Kristin Hannah
THE CRUEL PRINCE by Holly Black
LETTERS TO THE LOST by Brigid Kemmerer
THE DREAM DAUGHTER by Diane Chamberlain
CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE by Tomi Adeyemi
INTO THE BLACK NOWHERE by Meg Gardiner
ONCE UPON A RIVER by Diane Setterfield
GIRL MADE OF STARS by Ashley Herring Blake
THE LAST TIME I LIED by Riley Sager
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