Best Literature of 2018

1.
Only Killers and Thieves (Billy McBride #1)
Only Killers and Thieves (Billy McBride #1) 4.03 avg rating — 4,054 ratings
2.
Warlight
Warlight 3.60 avg rating — 46,238 ratings
2.
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 3.61 avg rating — 524,580 ratings
4.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,503 ratings
5.
The Overstory
The Overstory 4.12 avg rating — 185,935 ratings
6.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,284 ratings
7.
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden 3.94 avg rating — 9,291 ratings
8.
A Ladder to the Sky
A Ladder to the Sky 4.20 avg rating — 39,627 ratings
9.
A Shout in the Ruins
A Shout in the Ruins 3.64 avg rating — 1,449 ratings
10.
The Incendiaries
The Incendiaries
by: R.O. Kwon
3.21 avg rating — 25,022 ratings
11.
The Italian Teacher
The Italian Teacher 3.66 avg rating — 7,727 ratings
12.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 4.41 avg rating — 276,358 ratings
13.
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels
The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels 4.26 avg rating — 15,724 ratings
14.
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,875 ratings
15.
The Shepherd's Hut
The Shepherd's Hut 4.05 avg rating — 11,266 ratings
16.
The Winter Soldier
The Winter Soldier 3.99 avg rating — 17,141 ratings
17.
Florida
Florida 3.77 avg rating — 34,594 ratings
18.
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics 4.27 avg rating — 82,438 ratings
19.
The Mars Room
The Mars Room 3.44 avg rating — 46,832 ratings
20.
West
West 3.71 avg rating — 6,397 ratings
21.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
My Sister, the Serial Killer 3.65 avg rating — 332,363 ratings
22.
You Think It, I'll Say It
You Think It, I'll Say It 3.64 avg rating — 43,718 ratings
23.
Country Dark
Country Dark 4.11 avg rating — 2,839 ratings
24.
Ohio
Ohio 3.88 avg rating — 14,916 ratings
25.
Kudos
Kudos 3.88 avg rating — 15,802 ratings
26.
The Baghdad Clock: Winner of the Edinburgh First Book Award
The Baghdad Clock: Winner of the Edinburgh First Book Award 3.55 avg rating — 2,750 ratings
27.
Jell-O Girls: A Family History
Jell-O Girls: A Family History 3.12 avg rating — 3,959 ratings
28.
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon 4.53 avg rating — 11,264 ratings
28.
The Book of Essie
The Book of Essie 3.90 avg rating — 32,490 ratings
30.
Song of a Captive Bird
Song of a Captive Bird 4.21 avg rating — 6,045 ratings
30.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating — 3,478,939 ratings
32.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating — 1,160,492 ratings
32.
The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating — 1,075,446 ratings
34.
Cherry
Cherry 3.48 avg rating — 20,987 ratings
35.
Lost Empress
Lost Empress 3.71 avg rating — 561 ratings
36.
The Third Hotel
The Third Hotel 3.22 avg rating — 4,820 ratings
37.
White Houses
White Houses
by: Amy Bloom
3.34 avg rating — 19,920 ratings
38.
Our Kind of Cruelty
Our Kind of Cruelty 3.39 avg rating — 17,781 ratings
39.
Paris Echo
Paris Echo 3.49 avg rating — 6,375 ratings
39.
The Baltimore Book of the Dead
The Baltimore Book of the Dead 4.01 avg rating — 505 ratings
41.
Severance
Severance
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating — 122,908 ratings
42.
We Begin Our Ascent
We Begin Our Ascent 3.56 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
43.
Early Work
Early Work 3.48 avg rating — 2,898 ratings
44.
History of Violence
History of Violence 3.78 avg rating — 10,971 ratings
45.
The Removes
The Removes 3.63 avg rating — 866 ratings
45.
Days of Awe: Stories
Days of Awe: Stories 3.39 avg rating — 1,219 ratings
47.
The Mere Wife
The Mere Wife 3.87 avg rating — 5,393 ratings
48.
Freshwater
Freshwater 4.01 avg rating — 35,600 ratings
49.
So Lucky
So Lucky 3.63 avg rating — 1,817 ratings
50.
Metamorphica
Metamorphica 3.71 avg rating — 564 ratings
51.
Graffiti Palace
Graffiti Palace 3.36 avg rating — 146 ratings
52.
The Waiter
The Waiter 3.17 avg rating — 2,592 ratings
53.
Let's No One Get Hurt
Let's No One Get Hurt 3.51 avg rating — 396 ratings
54.
In the House in the Dark of the Woods
In the House in the Dark of the Woods 3.33 avg rating — 8,627 ratings
55.
Welcome Home
Welcome Home 3.64 avg rating — 1,533 ratings
56.
Suicide Club
Suicide Club 3.21 avg rating — 4,702 ratings
57.
Rough Animals
Rough Animals 3.60 avg rating — 467 ratings
58.
Frankenstein in Baghdad
Frankenstein in Baghdad 3.59 avg rating — 18,802 ratings
59.
American Histories: Stories
American Histories: Stories 3.47 avg rating — 165 ratings
60.
How Are You Going to Save Yourself
How Are You Going to Save Yourself 3.27 avg rating — 631 ratings
61.
Paper Ghosts
Paper Ghosts 3.63 avg rating — 9,324 ratings
62.
A Blank Canvas
A Blank Canvas 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings
62.
Evening in Paradise: More Stories
Evening in Paradise: More Stories 3.94 avg rating — 4,603 ratings
64.
Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners
Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners 3.51 avg rating — 2,559 ratings
65.
Unsheltered
Unsheltered 3.67 avg rating — 77,130 ratings
66.
Clock Dance
Clock Dance 3.58 avg rating — 43,379 ratings
66.
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life 3.98 avg rating — 4,474 ratings
68.
Last Stories
Last Stories 3.95 avg rating — 1,995 ratings
68.
The Ragged Edge of Night
The Ragged Edge of Night 4.16 avg rating — 47,375 ratings
70.
The Gunners
The Gunners 3.68 avg rating — 7,501 ratings
71.
Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey
Thanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey 3.73 avg rating — 3,198 ratings
71.
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World 4.28 avg rating — 4,042 ratings
73.
The Fifth Risk
The Fifth Risk 4.09 avg rating — 47,219 ratings
74.
A View of the Empire at Sunset
A View of the Empire at Sunset 3.12 avg rating — 394 ratings
74.
Impossible Owls: Essays
Impossible Owls: Essays 4.16 avg rating — 1,921 ratings
74.
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction
Paperback Crush: The Totally Radical History of '80s and '90s Teen Fiction 3.76 avg rating — 4,095 ratings
77.
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope 3.86 avg rating — 13,927 ratings
78.
The Little Snake
The Little Snake 4.18 avg rating — 2,474 ratings
78.
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers 3.99 avg rating — 28,007 ratings
80.
Beautiful Revolutionary
Beautiful Revolutionary 3.71 avg rating — 789 ratings
81.
A Tale of Two Murders (A Dickens of a Crime, #1)
A Tale of Two Murders (A Dickens of a Crime, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
81.
ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction
ATTENTION: Dispatches from a Land of Distraction 3.61 avg rating — 173 ratings
81.
Welcome to the Writer's Life: How to Design Your Writing Craft, Writing Business, Writing Practice, and Reading Practice
Welcome to the Writer's Life: How to Design Your Writing Craft, Writing Business, Writing Practice, and Reading Practice 4.33 avg rating — 400 ratings
84.
Sunshine in the Delta
Sunshine in the Delta 3.62 avg rating — 137 ratings
85.
Calypso
Calypso 4.11 avg rating — 142,988 ratings
86.
The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process
The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and the Creative Process 3.95 avg rating — 322 ratings
87.
Pearls on a Branch: Arab Stories Told by Women
Pearls on a Branch: Arab Stories Told by Women 3.82 avg rating — 82 ratings
87.
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America
Air Traffic: A Memoir of Ambition and Manhood in America 3.53 avg rating — 372 ratings
89.
The President's Gardens
The President's Gardens 4.13 avg rating — 2,376 ratings
90.
Still Lives
Still Lives 3.25 avg rating — 33,435 ratings
91.
Stories in the Key of Kate
Stories in the Key of Kate it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
92.
Call Me Zebra: From the Award-Winning Author of Call Me Zebra
Call Me Zebra: From the Award-Winning Author of Call Me Zebra 2.85 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
93.
Miss Subways
Miss Subways 3.65 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
94.
In the Garden of the Fugitives
In the Garden of the Fugitives 3.27 avg rating — 528 ratings
95.
Upstate
Upstate 3.42 avg rating — 1,262 ratings
96.
Wait, Blink
Wait, Blink 3.43 avg rating — 888 ratings
97.
Half Gods
Half Gods 3.85 avg rating — 855 ratings
98.
Mysterium
Mysterium 3.08 avg rating — 106 ratings
99.
Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others
Near-Death Experiences . . . and Others 3.37 avg rating — 52 ratings
100.
Whiskey
Whiskey 2.84 avg rating — 233 ratings
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