Books Read in 2018 #MyYearInBooks #80in2018

Welcome to my 11th Annual Books-In-Review post!

This year was a lot of fun in reading - doesn't it feel like there are so many wonderful books out in the world right now? I will never ever ever "catch up" with all of the books that are on everyone's lists and that everyone suggests. It makes it all so much fun, though, to discuss with others who love books as much as I do. And at the end of the year, I adore reading all the "best of" lists and wishing I could read them all. 

This year, I read books 2 - 14 in the Maisie Dobbs series...so you can see 13 books by one author! I think that's a new record for me. Maisie Dobbs is a "girl detective" in the period between WW1 and WW2 in London. The books are a wonderful slice of historical fiction and just so much fun to read. Also, she drinks tea a LOT and I found myself always wishing for a biscuit and a cuppa.

So...here's this year's book list:

1. The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish
2. The Leavers by Lisa Ko
3. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
4. Denton Little's Death Date by Lance Rubin
5. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
6. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
7. One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
8. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
9. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
10. Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin
11. Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
12. Pardonable Lies by Jacqueline Winspear
13. Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear
14. The Orchard by Yochi Brandes
15. An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear
16. The Kremlin's Candidate by Jason Matthews
17. Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
18. The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear
19. A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear
20. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear
21. Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear
22. I Still See Her Haunting Eyes by Aaron Elster
23. A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear
24. Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear
25. In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear
26. To Die but Once by Jacqueline Winspear
27. Beartown by Fredrik Backman
28. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
29. Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered by Sarah Tuttle-Singer
30. The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner
31. The Cloister by James Carroll
32. The Power of Moments by Chip Heath
33. Sadness is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher
34. Calypso by David Sedaris
35. Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris
36. Mrs. by Caitlin Macy
37. The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen
38. The Gallery of Vanished Husbands by Natasha Solomons
39. After Anatevka by Alexandra Silber
40. The Emperor of Shoes by Spencer Wise
41. The Last Watchman of Old Cairo by Michael David Lukas
42. We are Gathered by Jamie Weisman
43. The Other Woman by Daniel Silva
44. The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
45. The Trick by Emanuel Bergman
46. Eternal Life by Dara Horn
47. The Life Lucy Knew by Karma Brown
48. All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
49. The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
50. The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
51. Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
52. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
53. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
54. Just One Day by Gayle Forman
55. Educated by Tara Westover
56. The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
57. The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
58. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
59. The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
60. Traitor by Jonathan de Shalit
61. The Moscow Sleepers by Stella Rimington
62. Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
63. Three Floors Up by Eshkol Nevo
64. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
65. Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
66. Tasting the Sky by Ibtisam Barakat
67. Witchmark by C.L. Polk
68. The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
69. Memento Park by Mark Sarvas
70. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
71. The Summer of Broken Things by Margaret Peterson Haddix
72. Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen
73. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
74. Becoming by Michelle Obama
75. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
76. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
77. Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
78. The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
79. The Spy with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke
80. Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake

So what did I like? Wow, it was a good year. The Great Believers, The Weight of Ink, Pachinko, The Leavers, The Immoralists...all outstanding. Loved the pairing of Sisters of the Winter Wood and Spinning Silver, and I hadn't read the Crazy Rich Asians books but after seeing the movie...I decided it was time and I loved them! Gratitude to President Obama for recommending American Marriage and Educated, both really wonderful, and of course, he had to recommend Becoming, but that was well-deserved! Overall, it was a great year in reading and I can't even choose a favorite. 

I'm looking forward to starting new lists for 2019...I keep track of my books on Goodreads - follow me there. What do you think I should read in 2019? What are you going to read? What was the best book you read in 2018?

Previous years' book lists are here:

Books Read in 2017
Books Read in 2016
Books Read in 2015
Books Read in 2014
Books Read in 2013
Books Read in 2012
Books Read in 2011
Books Read in 2010 (this year I read 100 -- a big highlight!)
Books Read in 2009
Books Read in 2008