Where did it go?! As we reach the last day of the year I thought it was about time I looked back on the books I read in 2018 – and it’s been an absolutely astonishing year in terms of numbers of books I managed to read, and the quality of the stories I’ve discovered! GoodReads is currently telling me I’ve read 256 books this year…. yep I’m shocked too! If you’d like to look at all the books I got through then click here and you’ll be able to see them in all their glory! You’d also think that reading that many books would mean your bookshelves at home would be empty and your TBR pile was a now manageable amount…. you’d be very, very wrong!!!
So choosing my favourite reads of the year has been a nightmare!! My thanks to ALL the authors and publishers of books that I read this past year for so many wonderful stories! I could have included about 50 of these books that have been outstanding, but have narrowed it down to my Top 25 of books that have just stayed with me, stolen my heart and blown my socks off this year! In no particular order here they are……click on the title for my GoodReads review link
Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang
The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson
Us Against You (Beartown #2) by Fredrik Backman
The Girl in the Tower (Winternight #2) by Katherine Arden
Baxter’s Requiem by Matthew Crow
The Long Forgotten by David Whitehouse
A Boy in the Water by Tom Gregory
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
The Unlikely Heroics of Sam Holloway by Rhys Thomas
The Possible World by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz
The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech
Call of the Curlew by Elizabeth Brooks
The Parentations by Kate Mayfield
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What a year! Looking back at those just makes me want to pick them all up again and re-read!! Any of these make your final lists?! Could so easily have picked so many more but very happy with this little lot as the outstanding reads of 2018 for me!
Roll on 2019!!
Great list, I see many of my own favourites amongst the titles you’ve chosen. I’m still compiling my own list, having made it more difficult by limiting myself to ten.
Here’s to an equally bountiful reading year in 2019 😁📚📚
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Thank you! My aim was for a Top 10 but then it all went wrong lol!
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The Lido and Seven Deaths would definitely be on my list if I ever get around to doing one! 😂
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Those two are a good place to start for your list! Get it done lol!!
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Maybe later in the week lol
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Great picks! Happy to see The Lion Tamer Who Lost there 🙂 I couldn’t come up with a list myself, too many good books read!
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Thank you! It was a really tough year to narrow down so I don’t blame you for not attempting a list! I’ve had to leave off a fair few that were also amazing!
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You read some great books this year! I LOVED Tin Man and Circe (among others!) 😊
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Thank you! It’s been an amazing year and really outstanding books for us all to enjoy!
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Some interesting choices and I’ve read none so this is a great list of recomendatuons. Thanks x
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Thank you! HOpe you find something you’ll like as there’s a little bit of everything on that list! 🙂 x
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