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Tuesday, January 1, 2019

TTT: Favorite Books of 2018

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Books Read in 2018, by category:

Favorite young adult fiction (non-graphic): Picture Us In the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert

Favorite adult fiction: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Favorite graphic memoir: Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett Krosoczka

Favorite memoir: Educated by Tara Westover

Favorite graphic novel: The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Favorite book read for Cybils judging (JH/SH Nonfiction category): Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge

Favorite audiobook: Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations with Oprah Winfrey

Favorite re-read: (tie)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Favorite poetry: Devotions: Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Favorite political: The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham (audiobook)

Favorite book club selection: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (audiobook)

Favorite Classic: True Grit by Charles Portis

Honorable Mention Nonfiction:
Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

What was your favorite book read in 2018?