What better book recommendation than that coming from a professional book reviewer?
We asked our 91 reviewers which ONE was their favorite book released in 2018. Perhaps one of their recommendations is something you’ve also read this year or something you might
enjoy.
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Young Adult/Children’s
Fiction
Heartland
Sarah Smarsh
Chosen by: Shannon Carriger
Chainbreaker (Timekeeper)
Tara Sim
Chosen by: Elizabeth Konkel
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris
Chosen by: Bailey Tulloch
The Word is Murder
Anthony Horowitz
Chosen by: Susan Miller
If They Come for Us
Fatimah Asghar
Chosen by: Daniel Casey
The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams: New and Selected Poems 1974 to 2018
Mary Mackey
Chosen by: Julia McMichael
Bellewether
Susanna Kearsley
Chosen by: Axie Barclay
Island of the Mad: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
Laurie R. King
Chosen by: J. Aislynn d’Merricksson
Melmoth: A Novel
Sarah Perry
Chosen by: Emily Behnke
Non-Fiction
Breaking Cover: My Secret Life in the CIA and What It Taught Me about What’s Worth Fighting For
Michele Rigby Assad
Chosen by: Jennifer Padgett
The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story
Christie Watson
Chosen by: Jane Manaster
Pale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America
Mark Jacobson
Chosen by: Philip Zozarro
Mass Shootings in America: Understanding the Debates, Causes, and Responses
Chosen by: Muhammed Hassanali
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Michael Wolff
Chosen by: Kevin Winter
Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse
Andrea Di Robilant
Chosen by: Ryder Miller
Solo: A Modern Cookbook for a Party of One
Anita Lo
Chosen by: George Erdosh
Brazen
Penelope Bagieu
Chosen by: Danielle McManus
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Jose Antonio Vargas
Chosen by: Mandy Nevius
Love and Death in the Sunshine State: The Story of a Crime
Cutter Wood
Chosen by: Joseph Arellano
Becoming
Michelle Obama
Chosen by: Melissa Lockaby
Young Adult/Children’s
We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Chosen by: Rosi Hollinbeck
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor Series Book 2)
Jessica Townsend