To my knowledge this one isn’t part of a series, it’s a stand alone novel by King. If it has links to other books of his that I haven’t read, I didn’t notice.
I haven’t read The Outsider but there’s a character who’s also a major character in the Mr Mercedes/Finders Keepers trilogy. I don’t know if there’d be spoilers for the trilogy or not.
@Nancy I really liked the book. It starts out one type of story, kinda quirky and light, and shifts into a much deeper, and for me powerful, read. Give it some time. There is a big, big reason she is the way she is. Also the underlining message is be nice to others, you do not know their struggles (and kind interactions can change the world, one relationship at a time).
Not sure of the release date, but The Punishment She Deserves, by Elizabeth George, and To Die But Once, by Jacqueline Winspear, are my favorite, most recent, releases.
I’m reading through Chuck Palahniuk’s books…he’s my new favorite author, and I’m planning on reading all of his books before summer is over. I’ve read 7 of them so far.
I love Chuck Palahnuik! I’ve read so many of his books. I do find him to be hit or miss though. There were a couple I just couldn’t get through. Not because they were disturbing, but because I didn’t enjoy them. Both Pygmy and Snuff were big misses for me.
Just finished “The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)” by Terri-Lynne DeFino and it was pretty fine … 🙂 … also read “Warlight” by Michael Ondaatje and really enjoyed that, too.
The Great Alone, Children of blood and bone, sandpaper shore by Debbie Mason, the family gathering by Robin Carr, welcome to moonlight harbor by Sheila Roberts, love and Ruin by Paula McLean, When we found home by Susan Mallery to name some more.
MY DEAR HAMILTON: A NOVEL OF ELIZA SCHUYLER HAMILTON by Laura Kamoie & Stephanie Dray; SAINTS FOR ALL SEASONS by J. Courtney Sullivan (I waited for 2018 paperback publication).
I’m a mystery girl, so Brian Freeman had 2 AWESOME ones come out this year and I’m now reading Steve Hamilton’s newest and am in absolute HEAVEN. These two guys are my top 2 in living American mystery writers. It seems like my reviews NEVER go below 4 stars I love them that much.
There are so many good books on the list, plus I got caught up in the MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood. I just can’t stop reading in order to think about new releases.
Also want to pick up “Main Street” by Sinclair Lewis at some point.
Have Mainstreet but haven’t read it yet. Reading 3 books at the same time currently. When I finish them I think Mainstreet will be next up Have always heard its a good book.
Then I would say “Once Upon a Farm” by Rory Feek. It is the follow-up to “This Life I Love” from 2017. The honesty and the compelling storytelling have drawn me into both books. The second book takes up the story of survival through faith, hope and courage in spite of the devastating loss of the writer’s wife two years after the birth of their daughter. Both books left me feeling hopeful and inspired to carry on in my own challenges.
Girls….it was so good!!!! From the description I thought it would be ok…..It stole my heart and I did not want it to end!!! I have all the authors books on my tbr list now?
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman The Call of the Wild by Jack London Jurassic Park by Michael Crighton To The Bright Edge Of The World by Eowyn Ivey The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Wow so many for The Great Alone. I am a Kristin Hannah fan but I wouldn’t put that at my top. Probably have to say The Alice Network. Also Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
I am reading EROTIC STORIES FOR PUNJABI WOMEN now. Enjoying it. I knew very little about Sikh culture/faith before reading this, so the setting within a Sikh diaspora in London was a draw; and the title was obviously an eye-catcher. The surprise of what the Sikh widows preferred to write (rather than just to learn English) makes for a wildly different kind of story than I expected, including some humor as well as tensions re exposure of long held secrets and fears. What truly keeps me reading (am on p147 of 294pp) is the mystery aspect (potential “moral police” actions and what will happen if and when the true nature of the group’s “learning to write” reaches the woman who hired hired its young teacher). I like reading stories related to other cultures, especially where women’s issues are being addressed. This one seems pretty unique!
I’m behind in most of the books I read by a few years since I wait till they are on sale. I have a few on hold in the library one is the Great Alone I think I’m number 160 something though ? I think sometimes it’s good to wait a year or so to find out which ones are worth reading.
If you’re a big fan of hers, you might like it, but I didn’t. I only really liked the Nightingale by her, & The Great Alone was not as well written. I didn’t like the domestic violence in it.
Never read her, wasn’t aware of the DV could be triggering for me.. I’m a survivor but I think it’s important for people to learn about it, awareness to lift the stigma of it
Firefly Lane was my fav Kristin Hannah book until The Nightingale. Try Firefly Lane. Anyone I ever recommended that to loved it. That was also the only book, years later, she wrote a sequel to called Fly Away
On Mystic Lake was the book where I discovered Kristin Hannah. Back in the day, browsing bookstores on a rainy Saturday was my favorite thing to do and discovered it. Now I just do it online.
Before The Nightingale, Firefly Lane was my fave. For some reason I was never able to get into Winter Garden years ago when it came out. I’m going to have to try again!
I enjoyed Force of Nature by Jane Harper. She is a new author to watch! Her first book, which came out in 2017 was one of my favorite books of last year, The Dry.
Top 3 out of the 42 I’ve finished so far this year. All 3 published in 2018. The Line Becomes a River by Cantú, The Cabin at the End of the World by Tremblay, There There by Tommy Orange
@Ryan Used to love James Patterson, especially his Alex Cross series, but then he went to quantity instead of quality and I tried a couple and quit reading him all together.
My story is really a good one. No plug intended I wrote a book based on my fight with cancer during my first year of chemotherapy. It is a story about a 12-year-old boy that is diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer. (His cancer is similar to the cancer I had.) The boy learns how to use his imagination to help fight his cancer while receiving chemo, and teaches other children how to do the same. https://www.ourmissionisremission.net/
Death of Mrs West away by Ruth Ware, Give me your Hand by Meghan Abbott, I Was Anastasia by Aries Lawhon, Who is Vera Kelly by Rosales Knecht, Before we Were Yours.by Lisa Wirgate, Carnegie Maid by Maries Benediction White Houses by Amy Bloom Bury What we cannot Take by Kristen Chen
As Bright as Heaven, The Great Alone, Force of Nature, The Tuscan Chile, The Broken Girls, The Last Equation of Isaac Severy, Two Steps Forward, Us Against You, Heaven Adjacent, BetweenYou & Me, The Myth of Perpetual Summer, All We Ever Wanted to name a few.
■ Red Clocks (Leni Zumas; 2018. Fiction.) ■ The Cabin at the End of the World (Paul Tremblay; 2018. Fiction.) ■ Give Me Your Hand (Megan Abbott; 2018. Fiction.)
Just saw Tayari Jones at an event on Friday. What a wonderful author! Haven’t read AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE yet, but I loved the other two books by her that I’ve read.
Isn’t it a fun ride? I love the character Holly. Haven’t finished it yet though but it’s fun. And being Hispanic myself, loved the reference to El Cuco. Fun!
@Imelda Yes! My mom, who I didn’t think would ever read a Stephen King, is loving it and we can’t wait to keep reading it, we are both hooked. I like Holly too, she strikes me as someone who isn’t afraid of saying what’s on her mind:)
I hadn’t realized this is part of the Mr Mercedes/Finders Keepers series – now I’m even more anxious to read it! (Your mention of Holly clued me in.). If you haven’t read those, you should. Although you’ll probably have read some major spoilers in The Outsider.
Us against you by Fredrik Backman, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, and White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo. (I’ve read a lot of lighter books; they just aren’t new…)
It’s on my tbrl, can’t wait to get to it, might have to cheat and read it next..ha, but really I don’t stick to a time schedule based on where it is on my tbrl, do you?
Thank you; I just put a hold on it at my library. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, I don’t know how I’m going to read all of the books I’ve learned about on this site. It’s impossible!
Our library has audio books we can check out from the website and they also subscribe to Hoopla, so I use Hoopla from the library as well. I listen to audio books at the gym and when I walk!
I do – I use my iPhone. There are still dedicated MP3 players around but with so many smartphones out there it’s getting harder to find them. And it’s a lot simpler to use the apps on a phone than transferring from a computer to a player.
I don’t usually listen to them. Can’t do them while driving or walking because then all my attention wants to be on the words and the images they evoke, which means I am not focusing on where I am going or whatever I am supposed to be doing. I guess there are only certain types of multi-tasking that I am capable of handling!
@Karyn why do you think I can’t get into audio books? The only time I’ve used tapes was back in the 90s when driving back and forth to work…but it seems I just prefer reading, maybe my age, 66, I’m not sure but I hear lots of booklovers like audio books…i do have quite a library of Kindle books I can read off my phone or iPad…anyway it’s a mystery to me just thought I’d ask, thanks
You know, I never liked audio books until I had a job that had me traveling 100 miles a day in a vehicle, so then I tried them, and I’ve been listening to them ever since. It prior to that, I wanted nothing to do with them! It’s an adjustment from Holding the book in your hand! And occasionally I find a narrator that I’m. Or fond of and can’t listen, so I understand!
Shelley Aultman I have a bunch of unread books on my Kindle, but it’s easier to turn a paper page for me than to turn a page on Kindle – because I was always applying too much pressure and winding up way ahead or way behind where I wanted to go! I did read several books on the device before quitting it. I think I will eventually try it again, maybe when traveling (although we don’t do much of that, and my husband always wants music on & that’s so distracting…). I will, however, always love/prefer the feel of the book – its weight, the texture of the pages, the way its message gets passed on to me along with so many others – even occasionally its scent – much more than any electronic device. It’s what I grew up on, what molded me, what sometimes saves me.
I started Audio books 20 yrs ago when I started to drive 100 miles a day for work. Now, it is about the only way I get my books. I can listen while I do anything, including housework. You join your library, download whatever they use (mine uses Overdrive) and start to make a wish list of books. Make sure they have the headset meaning they are audio. If the book isn’t available in audio, I put it on my list anyway so I won’t forget I want to read it. I never have to go to the library and always have a story loaded to go. It is just like listening to music or talking to a passenger as you drive. At the beach, you can watch the beach and still enjoy your book. I hope this helps and good luck!
@Cissy this sounds like me! I still read lots of physical books (daily) but use audio books when I walk, go to the gym, clean house, and travel. Love it!
Thirty -five years with a 60 mile round trip drive!
I started with books on cassette tape! (Thank you Brookline Public Library!!) Then, we got CDs.
After checking traffic & weather reports, I would listen. I soon realized that I had good driving attention. When conditions dictated, my concentration was fully on the road. I frequently had to rewind long sections.
I can’t guess the number of books I “read” this way.
If I gave up on a book, it was generally because there was something about the reader that didn’t engage me.
I drive a fraction of those miles now, but I still listen in my car. It just takes 10 time longer.
I bought about 20 Play Aways (MP3), when the library had a sale, last year.
I started listening to audio books, constantly, after I have a mini stroke. It left me unable to read for any period of time. I used to sit down to read and before I knew the dark of night had come and gone. Reading was a true love. Hubby bought me a Kindle. Life was restored. I have a lot of books from Libravox, these are classics, free and no longer under copywriting laws. Also I do audible. $14 a month, plus lots of cheap ones.
@Karol You can slow down the speed if you like or make it fast but it is still mechanical. I prefer CD’s done by a good speaker, even the author themselves because then they make it sound like the way they wrote it.
I prefer the audiobooks on CD’s. The digital downloads to my phone are too quiet for the car. The phone has some sort of protection for harming ears, which doesn’t give enough volume to the car speakers. Also, it’s easier to hit the “rewind” button in the car, wihout taking my eyes off the road.
Please, someone, convince me to not give up on Circe! I was so looking forward to reading it after all the great reviews it got on this site. I’m only about 30 pages into it but having a hard time. Do you have to be a semi-expert on Greek Mythology or something to understand this book? It’s not clicking and I so want it to!
I want to learn more about GM which I thought I could do with this book. I know who a few of the gods are. I’ll keep going for awhile and hope I “get” it! thank you
I am very familiar with Greek mythology and it made the names into real people. Hang in there. It does help you learn the stories and the mythology is very well explained. Does your copy have a lineage? Or a list of names and pronunciations?
@Louise , at the back of the book she tells you a bit about each of those in this “retelling”. Circe was a very minor character in GM. She built a great story for her.
Well, I did hang in there and I’m now enjoying it immensely. It’s taking me longer than normal books tho cuz I have to stop and look things up! I knew a lot about Helen of Troy and the Trojan War so that helped a lot.
Just finished Only To Sleep. Madeline Miller’s Circe, David Duchovny‘s Miss Subways, Stephen King’s The Outsider, Anthony Horowitz‘s The Word Is Murder, Chisgopher Buckley’s The Judge Hunter. I could go on but I’ll stop now
Rick Bragg’s The Best Cook in the World, Tales from My Mama’s Table tells the story of how beloved family recipes came down through generations. A treasure most certainly for his relatives to have such recorded but also for his readers to share in the savory and sweet goodness of family stories gathered around the foods that sustained them through hard times and good. Don’t miss this one!
Heard the name Rick Bragg on different threads, makes me curious! Will have to try him, especially this one! I read Maya Angelou’s, The Hallelujah Table (if I am remembering right) and loved the recipes, stories of heritage, and her writing of course.
Have you read Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson (founder of Equal Justice Initiative), Mr Hinton’s attorney? One of the best books I’ve read in many years. It was our book club’s read two years ago.
Wow! That’s impressive! I have read many on the list (before there was a list) but haven’t read any of the others…I’ve been more inspired by the conversations on this page about other books! I’m just having a ball reading books back to back without taking any breaks…I’d forgotten what a treat it is to be immersed in a book that I like and how much joy it brings..
@Nancy I know! I will never be able to read all the books on my wish list, but at least I know whichever ones I get to will be good! Takes the guess work out of selecting one, which can lead to disappointment….
Currently reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. It’s great so far—hard to put down. The author is a 17-year-old girl. They’re already talking about making a movie out of it!
Thank you for this information. I’m going to spend the next week in Memphis & would love to take it with me to read there. I’ll go to my local library today to see if it’s available.
This was our newly formed book club’s inaugural selection. Makes for good discussion, especially when some of us had very relevant experiences with adoption and memory-loss.
I’m reading Beautiful Exiles by Meg Waite Clayton. It’s also about Martha Gelhorn. I also enjoyed Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood. It’s about all of Hemingway’s wives.
My pick for best book of 2018 is BENEATH A SCARLET SKY by Mark Sullivan. Both the book (based on a true WWII story) and how the author came to write it are amazing.
@Colleen@Eileen I have read books set in Poland . I feel like I should have realized that Italians suffered too. I find that I learn from historical fiction.
This what I have read from January to June. There are some very good stories there. Non fiction, true crime, suspense, drama, fiction and all sorts of romance. Yellow dots should be 2018, but I’m not sure on the dates of several
How did you like theKaren White book? I just finished The Time Between and really liked it tho the situation was contrived, the characters and info was great. My favorite of hers is Beech Trees.
Kate Morton’s The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Vox – where women can only speak 100 words a day – and Red Snow by Will Dean. This last one is superb. Read Dark Pines out now to prepare as it’s THAT good!
I think the only one I read released in 2018 was “Fire and Fury.” Lol I seldom read new releases the year they are released, the exception being posthumous Vonnegut.
I just finished Educated — what an amazing story/life!! I’m glad the tidbits I’d heard about it before did not include any spoilers, so I won’t either.
Just finished The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz. I really enjoyed it good murder mystery! I like the way he narrates so it’s like a book within a book. This is the second book I have read by this author also enjoy Magpie Murders.
@Eileen Some people think that only the older books that are on the list are worth reading. Many new book club members say things like that because they haven’t tried new authors. This thread is valuable to me because I am trying to find new books and new great authors.
@Charlotte My book group reads one “classic” a year–ranging from Edith Wharton to Harper Lee to Ernest Hemingway to Chinua Achebe–the rest of our books are contemporary. Some we’ve read this year are Consider the Dreamers, A man Called Ove, The Untold and To the Bright Edge of the World. In December, we read 3 or 4 short stories from an anthology such as Best American Short Stories. We’ve followed this pattern since we started up 23 years ago.
Denise Walsh I am in two book clubs. In one the librarian picks but she does take suggestions from members and these have been almost always great choices. We almost always choose books published in the last couple of years as long as they have large print and audio also available. The other book club tries to let each member pick but it sometimes is like being a vegetarian and going out to eat with beef and potato eaters. We used to pick from the Northeast Ohio Library Association’s book list. Last year we read a lot of nonfiction like Hilllbilly Elegy.
Charlotte Bell, the first group sounds like my kind of book group. I take suggestions and we vote, but I also have veto power, so we read some pretty good books. When I choose books I check them out, often having read them first. I love your analogy of vegetarians dining with beef and potato eaters. ?
@Charlotte really? I’d think one of the big draws of being in a book club would be to discover new authors. I do like the idea of this thread for books released in 2018 because the polling for the GAR list may have happened before 2018. And 2017 books probably would’ve had a tough time making the cut.
@Emily yes but teachers around here are used to reading classics and nonfiction. I love historical fiction and mysteries best but any new books discussed on NPR or that have won awards I love hearing about. I agree 2017 books may not have been included in the GAR list.
The best books I have read that came out in 2018 are: The Great Alone, The Immortalists, The Woman in the Window, The Home for Unwanted Girls, and The Wife Between Us.
I would like to add some books from 2017 since the books from 2018 may have hold lists at the libraries: Beneath the Scarlet Sky, Before We Were Yours, Little Fires Everywhere, and from 2016 is Flight Patterns.
I looked back over my lists and here are some really good books which shouldn’t be overlooked: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine 2017, The Stars are Fire 2017, The Nightingale 2016, Everything I Never Told You 2015, The Goldfinch 2013, Out of the Easy 2013, Destiny of the Republic 2011, The Kitchen House 2010, Unbroken 2010, the Glass Castle 2006, The Bluest Eye 2005, and the Devil in the White City 2003.
There are only 3 books I have read that were recently released, Barracoon, The Escape Artist and Without Precedent. All are great. Barracoon was read along with Their Eyes Were Watching God for my book club. We had some great discussions slavery. Without Precedent is our current selection. Its about John Marshal but I’m getting a kick out of how the author is bashing Thomas Jefferson every chance he gets! Escape Artist is Brad Meltzer’s latest thriller. I like his work.
“The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of Le Roy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865,” ed. Janet Elizabeth Croon. A true window into the life of a young teen in Macon,GA, as the Civil War impacted his family and community. He was an invalid resulting from a falling chimney and also suffered from TB, so you get a view of upper crust southern family life, the impact of war on individuals, and a look at medical realities in the mid-19th century.
Also very good was “In the Enemy’s House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies,” by Howard Blum. It’s the story of the investigation of the spy ring to which Julius Rosenberg was a party.
Just finished Sunburn by Laura Lippman it was one of my favorites from this year. The ending was unexpected and I really like how descriptive her writing is it really transports into the story. Her characters have a lot of depth and I found the lead in this one to have many sides after reading I’m still not sure if she was good or evil.
I enjoy her books, especially her stand alone novels. Her characters are well layered and no one is a total good or bad character, she gives you texture. I’ll be moving this to next on my tbr pile.
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Children of Blood and Bone
Amazing book!
That’s next on my tbr list!
I loved it — It is a big book, but it is fast-paced and intriguing!
@Carmen I’m slogging through 1,183 pages of Stephen King’s IT…I can’t wait to read a normal sized big book ?
The audio is even better
@Tanya I’ll have to listen to it. 🙂
@Kristen the Yoruba incantations are beautifully melodic.
@Tanya Awesome!
@Tanya I might have to go back and listen to the audiobook!
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark, The Music Shop
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark was fantastic!
The Outsider by Stephen King, The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian, and How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
I want to read The Outsider…do I need to read the previous books in the series?
To my knowledge this one isn’t part of a series, it’s a stand alone novel by King. If it has links to other books of his that I haven’t read, I didn’t notice.
@Donna my finger slipped and hit that emoji sorry
I haven’t read The Outsider but there’s a character who’s also a major character in the Mr Mercedes/Finders Keepers trilogy. I don’t know if there’d be spoilers for the trilogy or not.
Calypso by David Sedaris
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
As bright as heaven by Susan Meissner, the broken girls by Simone St.James, now that you mention it, by Kristan Higgins to name a few
Here’s a shameless plug for my sister’s first novel! 🙂 How to Set Yourself on Fire by Julia Dixon Evans. https://juliadixonevans.com/
I ordered that for the library where I work. 🙂
Very cool…
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
I LOVED this book so much I didn’t want it to ever end!!!!
Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel
Just got this book for my Kindle for 1.99!! Thanks for the suggestion.
The Great Alone by Kristine Hannah. Setting is Alaska…could not put it down ?
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon, The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams, and Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman.
Loved I WAS ANASTASIA!
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck, Love & Ruin by Paula McLain, The Witch Elm by Tana French, & The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay.
Dying to read The Witch Elm!
It’s really good, reminds me of the Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware, but even better.
Eleanor Oliphant is just fine, the home for unwanted girls, the pearl sister, the girl in the tower.
OK so I’m reading Eleanor Oliphant right now and I’m having a hard time getting into it. Does it get better as you read further?
@Sandra I think so. I really liked it
@Sandra I’m
having a hard time with it, too. Only on page 25 so far it’s just very slow so far and pointless. I hope it gets better!
@Nancy I really liked the book. It starts out one type of story, kinda quirky and light, and shifts into a much deeper, and for me powerful, read. Give it some time. There is a big, big reason she is the way she is. Also the underlining message is be nice to others, you do not know their struggles (and kind interactions can change the world, one relationship at a time).
@Yvette , thanks, I’m still sticking with it, thanks for your encouragement!
@Yvette Absolutely agree with you! Loved this debut book. I’ll be reading Gail’s next book for sure!
Only Child by Rhiannon Navin
This one is in my “to be read” stack!
@Sandra it’s really good
So good!
The great alone by Kristen Hannah
Quantum, a young adult novel, by Roxanne Lambe.
Before We Were Yours
So good!
The Outsider and Us Against You
Can’t wait to read Us Against You.
Loved both of these. Us Against You broke me, though.
@Juliet oh man I want to and I don’t want to know why it broke you…tell me…no don’t tell me… oh…
@Linda I’d never tell. I’ll just say, it was heartbreaking and uplifting all in the same span. I liked Beartown. I loved Us Against You.
The Kiss Quotient was a perfect summer read.
The Great Believer by Rebecca Makkai.
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She rides shot gun by Jordan Harper. Sorry it’s 2017
The Ensemble by Aja Gabel and The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir
The Lost Vintage, by Ann Mah — wine, mystery, WWII history, France . . .
Political Tribes by Amy Chua
The Great Alone by Kristine Hannah
The Great Alone
Following
Tazia and Gemma by Ann S Epstein.
Great alone
The Tending Roses series by Lisa Wingate
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It’s interesting that so many people love The Great Alone because I didn’t like it at all. I guess it’s either a you love it or hate it kind of book.
Did you like her other books? I just don’t get the hype over Hannah.??♀️
Christy Ellison Davis I like them okay, but I don’t think she’s the greatest writer. Other than The Nightingale, I don’t get the appeal either.
@Kristen could not agree more!
I agree as well!
Whew! I thought I was the only one. It seemed like a YA book to me.
@Beth Except most YA books are better written. 🙂
Not sure of the release date, but The Punishment She Deserves, by Elizabeth George, and To Die But Once, by Jacqueline Winspear, are my favorite, most recent, releases.
Everything Here is Beautiful.
Great Alone
The Perfect Couple
Love all of her books never miss one
The Judge Hunter by Christopher Buckley
Circe by Madeline Miller
Darwin’s Fossils by Adrian Lister (non-fiction).
Unsung Heroine based on an unbelievably true story of perseverance
The Crooked Staircase
The Female Persuasion
Following
“Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah. Amazing read!!!
Amazing to listen to, as well. Read by the author!
Yes, The Great Alone….
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and A Hero for France by Alan Furst
love that book, but it was released in 2016
Before We Were Yours
Educated a memoir by Tera Westover
The Great Alone, An American Marriage and The Immortalists.
Just about to start an American Marriage 🙂
American marriage was good!
Just finished an American marriage, loved the way it was written
Following
Following
The Hunger by Alma Katzu. Haven’t read too many new *popular* books it looks like.
There There by Tommy Orange
Pachinko
I loved this book, too!
Circe, Educated, Red Clocks
I thought Matchmaking for Beginners was cute. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36439333-matchmaking-for-beginners
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Monica Wood’s One-In-A-Million Boy.
The Great Alone and Us Against Them by Frederick Backman
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
In the Shadow of 10,000 Hills by Jennifer Haupt
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe by Abby Norman
The Leavers
The Great Alone is probably the best I’ve read published in 2018.
Before We Were yYours and Something in the Water
Enjoyed Something in the Water! What a ride!
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
One for sure is this one.
I’m reading through Chuck Palahniuk’s books…he’s my new favorite author, and I’m planning on reading all of his books before summer is over. I’ve read 7 of them so far.
I love Chuck Palahnuik! I’ve read so many of his books. I do find him to be hit or miss though. There were a couple I just couldn’t get through. Not because they were disturbing, but because I didn’t enjoy them. Both Pygmy and Snuff were big misses for me.
You may never get over reading Haunted.
None
The Woman in the Window and The Great Alone
I just finished The Outsider by Stephen King. I was very entertained!
The President is Missing by Clinton and Patterson.
just picked this one up! will start this weekend!
I am reading this book now! Glad you recommended it!
I’m currently reading The Outsider by Stephen King and so far it’s been a fun ride.
The Great Alone
How to stop time
Loved that book
@Diane I love time travel books! I love the way they twist my mind around.
@Lila I recently read Dark Matter. It’s a different twist to time travel. I’d recommend it. Very good.
@Diane . Cool just requested from the library. ?
@Lila I hope you enjoy it. BTW, the author is Blake Crouch, but you probably already knew that. Are you on Goodreads? Want to be friends there?
Loved The Great Alone. Also enjoyed Varina.
The Great Alone
The Woman in the Window
Our House by Louise Candlish – it actually releases in the US on Aug 7. It was a terrific read.
Twisted Prey, The Great Alone, Educated.
Loved Educated!
Woman in the Window
Currently reading Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright. It’s enlightening!
The Sun Does Shine
I’m enjoying Circe now.
I’m hearing great things about it!
The Great Alone, Saving Amelie and The Iron House!
A Higher Loyalty; The Great Alone anfd All We Ever Wanted.
The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT by Chris Bohjalian. Remarkable book by a remarkable writer.
He’s a great writer & seems likes a great person!
I love Chris Bohjalian books but I gave up on The Flight Attendant after about 100 pages. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood.
I haven’t read that one, but love his other books.
Reading The Great Alone now !
“The Pope of Palm Beach” Tim Dorsey and “the council of twelve” Oliver Potzsch
Ghosted by Rosie Walsh, Little Big Love by Katy Regan, All I ever Wanted by Emily Giffin, As Bright As Heaven by Susan Messner
Reading Ghosted now! Seems so good so far.
“Road To Serfdom” by F.A. Hayek.
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center….it’s sad, shocking, humorous, inspirational, and a downright fun read!
Following
Just finished “The Bar Harbor Retirement Home for Famous Writers (And Their Muses)” by Terri-Lynne DeFino and it was pretty fine … 🙂 … also read “Warlight” by Michael Ondaatje and really enjoyed that, too.
Before We Were Yours
Following.
THE OUTSIDER by Stephen king
The Great Alone, Children of blood and bone, sandpaper shore by Debbie Mason, the family gathering by Robin Carr, welcome to moonlight harbor by Sheila Roberts, love and Ruin by Paula McLean, When we found home by Susan Mallery to name some more.
The good people by Hannah Kent
The Female Persuasion
Everything here is beautiful
The immortals
Killers of the moon flower
@Lindsay
Eleanor Oliphant
Educated by Tara Westover
The Broken Girls by Simone St James, The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, The Death of Mrs Westaway by Ruth Ware, & Southernmost by Silas House
The shadow killer… excellent read
How to Keep a Secret by Sarah Morgan
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton. Phenomenal.
The Outsider. And, this is 2017, but the audio version of Sleeping Beauties is really good!
The Alice Network
The Mars Room
MY DEAR HAMILTON: A NOVEL OF ELIZA SCHUYLER HAMILTON by Laura Kamoie & Stephanie Dray; SAINTS FOR ALL SEASONS by J. Courtney Sullivan (I waited for 2018 paperback publication).
.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel, by Lisa See
Will check this out. Love her books.
Fantastic book!!!!!!!!!!
This may also be my favorite book so far this year. I also loved The Storied Life of AJ Fikrey and Echo
The boat people by Sharon Bala
The Alternate Side by Quindlen and My Dear Hamilton (to get ready to see the play)
Educated by Tara Westover
Following
So far Iron Gold the latest in the Red Rising series.
The Great Alone
Willa of the wood by Robert Beatty
Circe, The Heart’s Invisible Furies, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Refugee.
I loved “Just Mercy.” It was a good illustration of how much impact a single person who is very determined can make.
i read Just Mercy but didn’t think it was a 2018 release.
Oops! I didn’t even think to double check that. I’m not always good with release dates. Sorry!
@Rita it was an incredible book and I believe soon to be a movie. I had to check release myself?
An American Marriage and Educated.
I’ve heard nothing to good things about An American Marriage.
@Tanya Well worth reading!
The Same Kind of Different as Me by Denver Moore and Ron Hall
Eleanor Oliphant and Us Against You. Us Against You is the sequel to Beartown.
Eleanor!!
Eleanor is a 2017, but one of my favorites!
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine, is one of the best books I’ve read this year.
How To Walk Away
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
The Great Alone, The Broken Girls, The Death of Mrs Westaway, & Southernmost
Circe by Madeline Miller.
Only Child. Promise. Tearjerker, but so, so good.
I’m a mystery girl, so Brian Freeman had 2 AWESOME ones come out this year and I’m now reading Steve Hamilton’s newest and am in absolute HEAVEN. These two guys are my top 2 in living American mystery writers. It seems like my reviews NEVER go below 4 stars I love them that much.
“What Happened” by Hillary Clinton.
Or, was that 2017??
Following
BEARTOWN
These are all new:Home for Unwanted Girls, Before We Were Yours, The Great Alone, Immortalists, Little Fires Everywhere, Beneath the Scarlet Sky.
Little Fires Everywhere is 2017, but really good.
I think Before We Were Yours is also 2017. But outstanding book.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Achidie
Ha ha my book.
Star of the North by D B John
There are so many good books on the list, plus I got caught up in the MaddAddam Trilogy by Margaret Atwood. I just can’t stop reading in order to think about new releases.
Also want to pick up “Main Street” by Sinclair Lewis at some point.
Have Mainstreet but haven’t read it yet. Reading 3 books at the same time currently. When I finish them I think Mainstreet will be next up Have always heard its a good book.
Trying to get my TBR list down and then I see this.
The Great Alone
Clock Dance
The Secrets Between Us
White Chrysanthemum
My Dear Hamilton
Swimming Between Worlds
Only Child
The Girls in the Picture
White CHrysantemum was good also
Reading Clock Dance now and enjoying it!!
I also want to add Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us, and Sometimes I lie.
I’m not sure what year they were released ? but I’ve been reading The Nightingale & Beneath a Scarlett Sky.
2015, 2017 🙂
Ohh ok!
I loved them both too
They are two of my fav books !!! ❤️
Still Me by Jojo Moyes
The Great Alone and The Flight Attendant
I think I’m gonna read the great alone next
Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin.
Educated by Tara Westover. Only halfway through this memoir but it’s amazing!
Great book!
The Great Alone! Praying there’s a movie in the works someday.
Children of Blood and Bone
None of them are fiction.
That’s ok
The Great Alone is fiction
Then I would say “Once Upon a Farm” by Rory Feek. It is the follow-up to “This Life I Love” from 2017. The honesty and the compelling storytelling have drawn me into both books. The second book takes up the story of survival through faith, hope and courage in spite of the devastating loss of the writer’s wife two years after the birth of their daughter. Both books left me feeling hopeful and inspired to carry on in my own challenges.
The Great Alone and The Late Bloomer’s Club
Bearskin
There There, by Tommy Orange
I read alot of books this year and best one I’d say is 13 reasons why
Authors new books I really enjoyed are Karen Kingsbury and Tracie Peterson.
I love Karen Kingsbury! Met her in person, too, and she’s the sweetest. <3
Educated by Tara Westover (non fiction) and The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (fiction).
Its Educated. Lol
Melissa Lohrmann sorry about that. I guess I was thinking about her family
Loved the Great Alone. H ave you read the Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah? It’s great!
Educated was very good.
Illona Andrews Iron and Magic
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
I love that book!
Following
“Swell” Liz Clark
Furyborn
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Outsider by Stephen King
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell…… ❤❤❤❤❤it!!!!
I just bought it. I’m thrilled that you love it that much.
Audiobook is awesome!
Girls….it was so good!!!! From the description I thought it would be ok…..It stole my heart and I did not want it to end!!! I have all the authors books on my tbr list now?
Only Child by Rhiannon Nivan.
Overneath by peter s beagle. Love the short stories.
The President is Missing and The War Planners
Flat Broke with Two Goats!
Jennifer McGaha
❤️ ? ?
Great book!
Miss Subways
Pachinko
Yes, such a wonderful saga of the strength of families.
The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Jurassic Park by Michael Crighton
To The Bright Edge Of The World by Eowyn Ivey
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
F
The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
an american marriage
Before we were yours!!
Eunice: The Kennedy That Changed the World.
Us Against You
Yes!
Loved ‘Educated’ by Tara Westover
The Wife Between Us.
Dan Brown Origin
Bill Clinton The President is missing
Ally Carter Not If I Save You First
Sophie Kinsella Surprise me
Educated
Behold the Dreamers
Immortalistsi
Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea. Best book I have read in years. I went to the library and checked out three more of his.
*The house of broken angels
Bring Me Back
Inside Camp David, and Bless Me, Ultima
The Great Alone, The Rooster Bar, Night, The Lilac Girls
Loved Lilac Girls
@Kelly It was one of the best books and it was based on a true story.
@Jane I know! It was so good!
Wow so many for The Great Alone. I am a Kristin Hannah fan but I wouldn’t put that at my top. Probably have to say The Alice Network. Also Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner
My favorite book of Kristin Hannah is the Winter Garden. I loved that one. The Alice Network is next.
Jane Bilbrough my fav was Firefly Lane and she topped that with The Nightingale
The Great Alone felt like a YA novel to me.
@Pat I’ll have to look that one up. Thanks!
Loved The Nightengale
Fascism by Madeleine Albright.
I have that in my Kindle library and is on my list to read soon. I love her!
On my reserve list at the library.
The Widows of Malabar Hill (A Mystery f 1920s India) by Sujata Massey…
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer, The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, and Noir by Christopher Moore.
The Immortalists and Them Against us by Frederick Backman, it’s a sequel to Beartown and excellent.
Circe by Madeline Miller (fiction) and Educated by Tara Westover (non)
Oooh Circe was so good!
Calypso by David Sedaris
I have it, but I haven’t read it yet. I love his work!
@Michele It’s arguably his best book. Me Talk Pretty was my fav until now. Hope you like it!
Circe by Madeline Miller
I liked “The President is Missing” by Patterson and Clinton
Currently on the waiting list for it. Looking forward to it.
The Great Alone.
I just started reading this today.
Patricia Hampl’s The Art of the Wasted Day
My favorites…top favorite is Dear Mrs. Bird (A.J. Pierce) followed by Be Your Blue Sky (de los Santos), and The Bookshop of Yesterday (Meyerson.)
The Great Alone(Kristin Hannah) A Gentleman in Moscow.(Amor. Towles)
Visible Empire
Educated
The Widows of Malabar Hill
The Immortalists
The Great Alone
An American Marriage
What are your’s @Jodi?
An American Marriage, The Great Alone, Still Me, The Poet X, You Think it, I’ll Say it, Us Against You and The Sun Does Shine
The Perfect Couple, A Place for us, Women in Sunlight. All spectacular novels. ❤?
Wow I’m behind haven’t read any of those
The Outsider by Steven King
Really looking forward to reading this!
It’s good! I thought the ending was a little eh, especially with it being Steven King…but definitely not what I was expecting
“Noir” by Christopher Moore.
My daughters favorite author!!
The books I listed were all 2018 releases, way too many favorites to list for ALL the years.
Providence.
Educated / Tara Westover
Fascism a warning/ Madeline Albright
An American Marriage
Erotic stories for Punjabi Widows
How was this book?
I am reading EROTIC STORIES FOR PUNJABI WOMEN now. Enjoying it. I knew very little about Sikh culture/faith before reading this, so the setting within a Sikh diaspora in London was a draw; and the title was obviously an eye-catcher. The surprise of what the Sikh widows preferred to write (rather than just to learn English) makes for a wildly different kind of story than I expected, including some humor as well as tensions re exposure of long held secrets and fears. What truly keeps me reading (am on p147 of 294pp) is the mystery aspect (potential “moral police” actions and what will happen if and when the true nature of the group’s “learning to write” reaches the woman who hired hired its young teacher). I like reading stories related to other cultures, especially where women’s issues are being addressed. This one seems pretty unique!
@Debbie Pedestrian writing and story
@Marilyn I think this may be worth a read for me. ?? thanks for the recommendation
@Marilyn, thank you!
OK I’m #7 on the wait list at my library for the Great Alone. And after all the times it was listed here in the comments I can’t wait to read it.
You won’t be disappointed!
I’m reading Great Alone now and it’s very good. Not as good as the Nightingale but very good.
I liked Nightingale a lot. ?
@Eileen Agreed
I’m #3 at our library! I obsessively check to see if I’ve gotten the email yet that it’s waiting for me! LOL
All the Light We Cannot See
That’s a good one. I loved it.
Not 2018
But it is a very good book
Sorry, read the question wrong….thought it was the best book we had read in 2018.
@Kristen it’s ok I still like seeing the books everyone likes
@Diane That’s ok. No big deal.
Educated
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall @Kelley
Not 2018
The woman in the window.
Getting ready to read it now!
i hope you like it as much as I did.
I’m on page 145 and I’m loving it!!
The Outsider
The Perfect Couple
I’m behind in most of the books I read by a few years since I wait till they are on sale. I have a few on hold in the library one is the Great Alone I think I’m number 160 something though ?
I think sometimes it’s good to wait a year or so to find out which ones are worth reading.
Same
If you’re a big fan of hers, you might like it, but I didn’t. I only really liked the Nightingale by her, & The Great Alone was not as well written. I didn’t like the domestic violence in it.
Kristen…I agree with you…I don’t think the Great Alone was very well written either. I almost stopped reading it for that reason.
Never read her, wasn’t aware of the DV could be triggering for me.. I’m a survivor but I think it’s important for people to learn about it, awareness to lift the stigma of it
I agree with awareness, but this is beyond that. There’s a scene with the daughter and killing a rabbit that is just brutal to read.
Abusers use animals as a means of control at times.. not for sure if I should read it.. I’ve lived thru enough abuse.. thank you for informing me
@Misty It was more of a hunting thing, but without telling you the scene, it was pretty graphic and stomach turning.
Misty Owens I thought the book was great but I believe it would be very triggering.
I think the nightingale was brilliant
And agree about the Great Alone, pushed the story
I am reading The Nightingale right now. It is a great book!
Firefly Lane was my fav Kristin Hannah book until The Nightingale. Try Firefly Lane. Anyone I ever recommended that to loved it. That was also the only book, years later, she wrote a sequel to called Fly Away
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
Every Note Played, Lisa Genova
The Great Alone for sure!
Kristen Hannah Winter Garden. Wow good read.
It is a super book. It was a war story that I knew so little about. And the style of storytelling worked perfectly for this book.
She’s my new favorite author. I just read Nightingale and The Great Alone. I’ll have to check out Winter Garden.
Read Winter Garden, Nightingale, and the Great Alone. Wonderful Books. Just found an old book by Kristin Hannah- On Mystic Lake. Hope it measures up
On Mystic Lake was the book where I discovered Kristin Hannah. Back in the day, browsing bookstores on a rainy Saturday was my favorite thing to do and discovered it. Now I just do it online.
Before The Nightingale, Firefly Lane was my fave. For some reason I was never able to get into Winter Garden years ago when it came out. I’m going to have to try again!
The Book of Essie and Heart Berries
Immortalist listen to audible
Anything Jodi Taylor
Read all of Paulsen’s Hatchet series, amazing. I can’t believe it took this list to find it
Thunderhead and Reaper at the Gates.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2290710309?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
I enjoyed Force of Nature by Jane Harper. She is a new author to watch! Her first book, which came out in 2017 was one of my favorite books of last year, The Dry.
I read The Dry. Enjoyed it. I’ll check out this new book of hers.
The President is Missing was interesting.
The Last Time I Lied
I can’t wait to read this one
I’m not to big on thrillers (because I get to scared) but I loved this one!
The Self-Driven Child. Great!
Ghostwriter
How was this?
The Hearts Invisible Furies
Firefly Cove.. Davis Bunn
The hate u give
But it was released in 2017…
Us Against You. Where The Crawdads Sing.
Us Against You by Frederick Backman
Peter May’s, I’ll Take Care of You. Tara Westover’s, Educated.
Tara Westover’s book is EDUCATED.
@Colleen TY.
The 5th Season
Only Child by Rhiannon Navin.
To the moon and back by Karen kingsbury
Ordinary Grace
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
Disgusting Traitor
That’s a book title, or a newspaper headline?
It’s a book we’ve all written in our heads this week.
Educated
I’ll second that.
@Nora I think it is Educated. Do you mean this book?
@Jodi you’re right…I got thrown off by another post (and I’m tired. ??♀️) thanks. Great book, either way!
@Nora thanks for the recommendation. This one is on my list!
A really good book. Totally amazing what that gal went thru.
@Jodi if you like audiobooks, the author reads this one, which made it so much more powerful.
@Chris hard to believe those kids lived through it…
@Nora I love audiobooks. I will definitely check it out
@Nora thank you!
I will 5th or 6th it… I lost count but that is exactly the book I was about to post
The Great Alone
That one is on my list.
Masterpiece by Francine Rivers, Dead Drift by Dani Pettrey, Oath of Honor by Lynette Eason, If I Live by Terri Blackburn, and Fawkes by Nadine Brandes
Box of Butterflies ?
Top 3 out of the 42 I’ve finished so far this year. All 3 published in 2018. The Line Becomes a River by Cantú, The Cabin at the End of the World by Tremblay, There There by Tommy Orange
Struggling through There, There. Too depressing. What did you like about it?
I am reading There There now.
The president is missing
I’ve been wondering about this one!
This might be my next read…I heard it was good but haven’t found it at the library yet lol
Was it really that good?
I’m going to have to pick it up. I like how Bill Clinton writes, but I’ve never read anything by James Patterson before.
@Ryan Used to love James Patterson, especially his Alex Cross series, but then he went to quantity instead of quality and I tried a couple and quit reading him all together.
@Ryan it was a fun summer read. I haven’t read anything earth shattering this year…
My story is really a good one. No plug intended I wrote a book based on my fight with cancer during my first year of chemotherapy. It is a story about a 12-year-old boy that is diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer. (His cancer is similar to the cancer I had.)
The boy learns how to use his imagination to help fight his cancer while receiving chemo, and teaches other children how to do the same. https://www.ourmissionisremission.net/
Following
Death of Mrs West away by Ruth Ware,
Give me your Hand by Meghan Abbott,
I Was Anastasia by Aries Lawhon,
Who is Vera Kelly by Rosales Knecht,
Before we Were Yours.by Lisa Wirgate,
Carnegie Maid by Maries Benediction
White Houses by Amy Bloom
Bury What we cannot Take by Kristen Chen
Following
MYK: Prince of the Vends (historical fiction saga–726 pages of great reading!)
The Female Persuasion
Just started it.
Clock dance by Anne Tyler.
White Houses, Red Clocks, Circe,
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Yes, isn’t it beautiful?
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
Just received my copy. I’m reading it after The Woman In The Window.
Beneath a Scarlett Sky – best book I’ve read this year.
Author?
Mark Sullivan wrote BENEATH A SCARLET SKY. His backstory of how he found the subject is very compelling.
I loved Killers of the Flower Moon, and Pachinko!
I read both of those this year and they were wonderful!
Before We were Yours, The Couple Next Door, both are good reads.
Every note played
An American Marriage
Just started it last night, and I’m already loving it!
Yes it was great
All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin.
Little fires everywhere.
Does the Great Alone remind anyone of The Shining by Stephen King?
It’s definitely creepy, but nowhere near as well-written. The crazy father thing and the isolation is similar, though.
well, I’m only about 150 pages into it so maybe my opinion will change later in the book. And it’s been many, many years since I read the Shining.
Now that you point it out, yes!
As Bright as Heaven, The Great Alone, Force of Nature, The Tuscan Chile, The Broken Girls, The Last Equation of Isaac Severy, Two Steps Forward, Us Against You, Heaven Adjacent, BetweenYou & Me, The Myth of Perpetual Summer, All We Ever Wanted to name a few.
The Woman in the Window
An American Marriage
Educated
Clock Dance
Circe
Circe is getting amazing reviews. My coworker said it’s the book she would have written if she could have. 🙂
@Kristen Yes! Especially appealing if you have a knowledge of mythology which I loved as a young person.
Oh myriads. I put holds on the books my favorite authors publish
Educated,
Been hearing a LOT about this book
The red clocks
The Woman in the Window
Educated
Children of Blood and Bone, Dread Nation, White Chrysanthemum, Neverworld Wake
The Baker’s Secret….The word is murder…
Read it last month. Really good!
Bakers secret
I loved Baker’s Secret!
Children of blood and bone….forgot it on my list…
The Great Alone, The President is Missing and Due Process. Read many books but these three are only ones published in 2018
I’m now reading The President is Missing.
Small Country
The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Royals, Neverworld Wake, The Ghost Notebooks, Children of Blood and Bone, Circe
I’m definitely going to have to read Educated from these comments
I just put a hold on it at my library but it looks like I will have to wait awhile! ??
Educated sounds like a true Great Alone!
I really want to read it too.
Read it, you will be hooked.
I don’t know how I will ever be able to read all of the good suggestions from this list!
The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
Standing Up After Saigon by Orlopp
Thanks for this.
Box of butterflies by roma downey
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah.
Following
Bless Me Ultima
Lisa Genova’s “Every Note Played”. She’s the author of “Still Alice.” I couldn’t put the book down!
I agree it really made me count my blessings.
Next Year in Havana
I am reading and live this.
Didn’t Jodi Kauble only ask for books released in 2018?
I was thinking the same, I got really confused.
Yes but it’s ok. I still enjoy seeing the books people ?
I do, too. I know it’s not that the people on this page CAN’T read. The just DON’T read all the way to the end of a post. Lol
Circe by Madeline Miller and Space Opera by Catherynne Valente
■ Red Clocks (Leni Zumas; 2018. Fiction.) ■ The Cabin at the End of the World (Paul Tremblay; 2018. Fiction.) ■ Give Me Your Hand (Megan Abbott; 2018. Fiction.)
Today just finished reading “Last Seen Alive” by Claire Douglas. Thriller with a lot of twists and turns.
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza. Loved it!
Before we were yours
Have you read “Lord of California” yet? It’s an awesome novel.
No I will check it out
Which author? There are 2 books with this name on Goodreads
It’s by Andrew Valencia. Thanks for asking.
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers by Sara Ackerman
That one is on my to read list. I am glad it got mentioned.
Calypso, An American Marriage
Just saw Tayari Jones at an event on Friday. What a wonderful author! Haven’t read AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE yet, but I loved the other two books by her that I’ve read.
@Richard It’s thought provoking. Definitely recommend!
Paris in the Present Tense
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
Pachinko!
I’m reading The Outsider by Stephen KIng and I’m loving it, I’ve got my mom and sister reading it as well:)
Isn’t it a fun ride? I love the character Holly. Haven’t finished it yet though but it’s fun. And being Hispanic myself, loved the reference to El Cuco. Fun!
@Imelda Yes! My mom, who I didn’t think would ever read a Stephen King, is loving it and we can’t wait to keep reading it, we are both hooked. I like Holly too, she strikes me as someone who isn’t afraid of saying what’s on her mind:)
Hmmm… will have to read up on this one! I don’t usually do King either…
I hadn’t realized this is part of the Mr Mercedes/Finders Keepers series – now I’m even more anxious to read it! (Your mention of Holly clued me in.). If you haven’t read those, you should. Although you’ll probably have read some major spoilers in The Outsider.
And this isn’t one of his horror books/series.
What! loved that trilogy! The Outsiders is a continuation of that? Without Bill Hodges how does it continue? Lots of questions here
With Holly, apparently. ?
@Emily that’s ok. Now I’m curious about that series.
I have this on my pile to be read
I didn’t think the outsiders was part of the mr Mercedes trilogy??
@Anne More like Finders Keepers #4.
Thanks @Emily
Box of butterflies by roma downey
Loved it!
Check out The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34499252
The Solace of Water by Elizabeth Byler Younts
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Box of butterflies by roma downey good book 5 stars !!!
Come on, get reading “Lord of California” by Andrew Valencia.
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Haynes
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly. Powerful and moving.
On my list!
The President is Missing
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah.
On my list.
Us against you by Fredrik Backman, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, and White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo. (I’ve read a lot of lighter books; they just aren’t new…)
The Alice Network, a very pleasant surprise. Couldn’t put it down.
I loved The Alice Network- hard to put down…
the woman in the window, and the President is missing
I’ve just started the woman in the window. Liking it so far.
Warlight; The Woman in the Window; The Alice Network; The Outsider; The Women in the Castle.
Us Against You ♥️
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah.
Rick. BRagg’s book, The Best Cook in the World
I like this book but I wonder if you are not from the South how in the world people could ever relate ?
I loved this book so much I can’t even tell you. And I am not from the South.
Love Rick Bragg, what’s it about?
I love listening to his books – he narrates them.
Ruth Ware, The Lying Game, In A Dark Dark Wood and The Woman In Cabin 10. Cant wait to read her new one!
I just read The Death of Mrs. Westaway and LOVED it!!!
@Karyn Our library is out keep looking for it. I’ll get lucky soon!!
Loved the Woman in Cabin 10.
Loved the Woman in Cabin 10.
So far it has to be The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah!.
It’s on my tbrl, can’t wait to get to it, might have to cheat and read it next..ha, but really I don’t stick to a time schedule based on where it is on my tbrl, do you?
This is a great book. Lots of twists and turns
Just picked this up at the library.Glad to hear that it was a great read.
Pachinko and The Baker’s Secret are my favs so far this year
If you liked Pachinko I think you will enjoy this one, set in Korea and Japan during the Second World War
Thank you; I just put a hold on it at my library. I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, I don’t know how I’m going to read all of the books I’ve learned about on this site. It’s impossible!
Does anyone listen to audio books? How do you go about it?
the library has CD’s on just about every book any more.If your lucky you can get a MP3 version and download it on a device. Ask at your library.
Our library has audio books we can check out from the website and they also subscribe to Hoopla, so I use Hoopla from the library as well. I listen to audio books at the gym and when I walk!
@Karyn What kind of device do you use to listen?
i use my iPhone ?
They download straight onto whatever device you are using.
@Karyn Thanks!
I do – I use my iPhone. There are still dedicated MP3 players around but with so many smartphones out there it’s getting harder to find them. And it’s a lot simpler to use the apps on a phone than transferring from a computer to a player.
I don’t usually listen to them. Can’t do them while driving or walking because then all my attention wants to be on the words and the images they evoke, which means I am not focusing on where I am going or whatever I am supposed to be doing. I guess there are only certain types of multi-tasking that I am capable of handling!
@Karyn why do you think I can’t get into audio books? The only time I’ve used tapes was back in the 90s when driving back and forth to work…but it seems I just prefer reading, maybe my age, 66, I’m not sure but I hear lots of booklovers like audio books…i do have quite a library of Kindle books I can read off my phone or iPad…anyway it’s a mystery to me just thought I’d ask, thanks
You know, I never liked audio books until I had a job that had me traveling 100 miles a day in a vehicle, so then I tried them, and I’ve been listening to them ever since. It prior to that, I wanted nothing to do with them! It’s an adjustment from
Holding the book in your hand! And occasionally I find a narrator that I’m. Or fond of and can’t listen, so I understand!
Shelley Aultman I have a bunch of unread books on my Kindle, but it’s easier to turn a paper page for me than to turn a page on Kindle – because I was always applying too much pressure and winding up way ahead or way behind where I wanted to go! I did read several books on the device before quitting it. I think I will eventually try it again, maybe when traveling (although we don’t do much of that, and my husband always wants music on & that’s so distracting…). I will, however, always love/prefer the feel of the book – its weight, the texture of the pages, the way its message gets passed on to me along with so many others – even occasionally its scent – much more than any electronic device. It’s what I grew up on, what molded me, what sometimes saves me.
I started Audio books 20 yrs ago when I started to drive 100 miles a day for work. Now, it is about the only way I get my books. I can listen while I do anything, including housework. You join your library, download whatever they use (mine uses Overdrive) and start to make a wish list of books. Make sure they have the headset meaning they are audio. If the book isn’t available in audio, I put it on my list anyway so I won’t forget I want to read it. I never have to go to the library and always have a story loaded to go. It is just like listening to music or talking to a passenger as you drive. At the beach, you can watch the beach and still enjoy your book. I hope this helps and good luck!
@Cissy this sounds like me! I still read lots of physical books (daily) but use audio books when I walk, go to the gym, clean house, and travel. Love it!
I do on overdrive
@Marilyn I’m the same way. I have a bunch of books on my kindle but I prefer the book or audiobooks. Ebooks drive me nuts!! Lol
Thirty -five years with a 60 mile round trip drive!
I started with books on cassette tape! (Thank you Brookline Public Library!!) Then, we got CDs.
After checking traffic & weather reports, I would listen. I soon realized that I had good driving attention. When conditions dictated, my concentration was fully on the road. I frequently had to rewind long sections.
I can’t guess the number of books I “read” this way.
If I gave up on a book, it was generally because there was something about the reader that didn’t engage me.
I drive a fraction of those miles now, but I still listen in my car. It just takes 10 time longer.
I bought about 20 Play Aways (MP3), when the library had a sale, last year.
I started listening to audio books, constantly, after I have a mini stroke. It left me unable to read for any period of time. I used to sit down to read and before I knew the dark of night had come and gone. Reading was a true love. Hubby bought me a Kindle. Life was restored. I have a lot of books from Libravox, these are classics, free and no longer under copywriting laws. Also I do audible. $14 a month, plus lots of cheap ones.
@Donna how do you like Audible?? I get all of my audiobooks from the library on overdrive but have been wondering about audible.
@Karol You can slow down the speed if you like or make it fast but it is still mechanical. I prefer CD’s done by a good speaker, even the author themselves because then they make it sound like the way they wrote it.
I get my Audio books from the library on CD. I have an old car with a CD player so I listen while I drive.
I prefer the audiobooks on CD’s. The digital downloads to my phone are too quiet for the car. The phone has some sort of protection for harming ears, which doesn’t give enough volume to the car speakers. Also, it’s easier to hit the “rewind” button in the car, wihout taking my eyes off the road.
@Marilyn I’m with you. And if I try listening at night, I fall asleep. I save them for long road trips when my husband drives.
I do in the car
Educated. Little fires Everywhere
I loved them both. Also Before We Were Yours and Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine. All very different books, all very enjoyable
Just bought Eleanor Oliphant. Don’t know when I’ll actually get around to reading it though. Many other books more likely to come first.
@Marilyn all I know is that I am truly going to miss Eleanor when I read the last page. Don’t keep yourself waiting.
Loved Eleanor!
Also, for a quick read, The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
Carol Martin Dudchock
Barracoon
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
The Ghost Notebooks By Ben Dolnick
The Hate U Give– excellent!
BOX OF BUTTERFLIES BY ROMA DOWNEY 5 STARS
Lilac Girls and The Great Alone
Educated
Eleanor Oliphant
I’m just finishing last chapter. I will miss Eleanor.
i finished it a few months ago and still miss her!!
I just finished reading it !! I agree I will miss her
I just started this. Enjoying so far!
Educated
This was a great read. Thought-provoking and uplifting.
I am very interested in that one. It’s on my list.
Really great book. So interesting!
Just downloaded this
The Line becomes a river.
The Stand by Stephen King
.. released in 2018: The Immortalists (by Chloe Benjamin)
On my reserve list at the library.
Just STOP!! It’s almost impossible to keep up the list.. let alone read all these beautiful books …
(Rant over.. go ahead…)
One book at a time ladies!!
Now that just crazy talk, Linda. You know that
Please, someone, convince me to not give up on Circe! I was so looking forward to reading it after all the great reviews it got on this site. I’m only about 30 pages into it but having a hard time. Do you have to be a semi-expert on Greek Mythology or something to understand this book? It’s not clicking and I so want it to!
Not expert, but some familiarity made it more interesting for me.
I want to learn more about GM which I thought I could do with this book. I know who a few of the gods are. I’ll keep going for awhile and hope I “get” it! thank you
I am very familiar with Greek mythology and it made the names into real people. Hang in there. It does help you learn the stories and the mythology is very well explained. Does your copy have a lineage? Or a list of names and pronunciations?
@Louise , at the back of the book she tells you a bit about each of those in this “retelling”. Circe was a very minor character in GM. She built a great story for her.
Well, I did hang in there and I’m now enjoying it immensely. It’s taking me longer than normal books tho cuz I have to stop and look things up! I knew a lot about Helen of Troy and the Trojan War so that helped a lot.
We just picked this book for book club . Hoping it’s good
@Kelley It’s wonderful. You’ll enjoy it
Just completed this one. I can’t get it out of my head !
I LOVED this book!
It took a long time for me to stop thinking about this book.
Rarely do I read a book and learn to despise one of the characters, but that changed when I read this book. Georgia Tann Was pure evil
My favorite book this year!
Book titles like this annoy me.
Halfway through it now. Compelling.
Just finished Only To Sleep. Madeline Miller’s Circe, David Duchovny‘s Miss Subways, Stephen King’s The Outsider, Anthony Horowitz‘s The Word Is Murder, Chisgopher Buckley’s The Judge Hunter. I could go on but I’ll stop now
Anthony Horowitz’s sounds great!
Reading King’s book right now and can’t put it down!
Liz Nugent – Lying in Wait, good Irish mystery
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
The Word is Murder by Horowitz & The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ware
Horowitz has a new one? Yay for me!
Rick Bragg’s The Best Cook in the World, Tales from My Mama’s Table tells the story of how beloved family recipes came down through generations. A treasure most certainly for his relatives to have such recorded but also for his readers to share in the savory and sweet goodness of family stories gathered around the foods that sustained them through hard times and good. Don’t miss this one!
Rick Bragg is a special kind of writer.
Loved this book. Now reading Ava’s Man which i do not want to end…ever
Sue…did you read All Over But The Shoutin?
Heard the name Rick Bragg on different threads, makes me curious! Will have to try him, especially this one! I read Maya Angelou’s, The Hallelujah Table (if I am remembering right) and loved the recipes, stories of heritage, and her writing of course.
He won a Pulitzer when he was at the New York Times but it’s his books about growing up in the south that are truly special.
Have read them all but this one. Loved Shoutin too. Avas Man has grabbed me.
I love food-related books. Will have to look into Bragg’s book.
@Sue I think this is his best yet. Can’t imagine him topping Mamma
I was so hungry reading Mamma. I actually made biscuits twice during the couple of days I was reading.
Dear Mrs. @Kathy
The Great Alone by Kristin @Hannah is the best book to be published in 2018!
The good book i read was box of butterflies by roma downey 5 stars
Bought if for my sister!
Wonderful!
The Sun Does Shine, Anthony Hinton!!
Great book!
Indeed! So excellent!
Have you read Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson (founder of Equal Justice Initiative), Mr Hinton’s attorney? One of the best books I’ve read in many years. It was our book club’s read two years ago.
I just read The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve and loved it.
Guys, I need help. Having absolutely no luck with Amazon or Thriftbooks with getting books. Any suggestion? Thanks
What do you mean?
Have you tried your local library?
I want to buy some books. They are the ones that could not get in PR. With hurricane Maria, many things were lost.
I love Thriftbooks! What problem do you have with them?
Try http://abebooks.com/ Their prices end up being cheaper than Amazon because often the books have free shipping.
@Elba that’s too bad.
Have you tried https://www.alibris.com/ ? Also unlike Amazon, they treat their employees right !! Good luck.
I get tons of titles for free to my kindle through the local library
@Patty, thanks. I already went shopping.
God Save Texas by Lawrence Wright
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah..
The Great Alone
Eleanor Olyphant is completely fine…
??
@Maureen Did you like it?
I missed Eleanor after I finished the book
I loved it ..my daughter had given it to read. ..@Cecily did you like it ,
@Maureen I loved it too!! I’m hoping for a ‘sequel’ with her beloved, Raymond, wasn’t it??
@Cecily did you want her and Raymond to become boyfriend and girlfriend
@Maureen I kind of did, he loves her, don’t you think??
Yes I did
@Maureen I loved him, I just wanted him to take a shower! 🙂
Lol ?
@Maureen No what I mean?? He was so great, but a little mangy.
@Cecily I knew what you meant I thought it was a great comment
@Cecily, Eleanor was an interesting read but not one of my favorites.
@Nancy Which ones did you like?
Loved The Stand, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, and many of the others but Eleanor was just ok to me.
@Nancy I’d like to read both of those at some point. They’ve certainly gotten alot of kudo’s on this site…
@Cecily , I’ve read 62 on this list and I’m reading Swan Song right now. Hoping to complete the list before the end of the year.
Wow! That’s impressive! I have read many on the list (before there was a list) but haven’t read any of the others…I’ve been more inspired by the conversations on this page about other books! I’m just having a ball reading books back to back without taking any breaks…I’d forgotten what a treat it is to be immersed in a book that I like and how much joy it brings..
@Cecily , I agree, love the suggestions from other readers, it is really quite interesting. I’ve been adding them to my Goodreads want to read list.
It’s the most fun thing I’ve done online ever! 🙂
@Cecily , yep, these comments always pique my interest!
@Nancy I know! I will never be able to read all the books on my wish list, but at least I know whichever ones I get to will be good! Takes the guess work out of selecting one, which can lead to disappointment….
I just finished it — I love it. I cried at the end.
Oh good, I’ve been saving this one. I loved the first book, and I am really looking forward to a treat with the follow up.
Beartown by Backman is very good
Made myself stop reading Us Against You tonight because I don’t want it to end.
The President is Missing, Leonardo Da Vinci,
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
I tried reading it but couldn’t get into it.
Took me a little while and then I thought it was slow but then loved it!
I didn’t like this book. The Nightingale was awesome. Winter Garden quite good
Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn @Ward
Box of butterflies by roma downey good book 5 stars !!!
The Great Alone!
Burn Bright (Patricia Briggs)- and it looks like the others I’ve read and loved were published earlier.
Overload by joyce meyer good book and also box of butterflies by roma downey
The unlikely peligrimage of Harold Fray
Yes, a great book *Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
by Rachel Joyce
Montano Caine by Sydney Poitier
The Overstory, by Richard Powers; An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones; The Common Good, by Robert Reisch.
Before We Were Yours by far. ???
Loved this book
I’ve Been Thinking, Maria Shrive
Currently reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. It’s great so far—hard to put down. The author is a 17-year-old girl. They’re already talking about making a movie out of it!
I liked this one too, despite it being YA. I lile the idea of a world with magic in it. Will be looking for the sequel.
I love reading YA books.
Just picked it up! As of today – (lol) it will be my next read –
A Place For Us. Loved it!
Before We Were Yours. Great read.
Reading it now
Jar of hearts by Jennifer Hillier
I just finished ‘One Good Mama Bone’ by Bren McClain. A beautiful story, beautifully written.
Thank you for this information. I’m going to spend the next week in Memphis & would love to take it with me to read there. I’ll go to my local library today to see if it’s available.
@Sonya It’s so new, with excellent reviews… hope there isn’t a waiting list!
Unfortunately, there is a waiting list (I’m # 80!), but it will move quickly as they have 251 copies.
Southernmost by Silas House (2018 release)
I finished this earlier this week and was coming to add it to the the list. It was so good! I’m going to end up recommending it to everyone I know.
Thanks. Just put it on my list.
War Storm by Victoria Avyard
The “wow” is for both being #80 & for your library having 251 copies of it!
Just finished “Women in Sunlight”. Delightful book.
I couldn’t agree more!
This was our newly formed book club’s inaugural selection. Makes for good discussion, especially when some of us had very relevant experiences with adoption and memory-loss.
I’m currently reading Warlight by Ondaatje, and though not his best, I am appreciating his unique perspective.
The Great Alone is the best new book I’ve read so far this year!
How is tha author?
Kristin Hannah
Just finished “Love and Ruin” by Paula McClain about Hemingway, & his third wife Martha Gelhorn. Thought it was really good…
I’m reading Beautiful Exiles by Meg Waite Clayton. It’s also about Martha Gelhorn. I also enjoyed Mrs. Hemingway by Naomi Wood. It’s about all of Hemingway’s wives.
My book club has read Paula’s other Hemingway’s wife story “The Paris Wife” and also McClains “Circling the Sun”. Both were very good also.
@Pat All of his wives? Gotta look into that one!
Marilyn Zembo Day Yes, all of his wives. It gives you a better perspective about his life and loves.
My Dear Hamilton
Oh how I loved this book!
My pick for best book of 2018 is BENEATH A SCARLET SKY by Mark Sullivan. Both the book (based on a true WWII story) and how the author came to write it are amazing.
That was an excellent one
Couldn’t put it down
Reading it now colleen Gay …I have read alot of books about world war 2. ..never about Italy before
It is so true that the stories of the war in Italy have not been told before. Very interesting unknown piece of history.
I also loved this book because it was set in Italy. And I have read a lot of WWII books but mostly they are set in France or England.
@Colleen @Eileen I have read books set in Poland . I feel like I should have realized that Italians suffered too. I find that I learn from historical fiction.
Historical fiction is my favorite genre.
In the Nightengale I learned a lot about Spain. So that led me to other ones about Spain in WWII. I want to read this one though. Thanks Colleen.
This book is also set in Italy during World War II and is about the resistance movement there it is an excellent book
@Susie thanks for the recommendation. ….
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand great book. ???
It held my interest, that’s for sure.
Beneath the Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan and Clock Dance by Anne @Tyler
BTSS was excellent
I was so enthralled that I googled the photographs of the actual people. Pino Lella has lived an amazing long life.
@Carol I did as well. Not sure I can imagine a kid in their mid teens doing what he did today
@SusieAnd the rest of his life was equally as charmed. Plus he was a good looking man, throughout his entire life.
The Great Alone.
Jar of hearts by Jennifer Hillier
A wrinkle in time
Uh… That was not released in 2018.
I loved The Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne. The best book I”ve read in ages.
CIRCE, ANATOMY OF A MIRACLE.
I loved Circe!
This what I have read from January to June. There are some very good stories there. Non fiction, true crime, suspense, drama, fiction and all sorts of romance. Yellow dots should be 2018, but I’m not sure on the dates of several
How did you like theKaren White book? I just finished The Time Between and really liked it tho the situation was contrived, the characters and info was great. My favorite of hers is Beech Trees.
Diane Cordell loved the Karen White book, and we got to chat with her too! Awesome! It was my second of hers.
Maria Mercedes you’ll love Beech Trees. I’m working towards Dreams of Falling—it’s on my Kindle!
@Diane, I have a lot of catching up to do.
@Diane, if you like her try Lauren K Denton. I’m currently finishing The Hideaway and finished Hurricane Season last month. She is awesome and new
Us Against You by Fredrick Backman, sequel to Beartown (but not necessary to read that one first).
I also enjoyed Us Against You. I do think it is better to read the first one tho’
Box of butterflies by roma downey 2018
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
Educated, a memoir by Tara Westover. I’m still talking about it.
Fabulous
Educated is a magnificent book
Amazing book, even shocking at times.
Kate Morton’s The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Vox – where women can only speak 100 words a day – and Red Snow by
Will Dean. This last one is superb. Read Dark Pines out now to prepare as it’s THAT good!
Can’t wait to read the Clock Makers Daughter!
@Jan it’s very good and there’s a very spooky house at the centre of it all…
I’ve only read two! I guess best would have to be The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard. I absolutely hated the other one!
The Great Alone!
Sleeping Beauties and Outsider…Stephen King
Did you like The Outsider? I finished it and was hoping for a bigger finish.
@Imelda I agree. I listened to the audiobook on a long cross country drive and was a bit disappointed by the ending.
Nightingale
The Great Alone is the book published so far in 20018
I didn’t care for this book. Didn’t have near the power of Tbe Nightgale or Winter Garden
@Sue thank goodness I’m not the only one disappointed in this book. I’m a fan of Kristin Hannah but this was not one of her best novels.
I really enjoyed it.
I think the only one I read released in 2018 was “Fire and Fury.” Lol I seldom read new releases the year they are released, the exception being posthumous Vonnegut.
This was released just this week and it is an amazing book. I could not put it down. I highly recommend her
Cannot wait till I get Where the Crawdads Sing…it is on a waiting list at the library.
Us Against You by Fredrik Bachman… it is the sequel to Beartown
I can’t wait to read this!
Me too! I’ve kind of been saving it!
Have to remember this. Beartown was sooo good. Made me think.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is the best book to be published in 2018!
Charolttes web
I read Charlotte’s Web last year and loved it!
Box of butterflies by roma downey
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilerbrand it was her best book yet. I loved all the twist. Couldn’t figure it out til the end. Highly recommend it.
The Great Alone
Gentleman from Moscow
Little house on the prairie
I enjoyed it too Deb Callahan.
Secret garden
Tom sawyer
LOL think some folks are missing the “released in 2018” portion of your question. ?
Way too many to count have missed the 2018! ?
I just finished Educated — what an amazing story/life!! I’m glad the tidbits I’d heard about it before did not include any spoilers, so I won’t either.
It is a good one.
One i read for 2018 is box of butterflies by roma downey its good 5 stars !!!!
Just finished The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz.
I really enjoyed it good murder mystery! I like the way he narrates so it’s like a book within a book. This is the second book I have read by this author also enjoy Magpie Murders.
The question was about books RELEASED IN 2018, not when the books were read. I’m amazed at how many avid readers can’t read!
It’s possible that people are mistaking this thread for the one about what we’re currently reading.
Does it really matter as long as people are READING!
Unsung Heroine by Carla Yvonne Jordan ?
Read & released in 2018
@Eileen Some people think that only the older books that are on the list are worth reading. Many new book club members say things like that because they haven’t tried new authors. This thread is valuable to me because I am trying to find new books and new great authors.
@Charlotte My book group reads one “classic” a year–ranging from Edith Wharton to Harper Lee to Ernest Hemingway to Chinua Achebe–the rest of our books are contemporary. Some we’ve read this year are Consider the Dreamers, A man Called Ove, The Untold and To the Bright Edge of the World. In December, we read 3 or 4 short stories from an anthology such as Best American Short Stories. We’ve followed this pattern since we started up 23 years ago.
Denise Walsh I am in two book clubs. In one the librarian picks but she does take suggestions from members and these have been almost always great choices. We almost always choose books published in the last couple of years as long as they have large print and audio also available. The other book club tries to let each member pick but it sometimes is like being a vegetarian and going out to eat with beef and potato eaters. We used to pick from the Northeast Ohio Library Association’s book list. Last year we read a lot of nonfiction like Hilllbilly Elegy.
Charlotte Bell, the first group sounds like my kind of book group. I take suggestions and we vote, but I also have veto power, so we read some pretty good books. When I choose books I check them out, often having read them first. I love your analogy of vegetarians dining with beef and potato eaters. ?
@Charlotte really? I’d think one of the big draws of being in a book club would be to discover new authors. I do like the idea of this thread for books released in 2018 because the polling for the GAR list may have happened before 2018. And 2017 books probably would’ve had a tough time making the cut.
@Emily yes but teachers around here are used to reading classics and nonfiction. I love historical fiction and mysteries best but any new books discussed on NPR or that have won awards I love hearing about. I agree 2017 books may not have been included in the GAR list.
I have increased my to read list to 80 books since the beginning of summer thanks to these discussions.
The best books I have read that came out in 2018 are: The Great Alone, The Immortalists, The Woman in the Window, The Home for Unwanted Girls, and The Wife Between Us.
I would like to add some books from 2017 since the books from 2018 may have hold lists at the libraries: Beneath the Scarlet Sky, Before We Were Yours, Little Fires Everywhere, and from 2016 is Flight Patterns.
I looked back over my lists and here are some really good books which shouldn’t be overlooked: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine 2017, The Stars are Fire 2017, The Nightingale 2016, Everything I Never Told You 2015, The Goldfinch 2013, Out of the Easy 2013, Destiny of the Republic 2011, The Kitchen House 2010, Unbroken 2010, the Glass Castle 2006, The Bluest Eye 2005, and the Devil in the White City 2003.
Nice list!
There are only 3 books I have read that were recently released, Barracoon, The Escape Artist and Without Precedent. All are great. Barracoon was read along with Their Eyes Were Watching God for my book club. We had some great discussions slavery. Without Precedent is our current selection. Its about John Marshal but I’m getting a kick out of how the author is bashing Thomas Jefferson every chance he gets! Escape Artist is Brad Meltzer’s latest thriller. I like his work.
eleanore oliphant is fine and Educated. Loved them both.
“The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of Le Roy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865,” ed. Janet Elizabeth Croon. A true window into the life of a young teen in Macon,GA, as the Civil War impacted his family and community. He was an invalid resulting from a falling chimney and also suffered from TB, so you get a view of upper crust southern family life, the impact of war on individuals, and a look at medical realities in the mid-19th century.
Also very good was “In the Enemy’s House: The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies,” by Howard Blum. It’s the story of the investigation of the spy ring to which Julius Rosenberg was a party.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah!
I haven’t read a 2018 book yet! They’ll probably be on my 2019 list!
The Immortalists
The Great Alone.
Next year in Havana
Just finished Sunburn by Laura Lippman it was one of my favorites from this year. The ending was unexpected and I really like how descriptive her writing is it really transports into the story. Her characters have a lot of depth and I found the lead in this one to have many sides after reading I’m still not sure if she was good or evil.
I enjoy her books, especially her stand alone novels. Her characters are well layered and no one is a total good or bad character, she gives you texture. I’ll be moving this to next on my tbr pile.
American Marriage and am reading A Place For Us now, really good.
Just finished Educated by Tara Westover.
Reading The Alice Network…great story!
Everyone in my book club loved The Alice Network.
@Charlotte …I’m loving it, too!
The Great Alone,