{"id":9540,"date":"2019-01-10T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T20:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9540"},"modified":"2019-01-10T12:38:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T20:38:40","slug":"the-books-of-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9540","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"So many books, so little time\u2014part 12.<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the 12th\u00a0year we\u2019ve done this.<\/p>\n

My favorite books of 2018 were probably Half a Yellow Sun<\/em><\/a>, by\u00a0Chimamanda\u00a0Ngozi Adichie; The Glitch<\/em><\/a> by Elizabeth Cohen; A Gentleman in Moscow<\/em><\/a>, by Amor Towles; Young Jane Young<\/em><\/a> by Gabrielle Zevin; and\u00a0Little Fires Everywhere<\/em><\/a> by Celeste Ng (soon to be a series with Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, which will be awesome).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019d love to hear about other people\u2019s favorite books this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2018 Book List<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
title<\/td>\nauthor first name<\/td>\n\n
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author last name<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Persuading Austen<\/td>\nBrigid<\/td>\nCoady<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Mephisto Club<\/td>\nTess<\/td>\nGerritson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last Mrs. Parrish<\/td>\nLiv<\/td>\nContantine<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girl on a Swing<\/td>\nBella<\/td>\nRoccaforte<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fitness Junkie<\/td>\nLucy<\/td>\n\n
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Sykes and Jo Piazza<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Ready Player One<\/td>\nErnest<\/td>\nCline<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Immortalists<\/td>\nChloe<\/td>\nBenjamin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silver Linings<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Revenge Wears Prada<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nWeisberger<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Something in Between<\/td>\nMelissa<\/td>\nde la Cruz<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flirting with Felicity<\/td>\nGerri<\/td>\nRussell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Love Muffin and Chai Latte<\/td>\nAnya<\/td>\nWylde<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turtles All the Way Down<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uncommon Type<\/td>\nTom<\/td>\nHanks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coma Girl<\/td>\nStephanie<\/td>\nBond<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Class Mom<\/td>\nLaurie<\/td>\nGelman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Modern Lovers<\/td>\nEmma<\/td>\nStraub<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance<\/td>\nRuth Emmie<\/td>\nLang<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Cinderella Murder<\/td>\nMary<\/td>\nHiggins Clark<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Rules Do Not Apply<\/td>\nAriel<\/td>\nLevy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mrs.<\/td>\nCaitlin<\/td>\nMacy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montana<\/td>\nDebbie<\/td>\nMacomber<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Most Wanted<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Infinite Home<\/td>\nKathleen<\/td>\nAlcott<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Half a Yellow Sun<\/td>\nChimamanda<\/td>\n\n
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Ngozi Adichie<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The Alice Network<\/td>\nKate<\/td>\nQuinn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Still Me<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Light We Lost<\/td>\nJill<\/td>\nSantopolo<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What Remains of Me<\/td>\nAlison<\/td>\nGaylin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How to Eat a Cupcake<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\nDonohoe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sometimes I Lie<\/td>\nAlice<\/td>\nFeeney<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sheltering Rain<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness<\/td>\nArundhati<\/td>\nRoy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Life in Middlemarch<\/td>\nRebecca<\/td>\nMead<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This is Your Life Harriet Chance!<\/td>\nJonathan<\/td>\nEvison<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Into the Beautiful North<\/td>\nLuis Alberto<\/td>\nUrrea<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wrecked<\/td>\nElle<\/td>\nCasey<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lone Wolf<\/td>\nJodi<\/td>\nPicoult<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Coincidence Makers<\/td>\nYoav<\/td>\nBlum<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suddenly<\/td>\nBarbara<\/td>\nDelinsky<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder<\/td>\nCaroline<\/td>\nFraser<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Before I Fall<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nOliver<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sugar Daddy<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nKleypass<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer Hideaway<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nWiggs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Favorite Sister<\/td>\nJessica<\/td>\nKnoll<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Surprise Me<\/td>\nSophie<\/td>\nKinsella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summer Secrets<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Gatekeepers<\/td>\nJen<\/td>\nLancaster<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Think It, I’ll Say It<\/td>\nCurtis<\/td>\nSittenfeld<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matchmaking for Beginners<\/td>\nMaddie<\/td>\nDawson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swim Back to Me<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\nPacker<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How to Survive Your Sisters<\/td>\nEllie<\/td>\nCampbell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Dangerous Game<\/td>\nHeather<\/td>\nGraham<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl<\/td>\nMona<\/td>\nAwad<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Glitch<\/td>\nElisabeth<\/td>\nCohen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beach Town<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Behold the Dreamers<\/td>\nImbolo<\/td>\nMbue<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungry Heart<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Party Girls Die in Pearls<\/td>\nPlum<\/td>\nSykes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I See London<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\nMlynowski<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bond Girl<\/td>\nErin<\/td>\nDuffy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Fires Everywhere<\/td>\nCeleste<\/td>\nNg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baked with love<\/td>\nIzzy<\/td>\nBayliss<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Girl I Was Before<\/td>\nIzzy<\/td>\nBayliss<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Never Change<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\nBerg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Not That I Could Tell<\/td>\nJessica<\/td>\nStrawser<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\nRonson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Gentleman in Moscow<\/td>\nAmor<\/td>\nTowles<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Little Shop of Happy Ever After<\/td>\nJenny<\/td>\nColgan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Then She Was Gone<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nJewell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Portable Veblen<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\nMcKenzie<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Woman in the Window<\/td>\nA.J.<\/td>\nFinn<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dare Me<\/td>\nMegan<\/td>\nAbbott<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Confessions of a Queen Bee<\/td>\nCrista<\/td>\nMcHugh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Almost Sisters<\/td>\nJoshilyn<\/td>\nJackson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Young Jane Young<\/td>\nGabrielle<\/td>\nZevin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Scrapbook of Frankie Post<\/td>\nCaroline<\/td>\nPreston<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Let Me Lie<\/td>\nClare<\/td>\nMackintosh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Girls<\/td>\nEmma<\/td>\nCline<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Intermission<\/td>\nElyssa<\/td>\nFriedland<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
London is the Best City in America<\/td>\nLaura<\/td>\nDave<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nine Perfect Strangers<\/td>\nLiane<\/td>\nMoriarty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maine<\/td>\nJ. Courtney<\/td>\nSullivan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friendship: A Novel<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\nGould<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maybe in Another Life<\/td>\nTaylor<\/td>\nJenkins Reid<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fanny Bower Puts Herself Out There<\/td>\nJulia<\/td>\nAriss<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woman Last Seen in Her Thirties<\/td>\nCamile<\/td>\nPagan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Give Me Your Hand<\/td>\nMegan<\/td>\nAbbott<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Bookshop of Yesterdays<\/td>\nAmy<\/td>\nMeyerson<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
All We Ever Wanted<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\nGiffin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghosted<\/td>\nRosie<\/td>\nWalsh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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