Top Five Books of 2018

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Description: What are your top five reads for 2018? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2018. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: [link to come] Join the discussion on Talk [link to come] To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
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A Gentleman in Moscow
por Amor Towles
9,102 membros
517 críticas
½ 4.4
31 Members
aquamari, janoorani24, Euryale, SheLovesMaisie, charl08, sipthereader, raidergirl3, troutstreamman, ReluctantTechie, bjappleg8, LDVoorberg, greeneyed_ives, chgstrom, bezzabouza, carolfoisset, dkohler52, Dec31, lothiriel2003, Krisbee, bfkendrick, Tess_W, ahef1963, trlinatl, JenMDB, NoPlanetB, peremees, Sarah.Abbott, MelonieMurray, Letegretsoo, adherskowitx, davidflem1984, ,dianeham ,
Explicações
ahef1963: Vivid, detailed, alive, heartening. The Count is sentenced to permanent house arrest in a hotel across the street from the Kremlin, and needs to learn how to live in the hotel as passionately as he did in the outside world.
5
All Systems Red
por Martha Wells
5,501 membros
344 críticas
4.1
11 Members
writerlibrarian, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, souloftherose, TempleCat, Familiar_Diversions, Marmie7, Nova_Mortem, tldegray, Charon07
6
The Overstory
por Richard Powers
5,361 membros
244 críticas
4.1
10 Members
debnance, aquamari, Parker51, arsolot, charl08, msf59, dkohler52, EllsieFind, Sarah.Abbott, BobOseid
7
Lincoln in the Bardo
por George Saunders
5,796 membros
336 críticas
3.9
11 Members
waitingtoderail, sipthereader, Cariola, jeanned, margitc, errata, peterveen, dianeham, BobOseid, chezbob, jbhunter,Kiwiclaire50
8
Becoming
por Michelle Obama
8,454 membros
341 críticas
½ 4.4
11 Members
kristenl, Micheller7, IMBOS, N1na, beebeereads, dkohler52, BLBera, Susan.Macura, This-n-That, Marmie7, CMSharkey,JaneAustenNut ,AmourFou ,
9
Less
por Andrew Sean Greer
3,869 membros
199 críticas
½ 3.7
10 Members
bkmcneil, karenmarie, nivramkoorb, PrueGallagher, trlinatl, kjgormley, BobOseid, MelonieMurray, chezbob, jbhunter,
10
Spinning Silver
por Naomi Novik
3,847 membros
200 críticas
4.2
8 Members
Aquila, rosalita, christina_reads, foggidawn, melmore, martitia, oceancat, souloftherose
11
The Devil in the White City
por Erik Larson
22,155 membros
701 críticas
4
8 Members
Minthe, Porua, pamdierickx, DWLDE, Travelgem, chezbob, CMSharkey, davidflem1984
Explicações
Porua: The crimes of H. H. Holmes filled me with a sense of dread and loneliness. Intertwined with this macabre tale is the struggle to bring the spectacular 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to life. That may sound dull, but trust me it isn't!
12
Sing, Unburied, Sing
por Jesmyn Ward
3,961 membros
195 críticas
4.1
8 Members
arsolot, charl08, IrishSue, peterveen, trlinatl, kayanelson, audiencedog, BobOseid
13
The Power
por Naomi Alderman
4,753 membros
254 críticas
½ 3.7
8 Members
bookwoman84, yarmando, zhejw, melmore, norabelle414, LDVoorberg, nivramkoorb, sturlington,karenmarie
14
A Man Called Ove
por Fredrik Backman
11,186 membros
687 críticas
½ 4.3
7 Members
mahsdad, martitia, aethercowboy, Dec31, Krisbee, Rchlwtsn, Lauren_Shriver
Explicações
aethercowboy: This books is both touching and funny, and in the end, it almost made me cry bittersweet tears.
15
Toda a luz que não podemos ver
por Anthony Doerr
18,721 membros
884 críticas
½ 4.3
7 Members
overthemoon, amerynth, olca02, KarlzFragaz, Francisco_Javier, MelonieMurray, Charon07,Kiwiclaire50
16
Home Fire
por Kamila Shamsie
1,739 membros
81 críticas
4.1
7 Members
anglemark, charl08, Cariola, N1na, CarltonC, bfkendrick, Rchlwtsn
18
The Outsider
por Stephen King
5,102 membros
211 críticas
3.9
6 Members
Bookmarque, muehlpfordt, amuskopf, lowelibrary, RaMurray, Francisco_Javier
19
Cem anos de solidão
por Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44,421 membros
696 críticas
4.2
6 Members
overthemoon, rarm, troutstreamman, muehlpfordt, martitia, Francisco_Javier
20
Mil sois resplandecentes
por Khaled Hosseini
30,316 membros
895 críticas
½ 4.3
7 Members
overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, bfkendrick, Tess_W, Lauren_Shriver, Tosta, ,Kiwiclaire50
21
The Remains of the Day
por Kazuo Ishiguro
16,374 membros
476 críticas
4.2
6 Members
plaugher, overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, DWLDE, Kiwiclaire50
22
Norse Mythology
por Neil Gaiman
9,048 membros
330 críticas
4
5 Members
mahsdad, zmeischa, kristilabrie, peremees, Aigos.DaVila
23
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
por David Grann
6,104 membros
310 críticas
4.1
5 Members
lothiriel2003, michigantrumpet, AmourFou, darylanderson, Simontracy
24
Exit Strategy
por Martha Wells
2,608 membros
167 críticas
½ 4.3
5 Members
Aquila, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, tldegray
25
Red Clocks
por Leni Zumas
1,129 membros
61 críticas
½ 3.7
5 Members
sturlington, BLBera, vwinsloe, flying_monkeys, HeatherMoss
Explicações
HeatherMoss: This was really different, but still within the realm of believable legislation that could befall us. I love her writing style.
26
Exit West
por Mohsin Hamid
3,612 membros
231 críticas
3.8
5 Members
bkmcneil, zhejw, SohoReader, JenMDB, cabockwrites
27
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
por Yuval Noah Harari
5,363 membros
139 críticas
4
4 Members
conceptDawg, ccatalfo, pamdierickx, Kiwiclaire50
28
Never Let Me Go
por Kazuo Ishiguro
22,843 membros
938 críticas
3.8
4 Members
overthemoon, a.paravano, Francisco_Javier, Kiwiclaire50
29
Warlight
por Michael Ondaatje
2,052 membros
104 críticas
½ 3.7
4 Members
overthemoon, errata, bfkendrick, Davida.Chazan
30
The Great Believers
por Rebecca Makkai
1,987 membros
110 críticas
½ 4.3
4 Members
ablachly, charl08, beebeereads, chezbob
31
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
por Kathleen Rooney
1,200 membros
85 críticas
3.9
4 Members
ablachly, bookworm12, alphaorder, Tosta
32
Americanah
por Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,723 membros
296 críticas
4.2
4 Members
overthemoon, SohoReader, zmeischa, Travelgem
33
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
por Ottessa Moshfegh
3,058 membros
135 críticas
½ 3.6
4 Members
proserpinarex, N1na, boo-radley, jtoneill0,aprille
34
The Alice Network
por Kate Quinn
4,239 membros
212 críticas
4.1
4 Members
dara85, rhian_of_oz, bfkendrick, FerneMysteryReader,
35
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
por Trevor Noah
6,132 membros
361 críticas
½ 4.4
4 Members
aprille, kristenl, DeltaQueen50, PaperbackPirate
36
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
por Roxane Gay
2,233 membros
120 críticas
4.2
4 Members
melmore, sturlington, LyndaInOregon, Tosta
37
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
por John McWhorter
1,274 membros
44 críticas
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, celaneus, LyndaInOregon
38
An American Marriage
por Tayari Jones
3,954 membros
256 críticas
3.9
3 Members
Micheller7, ultrabookgeek, gburlingham
Explicações
ultrabookgeek: When you want all the characters to win when they are at odds with each other, then you have an exceptional story.
39
Lab Girl
por Hope Jahren
2,635 membros
158 críticas
4.1
3 Members
onlinealterego, lottpoet, Emilylaura
40
Homegoing
por Yaa Gyasi
5,590 membros
277 críticas
½ 4.3
3 Members
Minthe, proserpinarex, JenMDB
41
Between the World and Me
por Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,749 membros
368 críticas
½ 4.4
3 Members
plaugher, celaneus, kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: Test List addition explanation notification, List created by another member.
42
Dracula
por Bram Stoker
35,446 membros
625 críticas
4
3 Members
overthemoon, KittyFiend, Aigos.DaVila
43
Where the Crawdads Sing
por Delia Owens
14,216 membros
616 críticas
4.1
3 Members
IMBOS, njinthesun, michelynn2016
44
The Radetzky March
por Joseph Roth
2,887 membros
76 críticas
4.2
3 Members
catcarlo, proserpinarex, starbox
45
My Brilliant Friend
por Elena Ferrante
7,163 membros
315 críticas
3.9
3 Members
reesetee, rarm, zmeischa
46
The Fifth Risk
por Michael Lewis
1,453 membros
76 críticas
4
3 Members
proserpinarex, kara.shamy, Susan.Macura
47
The Silence of the Girls
por Pat Barker
2,389 membros
103 críticas
3.9
3 Members
urania1, Cariola, LyndaInOregon
48
Go, Went, Gone
por Jenny Erpenbeck
721 membros
49 críticas
4.1
3 Members
Cariola, FAMeulstee, BLBera
49
Ready Player One
por Ernest Cline
18,474 membros
1,277 críticas
4.1
3 Members
flips, TLievens, Francisco_Javier
50
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
por Adam Rutherford
1,125 membros
33 críticas
4.1
3 Members
ccatalfo, pamdierickx, LyndaInOregon
51
The Hate U Give
por Angie Thomas
9,268 membros
475 críticas
½ 4.5
3 Members
arsolot, oceancat, Emilylaura
52
Gnomon
por Nick Harkaway
775 membros
30 críticas
½ 3.7
3 Members
Euryale, craso, jsburbidge
53
The Wind in the Willows
por Kenneth Grahame
23,738 membros
330 críticas
4.1
3 Members
overthemoon, Ciruelo, proserpinarex
54
The Calculating Stars
por Mary Robinette Kowal
2,057 membros
133 críticas
3.9
3 Members
Aquila, ablachly, rhian_of_oz
55
American War
por Omar El Akkad
1,833 membros
96 críticas
3.8
3 Members
Deedledee, sturlington, KeyonnaB.
56
Pachinko
por Min Jin Lee
6,446 membros
282 críticas
4.1
3 Members
vwinsloe, ultrabookgeek, jtoneill0
Explicações
ultrabookgeek: an amazing and loving family saga that never went the way you expect.
57
Lethal White
por Robert Galbraith
3,038 membros
152 críticas
4.1
3 Members
murraymint11, YSBookRev, katemcangus
58
Children of Time
por Adrian Tchaikovsky
3,596 membros
147 críticas
4.1
3 Members
neurokarma, amuskopf, Lille_lara
59
Reservoir 13
por Jon McGregor
885 membros
49 críticas
3.9
3 Members
Bookmarque, shaunie, JenMDB
60
The Order of Time
por Carlo Rovelli
1,662 membros
47 críticas
3.9
3 Members
yarmando, tsangal, briarhills
61
Half of a Yellow Sun
por Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,908 membros
296 críticas
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, gypsysmom
62
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
por Anne Frank
1,706 membros
22 críticas
4.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, JaneAustenNut
63
The Story of the Lost Child
por Elena Ferrante
2,639 membros
104 críticas
½ 4.3
3 Members
Mirabelle, Dilara86, zmeischa
64
Vox
por Christina Dalcher
1,541 membros
117 críticas
½ 3.5
3 Members
Davida.Chazan, Verkruissen, KeyonnaB.,dianeham
65
The Terror
por Dan Simmons
4,710 membros
204 críticas
4
2 Members
RBeffa, kara.shamy
66
The Fatal Shore
por Robert Hughes
3,888 membros
54 críticas
4
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
67
The Wolf and the Watchman
por Niklas Natt och Dag
854 membros
65 críticas
3.9
2 Members
YSBookRev, bezzabouza
68
Tombland
por C. J. Sansom
680 membros
31 críticas
4.2
2 Members
marieke54, Leida
69
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
por Patrick Leigh Fermor
526 membros
7 críticas
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, varielle
70
Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
por Eric H. Cline
142 membros
3 críticas
3.9
2 Members
timspalding, celaneus
71
East of Eden
por John Steinbeck
23,414 membros
423 críticas
½ 4.4
2 Members
NoPlanetB, chwiggy
72
Middlemarch
por George Eliot
17,723 membros
331 críticas
4.2
2 Members
bkmcneil, Rchlwtsn
73
If This Is a Man
por Primo Levi
6,070 membros
98 críticas
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, amerynth
74
Excellent Women
por Barbara Pym
2,739 membros
126 críticas
4
2 Members
debnance, overthemoon
75
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
por John Carreyrou
2,697 membros
186 críticas
½ 4.3
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
76
The Poet X
por Elizabeth Acevedo
2,540 membros
167 críticas
½ 4.4
2 Members
alphaorder, kgriffith
77
The Testament of Mary
por Colm Tóibín
1,376 membros
109 críticas
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, urania1
78
Days without End
por Sebastian Barry
1,287 membros
80 críticas
4
2 Members
Ciruelo, bezzabouza
79
An Unkindness of Ghosts
por Rivers Solomon
1,153 membros
69 críticas
3.9
2 Members
revbean, lorannen
80
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
por Beth Macy
1,058 membros
59 críticas
4.1
2 Members
melmore, Susan.Macura
81
Lamentation
por C. J. Sansom
1,022 membros
45 críticas
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, flips
82
Frankenstein in Baghdad
por Ahmed Saadawi
790 membros
33 críticas
½ 3.6
2 Members
prima1, rapotter
84
So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places
por Elinor Burkett
92 membros
7 críticas
3.8
2 Members
varielle, celaneus
85
Snow
por Orhan Pamuk
7,028 membros
147 críticas
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, FAMeulstee
86
O Pioneers!
por Willa Cather
6,347 membros
164 críticas
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, ahef1963
Explicações
ahef1963: My introduction to Willa Cather and I was blown away by the story, the prairie, and the amount of determination that can be rustled up in the middle of nowhere.
87
O apogeu de Miss Jean Brodie
por Muriel Spark
5,207 membros
170 críticas
½ 3.7
2 Members
VW_Williams, HeatherMoss
Explicações
HeatherMoss: I can't believe I waited so long to read this. I thought it was delightful.
88
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
por Karen Joy Fowler
3,691 membros
244 críticas
3.8
2 Members
holly_golightly, celaneus
Explicações
holly_golightly: I read this in March and I still think about it regularly. It is not an exaggeration to call this book mind-altering.
89
Grant
por Ron Chernow
2,309 membros
61 críticas
½ 4.5
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
90
A Month in the Country
por J. L. Carr
2,308 membros
118 críticas
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, encephalical
91
Unsheltered
por Barbara Kingsolver
2,156 membros
114 críticas
½ 3.6
2 Members
nivramkoorb, WendyRobyn
92
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
por Paul Gallico
738 membros
31 críticas
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, tcereceda
93
In Other Lands
por Sarah Rees Brennan
703 membros
48 críticas
½ 4.3
2 Members
briarhills, Nova_Mortem
94
True North
por Jim Harrison
489 membros
9 críticas
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, rocketjk
95
Washington Black
por Esi Edugyan
2,288 membros
135 críticas
3.9
2 Members
plaugher, boo-radley
96
The Silent Companions
por Laura Purcell
1,036 membros
56 críticas
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, tina1969
97
The Call of the Wild
por Jack London
20,177 membros
321 críticas
3.8
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
98
Winnie-the-Pooh
por A. A. Milne
13,458 membros
207 críticas
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, Rusty37
99
Once Upon a River
por Diane Setterfield
2,483 membros
164 críticas
4
2 Members
Carmenere, BookLizard
100
How Green Was My Valley
por Richard Llewellyn
2,243 membros
54 críticas
4.1
2 Members
overthemoon, techeditor