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.
1
Graaf in Moskou
door Amor Towles
9,264 leden
522 besprekingen
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 ,
Verklaringen
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
door Martha Wells
5,606 leden
354 besprekingen
4.1
11 Members
writerlibrarian, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, souloftherose, TempleCat, Familiar_Diversions, Marmie7, Nova_Mortem, tldegray, Charon07
6
Tot in de hemel
door Richard Powers
5,441 leden
248 besprekingen
4.1
10 Members
debnance, aquamari, Parker51, arsolot, charl08, msf59, dkohler52, EllsieFind, Sarah.Abbott, BobOseid
7
Lincoln in de bardo
door George Saunders
5,855 leden
338 besprekingen
3.9
11 Members
waitingtoderail, sipthereader, Cariola, jeanned, margitc, errata, peterveen, dianeham, BobOseid, chezbob, jbhunter,Kiwiclaire50
8
Mijn verhaal: Becoming
door Michelle Obama
8,571 leden
345 besprekingen
½ 4.4
11 Members
kristenl, Micheller7, IMBOS, N1na, beebeereads, dkohler52, BLBera, Susan.Macura, This-n-That, Marmie7, CMSharkey,JaneAustenNut ,AmourFou ,
9
De glorieuze reis van Arthur Less
door Andrew Sean Greer
3,936 leden
201 besprekingen
½ 3.7
10 Members
bkmcneil, karenmarie, nivramkoorb, PrueGallagher, trlinatl, kjgormley, BobOseid, MelonieMurray, chezbob, jbhunter,
10
Zilvergaren
door Naomi Novik
3,917 leden
203 besprekingen
4.2
8 Members
Aquila, rosalita, christina_reads, foggidawn, melmore, martitia, oceancat, souloftherose
11
De duivel in de witte stad: moord, magie en waanzin op de wereldtentoonstelling die Amerika veranderde
door Erik Larson
22,316 leden
702 besprekingen
4
8 Members
Minthe, Porua, pamdierickx, DWLDE, Travelgem, chezbob, CMSharkey, davidflem1984
Verklaringen
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
Het lied van de geesten
door Jesmyn Ward
3,991 leden
196 besprekingen
4.1
8 Members
arsolot, charl08, IrishSue, peterveen, trlinatl, kayanelson, audiencedog, BobOseid
13
The Power
door Naomi Alderman
4,807 leden
255 besprekingen
½ 3.7
8 Members
bookwoman84, yarmando, zhejw, melmore, norabelle414, LDVoorberg, nivramkoorb, sturlington,karenmarie
14
Een man die Ove heet
door Fredrik Backman
11,334 leden
691 besprekingen
½ 4.3
7 Members
mahsdad, martitia, aethercowboy, Dec31, Krisbee, Rchlwtsn, Lauren_Shriver
Verklaringen
aethercowboy: This books is both touching and funny, and in the end, it almost made me cry bittersweet tears.
15
Als je het licht niet kunt zien
door Anthony Doerr
18,928 leden
886 besprekingen
½ 4.3
7 Members
overthemoon, amerynth, olca02, KarlzFragaz, Francisco_Javier, MelonieMurray, Charon07,Kiwiclaire50
16
Huis in brand
door Kamila Shamsie
1,764 leden
81 besprekingen
4.1
7 Members
anglemark, charl08, Cariola, N1na, CarltonC, bfkendrick, Rchlwtsn
18
De buitenstaander
door Stephen King
5,203 leden
212 besprekingen
3.9
6 Members
Bookmarque, muehlpfordt, amuskopf, lowelibrary, RaMurray, Francisco_Javier
19
Honderd jaar eenzaamheid
door Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44,618 leden
697 besprekingen
4.2
6 Members
overthemoon, rarm, troutstreamman, muehlpfordt, martitia, Francisco_Javier
20
Duizend schitterende zonnen
door Khaled Hosseini
30,460 leden
897 besprekingen
½ 4.3
7 Members
overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, bfkendrick, Tess_W, Lauren_Shriver, Tosta, ,Kiwiclaire50
21
De rest van de dag
door Kazuo Ishiguro
16,459 leden
478 besprekingen
4.2
6 Members
plaugher, overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, DWLDE, Kiwiclaire50
22
Noorse Goden
door Neil Gaiman
9,152 leden
331 besprekingen
4
5 Members
mahsdad, zmeischa, kristilabrie, peremees, Aigos.DaVila
23
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
door Ottessa Moshfegh
3,116 leden
139 besprekingen
½ 3.6
5 Members
proserpinarex, N1na, boo-radley, blackhornet, jtoneill0,aprille
24
De maand van de bloemendoder
door David Grann
6,246 leden
314 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
lothiriel2003, michigantrumpet, AmourFou, darylanderson, Simontracy
25
Exit Strategy
door Martha Wells
2,648 leden
169 besprekingen
½ 4.3
5 Members
Aquila, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, tldegray
26
Red Clocks
door Leni Zumas
1,133 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 3.7
5 Members
sturlington, BLBera, vwinsloe, flying_monkeys, HeatherMoss
Verklaringen
HeatherMoss: This was really different, but still within the realm of believable legislation that could befall us. I love her writing style.
27
Exit West
door Mohsin Hamid
3,649 leden
231 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
bkmcneil, zhejw, SohoReader, JenMDB, cabockwrites
28
Homo Deus
door Yuval Noah Harari
5,410 leden
139 besprekingen
4
4 Members
conceptDawg, ccatalfo, pamdierickx, Kiwiclaire50
29
Laat me nooit alleen
door Kazuo Ishiguro
23,021 leden
941 besprekingen
3.8
4 Members
overthemoon, a.paravano, Francisco_Javier, Kiwiclaire50
30
Blindganger
door Michael Ondaatje
2,063 leden
104 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
overthemoon, errata, bfkendrick, Davida.Chazan
31
Een stralende toekomst
door Rebecca Makkai
2,004 leden
110 besprekingen
½ 4.3
4 Members
ablachly, charl08, beebeereads, chezbob
32
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
door Kathleen Rooney
1,205 leden
85 besprekingen
3.9
4 Members
ablachly, bookworm12, alphaorder, Tosta
33
Amerikanah
door Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,803 leden
298 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
overthemoon, SohoReader, zmeischa, Travelgem
34
Het Alice-netwerk
door Kate Quinn
4,312 leden
218 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
dara85, rhian_of_oz, bfkendrick, FerneMysteryReader,
35
Kleurenblind
door Trevor Noah
6,209 leden
362 besprekingen
½ 4.4
4 Members
aprille, kristenl, DeltaQueen50, PaperbackPirate
36
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
door Roxane Gay
2,260 leden
121 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
melmore, sturlington, LyndaInOregon, Tosta
37
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
door John McWhorter
1,284 leden
45 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, celaneus, LyndaInOregon
38
An American Marriage
door Tayari Jones
3,985 leden
258 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
Micheller7, ultrabookgeek, gburlingham
Verklaringen
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
door Hope Jahren
2,654 leden
158 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
onlinealterego, lottpoet, Emilylaura
40
Weg naar huis
door Yaa Gyasi
5,653 leden
280 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
Minthe, proserpinarex, JenMDB
41
Tussen de wereld en mij
door Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,821 leden
370 besprekingen
½ 4.4
3 Members
plaugher, celaneus, kristilabrie
Verklaringen
kristilabrie: Test List addition explanation notification, List created by another member.
42
Dracula
door Bram Stoker
35,688 leden
630 besprekingen
4
3 Members
overthemoon, KittyFiend, Aigos.DaVila
43
Daar waar de rivierkreeften zingen
door Delia Owens
14,473 leden
623 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
IMBOS, njinthesun, michelynn2016
44
Radetzkymars
door Joseph Roth
2,900 leden
76 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
catcarlo, proserpinarex, starbox
45
De geniale vriendin
door Elena Ferrante
7,222 leden
322 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
reesetee, rarm, zmeischa
46
The Fifth Risk
door Michael Lewis
1,464 leden
76 besprekingen
4
3 Members
proserpinarex, kara.shamy, Susan.Macura
47
De stilte van de vrouwen
door Pat Barker
2,426 leden
104 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
urania1, Cariola, LyndaInOregon
48
Gaan, ging, gegaan
door Jenny Erpenbeck
729 leden
49 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
Cariola, FAMeulstee, BLBera
49
Ready Player One
door Ernest Cline
18,578 leden
1,284 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
flips, TLievens, Francisco_Javier
50
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
door Adam Rutherford
1,141 leden
33 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
ccatalfo, pamdierickx, LyndaInOregon
51
The Hate U Give
door Angie Thomas
9,387 leden
477 besprekingen
½ 4.5
3 Members
arsolot, oceancat, Emilylaura
52
Gnomon
door Nick Harkaway
786 leden
30 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
Euryale, craso, jsburbidge
53
De wind in de wilgen
door Kenneth Grahame
23,936 leden
330 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
overthemoon, Ciruelo, proserpinarex
54
The Calculating Stars
door Mary Robinette Kowal
2,072 leden
133 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
Aquila, ablachly, rhian_of_oz
55
American War
door Omar El Akkad
1,846 leden
96 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
Deedledee, sturlington, KeyonnaB.
56
Pachinko
door Min Jin Lee
6,555 leden
284 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
vwinsloe, ultrabookgeek, jtoneill0
Verklaringen
ultrabookgeek: an amazing and loving family saga that never went the way you expect.
57
Witte dood
door Robert Galbraith
3,058 leden
154 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
murraymint11, YSBookRev, katemcangus
58
Children of Time
door Adrian Tchaikovsky
3,671 leden
151 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
neurokarma, amuskopf, Lille_lara
59
Reservoir 13
door Jon McGregor
889 leden
49 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
Bookmarque, shaunie, JenMDB
60
The Order of Time
door Carlo Rovelli
1,687 leden
49 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
yarmando, tsangal, briarhills
61
Een halve gele zon
door Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,949 leden
297 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
overthemoon, gypsysmom
62
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
door Anne Frank
1,726 leden
22 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, JaneAustenNut
63
Het verhaal van het verloren kind
door Elena Ferrante
2,676 leden
106 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
Mirabelle, Dilara86, zmeischa
64
Vox
door Christina Dalcher
1,556 leden
118 besprekingen
½ 3.5
3 Members
Davida.Chazan, Verkruissen, KeyonnaB.,dianeham
65
The Terror
door Dan Simmons
4,750 leden
204 besprekingen
4
2 Members
RBeffa, kara.shamy
66
De fatale kust
door Robert Hughes
3,900 leden
54 besprekingen
4
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
67
1793
door Niklas Natt och Dag
860 leden
65 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
YSBookRev, bezzabouza
68
Tombland
door C. J. Sansom
693 leden
31 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
marieke54, Leida
69
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
door Patrick Leigh Fermor
528 leden
7 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, varielle
70
Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
door Eric H. Cline
145 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
timspalding, celaneus
71
Ten oosten van Eden
door John Steinbeck
23,533 leden
425 besprekingen
½ 4.4
2 Members
NoPlanetB, chwiggy
72
Middlemarch
door George Eliot
17,818 leden
331 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
bkmcneil, Rchlwtsn
73
Geweldige vrouwen
door Barbara Pym
2,756 leden
126 besprekingen
4
2 Members
debnance, overthemoon
74
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
door John Carreyrou
2,717 leden
186 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
75
The Poet X
door Elizabeth Acevedo
2,570 leden
168 besprekingen
½ 4.4
2 Members
alphaorder, kgriffith
76
Survival In Auschwitz
door Primo Levi
2,256 leden
25 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, amerynth
77
Het testament van Maria
door Colm Tóibín
1,358 leden
109 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, urania1
78
Days without End
door Sebastian Barry
1,298 leden
80 besprekingen
4
2 Members
Ciruelo, bezzabouza
79
An Unkindness of Ghosts
door Rivers Solomon
1,165 leden
70 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
revbean, lorannen
80
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
door Beth Macy
1,068 leden
59 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
melmore, Susan.Macura
81
Lamentation
door C. J. Sansom
1,029 leden
46 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, flips
82
Frankenstein in Baghdad
door Ahmed Saadawi
800 leden
33 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
prima1, rapotter
84
So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places
door Elinor Burkett
92 leden
7 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
varielle, celaneus
85
Sneeuw
door Orhan Pamuk
7,048 leden
147 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, FAMeulstee
86
O Pioneers!
door Willa Cather
6,382 leden
165 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, ahef1963
Verklaringen
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
Juffrouw Brodies beste jaren
door Muriel Spark
5,252 leden
172 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
VW_Williams, HeatherMoss
Verklaringen
HeatherMoss: I can't believe I waited so long to read this. I thought it was delightful.
88
Totaal door het dolle heen
door Karen Joy Fowler
3,706 leden
244 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
holly_golightly, celaneus
Verklaringen
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
door Ron Chernow
2,353 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 4.5
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
90
Een maand in de provincie
door J. L. Carr
2,330 leden
120 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, encephalical
91
Unsheltered
door Barbara Kingsolver
2,178 leden
116 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
nivramkoorb, WendyRobyn
92
Bloemen voor Ada Harris
door Paul Gallico
742 leden
31 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, tcereceda
93
In Other Lands
door Sarah Rees Brennan
710 leden
48 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
briarhills, Nova_Mortem
94
True North
door Jim Harrison
491 leden
9 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
overthemoon, rocketjk
95
Washington Black
door Esi Edugyan
2,308 leden
135 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
plaugher, boo-radley
96
The Silent Companions
door Laura Purcell
1,051 leden
58 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, tina1969
97
De roep van de wildernis
door Jack London
20,301 leden
324 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
98
Winnie-de-Poeh
door A. A. Milne
13,563 leden
207 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, Rusty37
99
Er was eens een rivier
door Diane Setterfield
2,507 leden
165 besprekingen
4
2 Members
Carmenere, BookLizard
100
Hoe groen was mijn dal
door Richard Llewellyn
2,254 leden
54 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
overthemoon, techeditor