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
9,162 leden
520 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
5,543 leden
348 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
5,395 leden
244 besprekingen
4.1
10 Members
debnance, aquamari, Parker51, arsolot, charl08, msf59, dkohler52, EllsieFind, Sarah.Abbott, BobOseid
7
Lincoln in de bardo
door George Saunders
5,807 leden
337 besprekingen
3.9
11 Members
waitingtoderail, sipthereader, Cariola, jeanned, margitc, errata, peterveen, dianeham, BobOseid, chezbob, jbhunter,Kiwiclaire50
8
Mijn verhaal: Becoming
door Michelle Obama
8,501 leden
341 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
3,893 leden
200 besprekingen
½ 3.7
10 Members
bkmcneil, karenmarie, nivramkoorb, PrueGallagher, trlinatl, kjgormley, BobOseid, MelonieMurray, chezbob, jbhunter,
10
Zilvergaren
door Naomi Novik
3,871 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
22,223 leden
701 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
3,968 leden
195 besprekingen
4.1
8 Members
arsolot, charl08, IrishSue, peterveen, trlinatl, kayanelson, audiencedog, BobOseid
13
The Power
door Naomi Alderman
4,776 leden
254 besprekingen
½ 3.7
8 Members
bookwoman84, yarmando, zhejw, melmore, norabelle414, LDVoorberg, nivramkoorb, sturlington,karenmarie
14
Een man die Ove heet
door Fredrik Backman
11,236 leden
687 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
18,799 leden
885 besprekingen
½ 4.3
7 Members
overthemoon, amerynth, olca02, KarlzFragaz, Francisco_Javier, MelonieMurray, Charon07,Kiwiclaire50
16
Huis in brand
door Kamila Shamsie
1,744 leden
81 besprekingen
4.1
7 Members
anglemark, charl08, Cariola, N1na, CarltonC, bfkendrick, Rchlwtsn
18
De buitenstaander
door Stephen King
5,140 leden
212 besprekingen
3.9
6 Members
Bookmarque, muehlpfordt, amuskopf, lowelibrary, RaMurray, Francisco_Javier
19
Honderd jaar eenzaamheid
door Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44,491 leden
697 besprekingen
4.2
6 Members
overthemoon, rarm, troutstreamman, muehlpfordt, martitia, Francisco_Javier
20
Duizend schitterende zonnen
door Khaled Hosseini
30,372 leden
895 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
16,417 leden
477 besprekingen
4.2
6 Members
plaugher, overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, DWLDE, Kiwiclaire50
22
Noorse Goden
door Neil Gaiman
9,088 leden
330 besprekingen
4
5 Members
mahsdad, zmeischa, kristilabrie, peremees, Aigos.DaVila
23
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
door Ottessa Moshfegh
3,078 leden
135 besprekingen
½ 3.6
5 Members
proserpinarex, N1na, boo-radley, blackhornet, jtoneill0,aprille
24
De maand van de bloemendoder
door David Grann
6,148 leden
310 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
lothiriel2003, michigantrumpet, AmourFou, darylanderson, Simontracy
25
Exit Strategy
door Martha Wells
2,624 leden
168 besprekingen
½ 4.3
5 Members
Aquila, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, tldegray
26
Red Clocks
door Leni Zumas
1,130 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
3,620 leden
231 besprekingen
3.8
5 Members
bkmcneil, zhejw, SohoReader, JenMDB, cabockwrites
28
Homo Deus
door Yuval Noah Harari
5,376 leden
139 besprekingen
4
4 Members
conceptDawg, ccatalfo, pamdierickx, Kiwiclaire50
29
Laat me nooit alleen
door Kazuo Ishiguro
22,912 leden
938 besprekingen
3.8
4 Members
overthemoon, a.paravano, Francisco_Javier, Kiwiclaire50
30
Blindganger
door Michael Ondaatje
2,053 leden
104 besprekingen
½ 3.7
4 Members
overthemoon, errata, bfkendrick, Davida.Chazan
31
Een stralende toekomst
door Rebecca Makkai
1,985 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
7,747 leden
296 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
overthemoon, SohoReader, zmeischa, Travelgem
34
Het Alice-netwerk
door Kate Quinn
4,262 leden
217 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
dara85, rhian_of_oz, bfkendrick, FerneMysteryReader,
35
Kleurenblind
door Trevor Noah
6,150 leden
361 besprekingen
½ 4.4
4 Members
aprille, kristenl, DeltaQueen50, PaperbackPirate
36
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
door Roxane Gay
2,240 leden
121 besprekingen
4.2
4 Members
melmore, sturlington, LyndaInOregon, Tosta
37
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
door John McWhorter
1,275 leden
44 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, celaneus, LyndaInOregon
38
An American Marriage
door Tayari Jones
3,967 leden
257 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
2,643 leden
158 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
onlinealterego, lottpoet, Emilylaura
40
Weg naar huis
door Yaa Gyasi
5,603 leden
280 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
Minthe, proserpinarex, JenMDB
41
Tussen de wereld en mij
door Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,776 leden
369 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
35,528 leden
627 besprekingen
4
3 Members
overthemoon, KittyFiend, Aigos.DaVila
43
Daar waar de rivierkreeften zingen
door Delia Owens
14,302 leden
620 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
IMBOS, njinthesun, michelynn2016
44
Radetzkymars
door Joseph Roth
2,892 leden
76 besprekingen
4.2
3 Members
catcarlo, proserpinarex, starbox
45
De geniale vriendin
door Elena Ferrante
7,197 leden
319 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
reesetee, rarm, zmeischa
46
The Fifth Risk
door Michael Lewis
1,457 leden
76 besprekingen
4
3 Members
proserpinarex, kara.shamy, Susan.Macura
47
De stilte van de vrouwen
door Pat Barker
2,396 leden
104 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
urania1, Cariola, LyndaInOregon
48
Gaan, ging, gegaan
door Jenny Erpenbeck
722 leden
49 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
Cariola, FAMeulstee, BLBera
49
Ready Player One
door Ernest Cline
18,541 leden
1,280 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
1,124 leden
33 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
ccatalfo, pamdierickx, LyndaInOregon
51
The Hate U Give
door Angie Thomas
9,310 leden
475 besprekingen
½ 4.5
3 Members
arsolot, oceancat, Emilylaura
52
Gnomon
door Nick Harkaway
779 leden
30 besprekingen
½ 3.7
3 Members
Euryale, craso, jsburbidge
53
De wind in de wilgen
door Kenneth Grahame
23,808 leden
330 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
overthemoon, Ciruelo, proserpinarex
54
The Calculating Stars
door Mary Robinette Kowal
2,062 leden
133 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
Aquila, ablachly, rhian_of_oz
55
American War
door Omar El Akkad
1,836 leden
96 besprekingen
3.8
3 Members
Deedledee, sturlington, KeyonnaB.
56
Pachinko
door Min Jin Lee
6,486 leden
282 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
3,051 leden
152 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
murraymint11, YSBookRev, katemcangus
58
Children of Time
door Adrian Tchaikovsky
3,621 leden
148 besprekingen
4.1
3 Members
neurokarma, amuskopf, Lille_lara
59
Reservoir 13
door Jon McGregor
887 leden
49 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
Bookmarque, shaunie, JenMDB
60
The Order of Time
door Carlo Rovelli
1,672 leden
47 besprekingen
3.9
3 Members
yarmando, tsangal, briarhills
61
Een halve gele zon
door Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,925 leden
297 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, gypsysmom
62
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
door Anne Frank
1,708 leden
22 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, JaneAustenNut
63
Het verhaal van het verloren kind
door Elena Ferrante
2,649 leden
104 besprekingen
½ 4.3
3 Members
Mirabelle, Dilara86, zmeischa
64
Vox
door Christina Dalcher
1,548 leden
117 besprekingen
½ 3.5
3 Members
Davida.Chazan, Verkruissen, KeyonnaB.,dianeham
65
The Terror
door Dan Simmons
4,721 leden
204 besprekingen
4
2 Members
RBeffa, kara.shamy
66
De fatale kust
door Robert Hughes
3,894 leden
54 besprekingen
4
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
67
1793
door Niklas Natt och Dag
853 leden
65 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
YSBookRev, bezzabouza
68
Tombland
door C. J. Sansom
688 leden
31 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
marieke54, Leida
69
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
door Patrick Leigh Fermor
527 leden
7 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, varielle
70
Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
door Eric H. Cline
142 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
timspalding, celaneus
71
Ten oosten van Eden
door John Steinbeck
23,447 leden
424 besprekingen
½ 4.4
2 Members
NoPlanetB, chwiggy
72
Middlemarch
door George Eliot
17,750 leden
331 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
bkmcneil, Rchlwtsn
73
Geweldige vrouwen
door Barbara Pym
2,744 leden
126 besprekingen
4
2 Members
debnance, overthemoon
74
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
door John Carreyrou
2,704 leden
186 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
75
The Poet X
door Elizabeth Acevedo
2,552 leden
167 besprekingen
½ 4.4
2 Members
alphaorder, kgriffith
76
Survival In Auschwitz
door Primo Levi
2,255 leden
25 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, amerynth
77
Het testament van Maria
door Colm Tóibín
1,353 leden
109 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, urania1
78
Days without End
door Sebastian Barry
1,293 leden
80 besprekingen
4
2 Members
Ciruelo, bezzabouza
79
An Unkindness of Ghosts
door Rivers Solomon
1,156 leden
69 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
revbean, lorannen
80
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
door Beth Macy
1,062 leden
59 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
melmore, Susan.Macura
81
Lamentation
door C. J. Sansom
1,026 leden
45 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, flips
82
Frankenstein in Baghdad
door Ahmed Saadawi
794 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
7,029 leden
147 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, FAMeulstee
86
O Pioneers!
door Willa Cather
6,361 leden
164 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
5,211 leden
171 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
3,689 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
2,323 leden
61 besprekingen
½ 4.5
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
90
Een maand in de provincie
door J. L. Carr
2,311 leden
118 besprekingen
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, encephalical
91
Unsheltered
door Barbara Kingsolver
2,164 leden
114 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
nivramkoorb, WendyRobyn
92
Bloemen voor Ada Harris
door Paul Gallico
739 leden
31 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, tcereceda
93
In Other Lands
door Sarah Rees Brennan
708 leden
48 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
briarhills, Nova_Mortem
94
True North
door Jim Harrison
489 leden
9 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, rocketjk
95
Washington Black
door Esi Edugyan
2,289 leden
135 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
plaugher, boo-radley
96
The Silent Companions
door Laura Purcell
1,041 leden
56 besprekingen
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, tina1969
97
De roep van de wildernis
door Jack London
20,254 leden
321 besprekingen
3.8
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
98
Winnie-de-Poeh
door A. A. Milne
13,506 leden
207 besprekingen
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, Rusty37
99
Er was eens een rivier
door Diane Setterfield
2,493 leden
164 besprekingen
4
2 Members
Carmenere, BookLizard
100
Hoe groen was mijn dal
door Richard Llewellyn
2,247 leden
54 besprekingen
4.1
2 Members
overthemoon, techeditor