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
de Amor Towles
9,118 membros
517 resenhas
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
de Martha Wells
5,510 membros
345 resenhas
4.1
11 Members
writerlibrarian, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, souloftherose, TempleCat, Familiar_Diversions, Marmie7, Nova_Mortem, tldegray, Charon07
6
The Overstory
de Richard Powers
5,372 membros
244 resenhas
4.1
10 Members
debnance, aquamari, Parker51, arsolot, charl08, msf59, dkohler52, EllsieFind, Sarah.Abbott, BobOseid
7
Lincoln no Limbo
de George Saunders
5,801 membros
336 resenhas
3.9
11 Members
waitingtoderail, sipthereader, Cariola, jeanned, margitc, errata, peterveen, dianeham, BobOseid, chezbob, jbhunter,Kiwiclaire50
8
Becoming
de Michelle Obama
8,464 membros
341 resenhas
½ 4.4
11 Members
kristenl, Micheller7, IMBOS, N1na, beebeereads, dkohler52, BLBera, Susan.Macura, This-n-That, Marmie7, CMSharkey,JaneAustenNut ,AmourFou ,
9
Less
de Andrew Sean Greer
3,875 membros
199 resenhas
½ 3.7
10 Members
bkmcneil, karenmarie, nivramkoorb, PrueGallagher, trlinatl, kjgormley, BobOseid, MelonieMurray, chezbob, jbhunter,
10
Spinning Silver
de Naomi Novik
3,850 membros
200 resenhas
4.2
8 Members
Aquila, rosalita, christina_reads, foggidawn, melmore, martitia, oceancat, souloftherose
11
The Devil in the White City
de Erik Larson
22,173 membros
701 resenhas
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
de Jesmyn Ward
3,965 membros
195 resenhas
4.1
8 Members
arsolot, charl08, IrishSue, peterveen, trlinatl, kayanelson, audiencedog, BobOseid
13
The Power
de Naomi Alderman
4,763 membros
254 resenhas
½ 3.7
8 Members
bookwoman84, yarmando, zhejw, melmore, norabelle414, LDVoorberg, nivramkoorb, sturlington,karenmarie
14
A Man Called Ove
de Fredrik Backman
11,198 membros
687 resenhas
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 luz que não podemos ver
de Anthony Doerr
18,740 membros
884 resenhas
½ 4.3
7 Members
overthemoon, amerynth, olca02, KarlzFragaz, Francisco_Javier, MelonieMurray, Charon07,Kiwiclaire50
16
Home Fire
de Kamila Shamsie
1,737 membros
81 resenhas
4.1
7 Members
anglemark, charl08, Cariola, N1na, CarltonC, bfkendrick, Rchlwtsn
18
The Outsider
de Stephen King
5,112 membros
211 resenhas
3.9
6 Members
Bookmarque, muehlpfordt, amuskopf, lowelibrary, RaMurray, Francisco_Javier
19
Cem Anos de Solidão
de Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44,441 membros
696 resenhas
4.2
6 Members
overthemoon, rarm, troutstreamman, muehlpfordt, martitia, Francisco_Javier
20
A cidade do sol
de Khaled Hosseini
30,333 membros
895 resenhas
½ 4.3
7 Members
overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, bfkendrick, Tess_W, Lauren_Shriver, Tosta, ,Kiwiclaire50
21
The Remains of the Day
de Kazuo Ishiguro
16,388 membros
476 resenhas
4.2
6 Members
plaugher, overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, DWLDE, Kiwiclaire50
22
Mitologia Nórdica
de Neil Gaiman
9,063 membros
330 resenhas
4
5 Members
mahsdad, zmeischa, kristilabrie, peremees, Aigos.DaVila
23
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
de David Grann
6,116 membros
310 resenhas
4.1
5 Members
lothiriel2003, michigantrumpet, AmourFou, darylanderson, Simontracy
24
Exit Strategy
de Martha Wells
2,612 membros
167 resenhas
½ 4.3
5 Members
Aquila, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, tldegray
25
Red Clocks
de Leni Zumas
1,129 membros
61 resenhas
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
de Mohsin Hamid
3,617 membros
231 resenhas
3.8
5 Members
bkmcneil, zhejw, SohoReader, JenMDB, cabockwrites
27
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
de Yuval Noah Harari
5,361 membros
139 resenhas
4
4 Members
conceptDawg, ccatalfo, pamdierickx, Kiwiclaire50
28
Never Let Me Go
de Kazuo Ishiguro
22,866 membros
938 resenhas
3.8
4 Members
overthemoon, a.paravano, Francisco_Javier, Kiwiclaire50
29
Warlight
de Michael Ondaatje
2,050 membros
104 resenhas
½ 3.7
4 Members
overthemoon, errata, bfkendrick, Davida.Chazan
30
The Great Believers
de Rebecca Makkai
1,979 membros
110 resenhas
½ 4.3
4 Members
ablachly, charl08, beebeereads, chezbob
31
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
de Kathleen Rooney
1,202 membros
85 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
ablachly, bookworm12, alphaorder, Tosta
32
Americanah
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
7,728 membros
296 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
overthemoon, SohoReader, zmeischa, Travelgem
33
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
de Ottessa Moshfegh
3,065 membros
135 resenhas
½ 3.6
4 Members
proserpinarex, N1na, boo-radley, jtoneill0,aprille
34
The Alice Network
de Kate Quinn
4,246 membros
212 resenhas
4.1
4 Members
dara85, rhian_of_oz, bfkendrick, FerneMysteryReader,
35
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
de Trevor Noah
6,135 membros
361 resenhas
½ 4.4
4 Members
aprille, kristenl, DeltaQueen50, PaperbackPirate
36
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
de Roxane Gay
2,235 membros
120 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
melmore, sturlington, LyndaInOregon, Tosta
37
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
de John McWhorter
1,275 membros
44 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
timspalding, celaneus, LyndaInOregon
38
An American Marriage
de Tayari Jones
3,956 membros
256 resenhas
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
de Hope Jahren
2,638 membros
158 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
onlinealterego, lottpoet, Emilylaura
40
Homegoing
de Yaa Gyasi
5,592 membros
277 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
Minthe, proserpinarex, JenMDB
41
Between the World and Me
de Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,760 membros
368 resenhas
½ 4.4
3 Members
plaugher, celaneus, kristilabrie
Explicações
kristilabrie: Test List addition explanation notification, List created by another member.
42
Drácula
de Bram Stoker
35,480 membros
625 resenhas
4
3 Members
overthemoon, KittyFiend, Aigos.DaVila
43
Where the Crawdads Sing
de Delia Owens
14,235 membros
616 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
IMBOS, njinthesun, michelynn2016
44
The Radetzky March
de Joseph Roth
2,889 membros
76 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
catcarlo, proserpinarex, starbox
45
My Brilliant Friend
de Elena Ferrante
7,175 membros
318 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
reesetee, rarm, zmeischa
46
The Fifth Risk
de Michael Lewis
1,454 membros
76 resenhas
4
3 Members
proserpinarex, kara.shamy, Susan.Macura
47
O Silêncio das Mulheres
de Pat Barker
2,389 membros
103 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
urania1, Cariola, LyndaInOregon
48
Go, Went, Gone
de Jenny Erpenbeck
722 membros
49 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
Cariola, FAMeulstee, BLBera
49
Ready Player One
de Ernest Cline
18,488 membros
1,278 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
flips, TLievens, Francisco_Javier
50
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
de Adam Rutherford
1,123 membros
33 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
ccatalfo, pamdierickx, LyndaInOregon
51
The Hate U Give
de Angie Thomas
9,282 membros
475 resenhas
½ 4.5
3 Members
arsolot, oceancat, Emilylaura
52
Gnomon
de Nick Harkaway
776 membros
30 resenhas
½ 3.7
3 Members
Euryale, craso, jsburbidge
53
The Wind in the Willows
de Kenneth Grahame
23,762 membros
330 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
overthemoon, Ciruelo, proserpinarex
54
The Calculating Stars
de Mary Robinette Kowal
2,057 membros
133 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
Aquila, ablachly, rhian_of_oz
55
American War
de Omar El Akkad
1,834 membros
96 resenhas
3.8
3 Members
Deedledee, sturlington, KeyonnaB.
56
Pachinko
de Min Jin Lee
6,458 membros
282 resenhas
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
de Robert Galbraith
3,042 membros
152 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
murraymint11, YSBookRev, katemcangus
58
Children of Time
de Adrian Tchaikovsky
3,603 membros
148 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
neurokarma, amuskopf, Lille_lara
59
Reservoir 13
de Jon McGregor
887 membros
49 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
Bookmarque, shaunie, JenMDB
60
The Order of Time
de Carlo Rovelli
1,667 membros
47 resenhas
3.9
3 Members
yarmando, tsangal, briarhills
61
Half of a Yellow Sun
de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,913 membros
296 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, gypsysmom
62
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
de Anne Frank
1,708 membros
22 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
cbl_tn, JaneAustenNut
63
The Story of the Lost Child
de Elena Ferrante
2,641 membros
104 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
Mirabelle, Dilara86, zmeischa
64
Vox
de Christina Dalcher
1,543 membros
117 resenhas
½ 3.5
3 Members
Davida.Chazan, Verkruissen, KeyonnaB.,dianeham
65
The Terror
de Dan Simmons
4,713 membros
204 resenhas
4
2 Members
RBeffa, kara.shamy
66
The Fatal Shore
de Robert Hughes
3,887 membros
54 resenhas
4
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
67
The Wolf and the Watchman
de Niklas Natt och Dag
856 membros
65 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
YSBookRev, bezzabouza
68
Tombland
de C. J. Sansom
681 membros
31 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
marieke54, Leida
69
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
de Patrick Leigh Fermor
527 membros
7 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, varielle
70
Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology
de Eric H. Cline
142 membros
3 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
timspalding, celaneus
71
East of Eden
de John Steinbeck
23,429 membros
424 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
NoPlanetB, chwiggy
72
Middlemarch
de George Eliot
17,732 membros
331 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
bkmcneil, Rchlwtsn
73
If This Is a Man
de Primo Levi
6,071 membros
98 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, amerynth
74
Excellent Women
de Barbara Pym
2,741 membros
126 resenhas
4
2 Members
debnance, overthemoon
75
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
de John Carreyrou
2,698 membros
186 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
76
The Poet X
de Elizabeth Acevedo
2,543 membros
167 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
alphaorder, kgriffith
77
The Testament of Mary
de Colm Tóibín
1,376 membros
109 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, urania1
78
Days without End
de Sebastian Barry
1,291 membros
80 resenhas
4
2 Members
Ciruelo, bezzabouza
79
An Unkindness of Ghosts
de Rivers Solomon
1,153 membros
69 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
revbean, lorannen
80
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
de Beth Macy
1,061 membros
59 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
melmore, Susan.Macura
81
Lamentation
de C. J. Sansom
1,022 membros
45 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, flips
82
Frankenstein in Baghdad
de Ahmed Saadawi
791 membros
33 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
prima1, rapotter
84
So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places
de Elinor Burkett
92 membros
7 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
varielle, celaneus
85
Snow
de Orhan Pamuk
7,030 membros
147 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
overthemoon, FAMeulstee
86
O Pioneers!
de Willa Cather
6,351 membros
164 resenhas
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
A primavera da Srta. Jean Brodie
de Muriel Spark
5,210 membros
171 resenhas
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
de Karen Joy Fowler
3,693 membros
244 resenhas
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
de Ron Chernow
2,313 membros
61 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
sipthereader, SohoReader
90
A Month in the Country
de J. L. Carr
2,308 membros
118 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
overthemoon, encephalical
91
Unsheltered
de Barbara Kingsolver
2,161 membros
114 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
nivramkoorb, WendyRobyn
92
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
de Paul Gallico
738 membros
31 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, tcereceda
93
In Other Lands
de Sarah Rees Brennan
703 membros
48 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
briarhills, Nova_Mortem
94
True North
de Jim Harrison
489 membros
9 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
overthemoon, rocketjk
95
Washington Black
de Esi Edugyan
2,288 membros
135 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
plaugher, boo-radley
96
The Silent Companions
de Laura Purcell
1,038 membros
56 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
bookwoman84, tina1969
97
O Chamado da Floresta
de Jack London
20,195 membros
321 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
overthemoon, Mencius
98
Winnie-the-Pooh
de A. A. Milne
13,471 membros
207 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
overthemoon, Rusty37
99
Once Upon a River
de Diane Setterfield
2,486 membros
164 resenhas
4
2 Members
Carmenere, BookLizard
100
How Green Was My Valley
de Richard Llewellyn
2,242 membros
54 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
overthemoon, techeditor