Wednesday, January 16, 2019

The books of 2018

I read 60 books this year.  I loved We Were Not Alone and Zion Covenant series.

1 A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge: The Pillars of the Earth, Book 3) by Ken Follett 
2 All Quiet on the Western Front A BBC Radio Drama by Erich Maria Remarque and Dan Starkey 
3 All We Ever Wanted: A Novel by Emily Giffin 
4 Before We Were Yours: A Novel by Lisa Wingate 
5 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell 
6 Booked (The Crossover Series) by Kwame Alexander 
7 Brian's Hunt (A Hatchet Adventure) by Gary Paulsen 
8 Brian's Return (A Hatchet Adventure) by Gary Paulsen 
9 Brian's Winter (A Hatchet Adventure) by Gary Paulsen 
10 Brooklyn by Colm Toibin 
11 Crazy Rich Asians (Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Book 1) by Kevin Kwan 
12 Cruel Crown (Red Queen Novella) by Victoria Aveyard 
13 Danzig Passage (Zion Covenant, Book 5) by Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene 
14 Glass Sword (Red Queen) by Victoria Aveyard 
15 Go Set a Watchman: A Novel by Harper Lee 
16 Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult (again) 
17 Jerusalem Interlude (Zion Covenant, Book 4) by Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene 
18 King's Cage (Red Queen) by Victoria Aveyard 
19 Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson (again) 
20 Lilac Girls: A Novel by Martha Hall Kelly 
21 London Refrain (Zion Covenant Book 7) by Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene 
22 Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel by Robin Sloan 
23 Mrs Queen Takes the Train: A Novel by William Kuhn 
24 Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 
25 Origin: A Novel by Dan Brown 
26 Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard 
27 Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days: The Standard of Truth: 1815–1846 
28 Small Great Things: A Novel by Jodi Picoult 
29 Someone Knows My Name: A Novel by Lawrence Hill 
30 Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More by Courtney Carver 
31 Station Eleven: A Novel by Emily St. John Mandel 
32 The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ 
33 The Couple Next Door: A Novel by Shari Lapena 
34 The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah 
35 The Mansion by Henry van Dyke (again) 
36 The Midnight Star (A Young Elites Novel) by Marie Lu 
37 The One Man: The Riveting and Intense Bestselling WWII Thriller by Andrew Gross 
38 The Rent Collector by Camron Wright 
39 The Romanov Prophecy: A Novel by Steve Berry 
40 The Rooster Bar by John Grisham 
41 The Rose Society (A Young Elites Novel) by Marie Lu 
42 The Scent of Rain and Lightning: A Novel by Nancy Pickard 
43 The Signature of All Things: A Novel by Elizabeth Gilbert 
44 The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See 
45 The Underground Railroad: A Novel by Colson Whitehead 
46 The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann 
47 The Unwanteds: Island of Fire by Lisa McMann 
48 The Unwanteds: Island of Silence by Lisa McMann 
49 The Vengeance of Mothers: The Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill: A Novel (One Thousand White Women Series) by Jim Fergus 
50 The Young Elites (A Young Elites Novel) by Marie Lu 
51 Their Fractured Light (Starbound Series, Book 3) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner 
52 These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner 
53 This Shattered World (Starbound Series, Book 2) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner 
54 War Storm (Red Queen) by Victoria Aveyard 
55 Warsaw Requiem (Zion Covenant Book 6) by Bodie Thoene and Brock Thoene 
56 We Never Asked for Wings: A Novel by Vanessa Diffenbaugh 
57 We Were Not Alone: How an LDS Family Survived World War II Berlin by Patricia Reece Roper and Karola Hilbert Reece
58 We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel by Georgia Hunter 
59 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi and Abraham Verghese 
60 Witness to a Trial: A Short Story Prequel to The Whistler by John Grisham