50 Books of 2018

Twenty-nine male authors; 21 female. I note that simply out of curiosity. I don't choose books based on the authors necessarily (or at least not on their sex/gender), but on the story or subject matter (or in the case of picture books, art), or perhaps on past experience: I liked that author before, so I'll read another. It's interesting, in fact, to consider just what does make me decide to pick up and dive into a book.

1. M. R. Carey, The Girl with All the Gifts (1/29/18)*
2. Jennifer Egan, Manhattan Beach (3/12/18)
3. Gene Weingarten, The Fiddler in the Subway (4/10/18)
4. Arto Paasilinna, Harens år (4/27/18)
5. Luis Alberto Urrea, The House of Broken Angels (5/1/18)  ♥︎
6. Anthony Horowitz, The Word Is Murder (5/14/18)*
7. Steve Almond, Bad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country (5/18/18)   ♥︎
8. Louise Penny, Still Life (5/23/18*
9. Melissa Scrivner Love, Lola (5/31/18)*
10. Katie Roiphe, The Violet Hour (6/16/18)
11. Miné Ikubo, Citizen 13660 (6/21/18)
12. Sebastian Junger, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging (6/23/18)
13. Robert Macfarlane, with illustrations by Jackie Morris, The Lost Words (6/28/18)†  ♥︎
14. Tommy Orange, There There (7/1/18)  ♥︎
15. Elly Griffiths, The Crossing Places (7/4/18)*
16. Charles Baxter, Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction (7/6/18)  ♥︎
17. Rob Roberge, Liar (7/12/18)  ♥︎
18. Julie Otsuka, When the Emperor Was Divine (7/15/18)
19. Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders (7/24/18)*
20. Dave Eggers, with art by Shawn Harris, Her Right Foot (7/24/18)†
21. Andrew Sean Greer, Less (8/25/18)  ♥︎
22. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince: Deluxe Pop-Up Book (8/27/18)  ♥︎
23. Rachel Cusk, Transit (9/1/18)
24. Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace (9/11/18)*
25. Michael Connelly, The Late Show (9/14/18)*
26. Nicci French, Blue Monday (9/27/18)*
27. Adam Johnson, Fortune Smiles: Stories (10/2/18)  ♥︎
28. Kate Atkinson, Transcription (10/9/18)
29. Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (10/19/18)
30. Laura Pritchett, Stars Go Blue (11/10/18)  ♥︎
31. Karin Slaughter, Triptych (11/15/18)*
32. Jo Nesbø, Doktor Proktors Prompepulver (12/5/18)
33. Olivia Laing, To the River: A Journey beneath the Surface (12/28/18)  ♥︎
34. Daniel Salmieri, story and illustrations, Bear and Wolf (12/28/18)†
35. Maxwell Newhouse, Counting on Snow (12/24/18)†
36. Riccardo Bozzi, with illustrations by Violeta Lópiz and Valerio Vidali, The Forest (1/3/19)†  ♥︎
37. Blair Hurley, The Devoted (1/5/19)
38. Ann Cleeves, Dead Water (1/8/19)*
39. Astrid Lindberg, with illustrations by Harald Wibert, The Tomten (1/8/19)†
40. Jon Scieszka, with illustrations by Lane Smith, Math Curse (1/10/19)†  ♥︎
41. Maira Kalman, The Principles of Uncertainty (1/10/19)  ♥︎
42. Jon J. Muth, writer and illustrator, The Three Questions (1/14/19)†
43. Iain Pears, The Portrait (1/15/19)
44. Shaun Tan, The Arrival (1/15/19)  ♥︎
45. Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing (1/19/19)
46. Dav Pilkey, God Bless the Gargoyles (1/19/19)†
47. Sy Montgomery, How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals (1/21/19)
48. Matthew Cordell, author and illustrator, Wolf in the Snow (1/21/19)†
49. Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology (1/25/19)  ♥︎
50. Marcia Bjornerud, Timefulness: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World (1/28/19)  ♥︎

♥︎ A favorite
* Mystery/thriller/other genre fiction
† Children's picture book