Year-End Lists

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Favorite Books of 2018 Lit Hub

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara

10 Best Books of 2018 Slate: Laura Miller

Circe - Madeline Miller

50 of the Best Feminist Books of 2018 Autostraddle

20 Best Books of 2018 Boston.com

Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Dennis Cooper

The Incendiaries - R.O. Kwon

Best Books of 2018 Entropy

Best Books Of 2018 Nylon: Kristin Iversen

10 Best Books of 2018 Publishers Weekly

Transcription - Kate Atkinson

Best Fiction Reads of 2018 Christian Science Monitor

Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal

The Third Hotel - Laura van den Berg

Best Fiction of 2018 Powell's Books

The Third Hotel - Laura van den Berg

Best Fiction Of 2018 HuffPost: Claire Fallon

Motherhood - Sheila Heti

10 Best Books of 2018 Vulture: Christian Lorentzen

And Now We Have Everything - Meaghan O'Connell

Best Nonfiction of 2018 Powell's Books

My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh

10 Best Books of 2018 Entertainment Weekly

10 Favorite Books of 2018 A.V. Club

Best Books of 2018 New Yorker: Katy Waldman

Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian

10 Best Books of 2018 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

Small Fry - Lisa Brennan-Jobs

10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times

Motherhood - Sheila Heti

Best Books of 2018 Bustle

10 Best Books of 2018 New York Public Library

The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times

The Mars Room - Rachel Kushner

Best Books of 2018 Time

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