Top Five Books of 2018

1

En gentleman i Moskva

av Amor Towles

8,471 medlemmar

486 recensioner

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 ,
Förklaringar: 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.

2

Kirke

av Madeline Miller

11,125 medlemmar

448 recensioner

½ 4.3

25 Members: writerlibrarian, kellyslist, bookworm12, aquamari, bkmcneil, urania1, Cariola, bjappleg8, N1na, knightlight777, dkohler52, michigantrumpet, IrishSue, trlinatl, kjgormley, lorannen, cabockwrites, This-n-That, Marmie7, Aigos.DaVila, BobOseid, windflwr, jbhunter, CMSharkey, TMJCB80

3

Allt jag fått lära mig

av Tara Westover

9,217 medlemmar

493 recensioner

½ 4.3

21 Members: aprille, aquamari, kristenl, Micheller7, bjappleg8, beebeereads, carolfoisset, njinthesun, michigantrumpet, katemcangus, cabockwrites, bness2, justmum, khaki97, jtgodwin, Sarah.Abbott, ManWithAnAgenda, MelonieMurray, windflwr, CMSharkey, Tosta

4

Eleanor Oliphant mår alldeles utmärkt

av Gail Honeyman

8,247 medlemmar

513 recensioner

4.1

20 Members: Deedledee, bookworm12, aquamari, murraymint11, raidergirl3, rhian_of_oz, chgstrom, Krisbee, IrishSue, PrueGallagher, olegalCA, This-n-That, Rchlwtsn, Rusty37, Sarah.Abbott, audiencedog, MelonieMurray, jbhunter, CMSharkey, Tosta

5

All Systems Red

av Martha Wells

4,951 medlemmar

318 recensioner

4.1

11 Members: writerlibrarian, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, souloftherose, TempleCat, Familiar_Diversions, Marmie7, Nova_Mortem, tldegray, Charon07

6

The Overstory

av Richard Powers

4,986 medlemmar

228 recensioner

4.1

10 Members: debnance, aquamari, Parker51, arsolot, charl08, msf59, dkohler52, EllsieFind, Sarah.Abbott, BobOseid

7

Lincoln i bardo

av George Saunders

5,575 medlemmar

317 recensioner

3.9

11 Members: waitingtoderail, sipthereader, Cariola, jeanned, margitc, errata, peterveen, dianeham, BobOseid, chezbob, jbhunter,Kiwiclaire50

8

Min historia

av Michelle Obama

7,923 medlemmar

333 recensioner

½ 4.4

11 Members: kristenl, Micheller7, IMBOS, N1na, beebeereads, dkohler52, BLBera, Susan.Macura, This-n-That, Marmie7, CMSharkey,JaneAustenNut ,AmourFou ,

9

Less

av Andrew Sean Greer

3,655 medlemmar

197 recensioner

½ 3.7

10 Members: bkmcneil, karenmarie, nivramkoorb, PrueGallagher, trlinatl, kjgormley, BobOseid, MelonieMurray, chezbob, jbhunter,

10

Spinning Silver

av Naomi Novik

3,652 medlemmar

187 recensioner

4.2

8 Members: Aquila, rosalita, christina_reads, foggidawn, melmore, martitia, oceancat, souloftherose

11

Djävulen i den vita staden : mord, mystik och mani

av Erik Larson

21,585 medlemmar

687 recensioner

4

8 Members: Minthe, Porua, pamdierickx, DWLDE, Travelgem, chezbob, CMSharkey, davidflem1984
Förklaringar: 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

De dödas sång

av Jesmyn Ward

3,770 medlemmar

188 recensioner

4.1

8 Members: arsolot, charl08, IrishSue, peterveen, trlinatl, kayanelson, audiencedog, BobOseid

13

The Power

av Naomi Alderman

4,469 medlemmar

239 recensioner

3.8

8 Members: bookwoman84, yarmando, zhejw, melmore, norabelle414, LDVoorberg, nivramkoorb, sturlington,karenmarie

14

En man som heter Ove

av Fredrik Backman

10,377 medlemmar

654 recensioner

½ 4.3

7 Members: mahsdad, martitia, aethercowboy, Dec31, Krisbee, Rchlwtsn, Lauren_Shriver
Förklaringar: aethercowboy: This books is both touching and funny, and in the end, it almost made me cry bittersweet tears.

15

Ljuset vi inte ser

av Anthony Doerr

17,561 medlemmar

854 recensioner

½ 4.3

7 Members: overthemoon, amerynth, olca02, KarlzFragaz, Francisco_Javier, MelonieMurray, Charon07,Kiwiclaire50

16

Vår älskade

av Kamila Shamsie

1,659 medlemmar

78 recensioner

4.1

7 Members: anglemark, charl08, Cariola, N1na, CarltonC, bfkendrick, Rchlwtsn

17

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

av Michelle McNamara

3,227 medlemmar

160 recensioner

4

8 Members: Deedledee, bookworm12, raidergirl3, bjappleg8, greeneyed_ives, Susan.Macura, Marmie7, jbhunter

18

The Outsider

av Stephen King

4,763 medlemmar

207 recensioner

3.9

6 Members: Bookmarque, muehlpfordt, amuskopf, lowelibrary, RaMurray, Francisco_Javier

19

Hundra år av ensamhet

av Gabriel Garcia Marquez

43,595 medlemmar

673 recensioner

4.2

6 Members: overthemoon, rarm, troutstreamman, muehlpfordt, martitia, Francisco_Javier

20

Tusen strålande solar

av Khaled Hosseini

29,738 medlemmar

888 recensioner

½ 4.3

7 Members: overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, bfkendrick, Tess_W, Lauren_Shriver, Tosta, ,Kiwiclaire50

21

Återstoden av dagen

av Kazuo Ishiguro

15,941 medlemmar

462 recensioner

4.2

6 Members: plaugher, overthemoon, muehlpfordt, martitia, DWLDE, Kiwiclaire50

22

Nordiska myter : från Yggdrasil till Ragnarök

av Neil Gaiman

8,571 medlemmar

314 recensioner

4

5 Members: mahsdad, zmeischa, kristilabrie, peremees, Aigos.DaVila

23

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

av David Grann

5,291 medlemmar

275 recensioner

4.1

5 Members: lothiriel2003, michigantrumpet, AmourFou, darylanderson, Simontracy

24

Exit Strategy

av Martha Wells

2,341 medlemmar

154 recensioner

½ 4.3

5 Members: Aquila, Ashles, tsangal, m_island, tldegray

25

Red Clocks

av Leni Zumas

1,087 medlemmar

59 recensioner

½ 3.7

5 Members: sturlington, BLBera, vwinsloe, flying_monkeys, HeatherMoss
Förklaringar: 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

av Mohsin Hamid

3,467 medlemmar

222 recensioner

3.8

5 Members: bkmcneil, zhejw, SohoReader, JenMDB, cabockwrites

27

Homo deus : en kort historik över morgondagen

av Yuval Noah Harari

5,043 medlemmar

130 recensioner

3.9

4 Members: conceptDawg, ccatalfo, pamdierickx, Kiwiclaire50

28

Never let me go

av Kazuo Ishiguro

22,318 medlemmar

926 recensioner

3.8

4 Members: overthemoon, a.paravano, Francisco_Javier, Kiwiclaire50

29

Warlight

av Michael Ondaatje

1,963 medlemmar

101 recensioner

½ 3.7

4 Members: overthemoon, errata, bfkendrick, Davida.Chazan

30

The Great Believers

av Rebecca Makkai

1,866 medlemmar

107 recensioner

½ 4.3

4 Members: ablachly, charl08, beebeereads, chezbob

31

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

av Kathleen Rooney

1,147 medlemmar

83 recensioner

3.9

4 Members: ablachly, bookworm12, alphaorder, Tosta

32

Americanah

av Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

7,454 medlemmar

290 recensioner

4.2

4 Members: overthemoon, SohoReader, zmeischa, Travelgem

33

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

av Ottessa Moshfegh

2,714 medlemmar

124 recensioner

½ 3.6

4 Members: proserpinarex, N1na, boo-radley, jtoneill0,aprille

34

The Alice Network

av Kate Quinn

3,997 medlemmar

202 recensioner

4.1

4 Members: dara85, rhian_of_oz, bfkendrick, FerneMysteryReader,

35

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

av Trevor Noah

5,789 medlemmar

345 recensioner

½ 4.4

4 Members: aprille, kristenl, DeltaQueen50, PaperbackPirate

36

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

av Roxane Gay

2,110 medlemmar

113 recensioner

4.2

4 Members: melmore, sturlington, LyndaInOregon, Tosta

37

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English

av John McWhorter

1,234 medlemmar

42 recensioner

½ 3.7

3 Members: timspalding, celaneus, LyndaInOregon

38

An American Marriage

av Tayari Jones

3,766 medlemmar

250 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: Micheller7, ultrabookgeek, gburlingham
Förklaringar: 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

av Hope Jahren

2,518 medlemmar

147 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: onlinealterego, lottpoet, Emilylaura

40

Vända hem

av Yaa Gyasi

5,486 medlemmar

268 recensioner

½ 4.3

3 Members: Minthe, proserpinarex, JenMDB

41

Between the World and Me

av Ta-Nehisi Coates

7,422 medlemmar

353 recensioner

½ 4.4

3 Members: plaugher, celaneus, kristilabrie
Förklaringar: kristilabrie: Test List addition explanation notification, List created by another member.

42

Dracula

av Bram Stoker

33,992 medlemmar

591 recensioner

4

3 Members: overthemoon, KittyFiend, Aigos.DaVila

43

Där kräftorna sjunger

av Delia Owens

12,873 medlemmar

586 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: IMBOS, njinthesun, michelynn2016

44

Radetzkymarschen

av Joseph Roth

2,816 medlemmar

73 recensioner

4.2

3 Members: catcarlo, proserpinarex, starbox

45

Min fantastiska väninna : barndom och tonår

av Elena Ferrante

6,848 medlemmar

306 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: reesetee, rarm, zmeischa

46

The Fifth Risk

av Michael Lewis

1,371 medlemmar

72 recensioner

4

3 Members: proserpinarex, kara.shamy, Susan.Macura

47

De flickornas tystnad

av Pat Barker

2,242 medlemmar

101 recensioner

4

3 Members: urania1, Cariola, LyndaInOregon

48

Gå, gick, gått

av Jenny Erpenbeck

694 medlemmar

47 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: Cariola, FAMeulstee, BLBera

49

Ready Player One

av Ernest Cline

17,662 medlemmar

1,240 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: flips, TLievens, Francisco_Javier

50

En kort historia om alla som någon gång har levt : genernas historia

av Adam Rutherford

1,066 medlemmar

32 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: ccatalfo, pamdierickx, LyndaInOregon

51

Gnomon

av Nick Harkaway

744 medlemmar

29 recensioner

½ 3.7

3 Members: Euryale, craso, jsburbidge

52

Det susar i säven

av Kenneth Grahame

22,970 medlemmar

324 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: overthemoon, Ciruelo, proserpinarex

53

The Calculating Stars

av Mary Robinette Kowal

1,962 medlemmar

125 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: Aquila, ablachly, rhian_of_oz

54

American War

av Omar El Akkad

1,768 medlemmar

93 recensioner

3.8

3 Members: Deedledee, sturlington, KeyonnaB.

55

Pachinko

av Min Jin Lee

5,993 medlemmar

269 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: vwinsloe, ultrabookgeek, jtoneill0
Förklaringar: ultrabookgeek: an amazing and loving family saga that never went the way you expect.

56

Lethal White

av Robert Galbraith

2,864 medlemmar

147 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: murraymint11, YSBookRev, katemcangus

57

Children of Time

av Adrian Tchaikovsky

3,248 medlemmar

132 recensioner

4.1

3 Members: neurokarma, amuskopf, Lille_lara

58

Reservoir 13

av Jon McGregor

860 medlemmar

48 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: Bookmarque, shaunie, JenMDB

59

The Order of Time

av Carlo Rovelli

1,544 medlemmar

43 recensioner

3.9

3 Members: yarmando, tsangal, briarhills

60

En halv gul sol

av Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

6,760 medlemmar

291 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: overthemoon, gypsysmom

61

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

av Anne Frank

1,627 medlemmar

21 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: cbl_tn, JaneAustenNut

62

Det förlorade barnet : medelålder och åldrande

av Elena Ferrante

2,507 medlemmar

101 recensioner

½ 4.3

3 Members: Mirabelle, Dilara86, zmeischa

63

Vox

av Christina Dalcher

1,460 medlemmar

107 recensioner

½ 3.5

3 Members: Davida.Chazan, Verkruissen, KeyonnaB.,dianeham

64

The Terror

av Dan Simmons

4,562 medlemmar

204 recensioner

4

2 Members: RBeffa, kara.shamy

65

The Fatal Shore

av Robert Hughes

3,805 medlemmar

53 recensioner

4

2 Members: overthemoon, Mencius

66

Tombland

av C. J. Sansom

645 medlemmar

28 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: marieke54, Leida

67

Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece

av Patrick Leigh Fermor

515 medlemmar

7 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: overthemoon, varielle

68

Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology

av Eric H. Cline

133 medlemmar

3 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: timspalding, celaneus

69

Öster om Eden

av John Steinbeck

22,701 medlemmar

412 recensioner

½ 4.4

2 Members: NoPlanetB, chwiggy

70

Middlemarch

av George Eliot

17,269 medlemmar

325 recensioner

4.2

2 Members: bkmcneil, Rchlwtsn

71

Är detta en människa? : Fristen

av Primo Levi

5,947 medlemmar

96 recensioner

½ 4.3

2 Members: overthemoon, amerynth

72

Excellent Women

av Barbara Pym

2,681 medlemmar

120 recensioner

4

2 Members: debnance, overthemoon

73

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

av John Carreyrou

2,566 medlemmar

178 recensioner

½ 4.3

2 Members: sipthereader, SohoReader

74

The Poet X

av Elizabeth Acevedo

2,375 medlemmar

159 recensioner

½ 4.4

2 Members: alphaorder, kgriffith

75

Marias testamente

av Colm Tóibín

1,349 medlemmar

108 recensioner

½ 3.6

2 Members: overthemoon, urania1

76

Days without End

av Sebastian Barry

1,230 medlemmar

78 recensioner

4

2 Members: Ciruelo, bezzabouza

77

An Unkindness of Ghosts

av Rivers Solomon

1,083 medlemmar

65 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: revbean, lorannen

78

Lamentation

av C. J. Sansom

990 medlemmar

45 recensioner

½ 4.3

2 Members: overthemoon, flips

79

Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America

av Beth Macy

990 medlemmar

58 recensioner

4.1

2 Members: melmore, Susan.Macura

80

Frankenstein in Baghdad

av Ahmed Saadawi

746 medlemmar

30 recensioner

½ 3.6

2 Members: prima1, rapotter

81

So Many Enemies, So Little Time: An American Woman in All the Wrong Places

av Elinor Burkett

92 medlemmar

7 recensioner

3.8

2 Members: varielle, celaneus

82

Snö

av Orhan Pamuk

6,918 medlemmar

144 recensioner

½ 3.6

2 Members: overthemoon, FAMeulstee

83

O PIONJÄRER

av Willa Cather

6,208 medlemmar

164 recensioner

3.9

2 Members: overthemoon, ahef1963
Förklaringar: 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.

84

Miss Jean Brodies bästa ar

av Muriel Spark

5,142 medlemmar

167 recensioner

½ 3.7

2 Members: VW_Williams, HeatherMoss
Förklaringar: HeatherMoss: I can't believe I waited so long to read this. I thought it was delightful.

85

Vi är alla helt utom oss

av Karen Joy Fowler

3,594 medlemmar

241 recensioner

3.8

2 Members: holly_golightly, celaneus
Förklaringar: 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.

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