The 12 Best Books I Read in 2018 (All Written by Women!)
Like last year (and the year before), I'm sharing favorites I read this year (not necessarily published this year!) across the board. I’m tweaking the format a bit this year though to hopefully simplify things. These are books I highly recommend, thoroughly enjoyed, and want everyone else to read, too. And, they are ALL written by WOMEN. (Diversifying who I was reading was a big goal of mine this year and I focused primarily on reading books by women and people of color!) Most of these are ones I'm still thinking about weeks or months later, ones that made a lasting impact on me, but there is surely no way to include EVERY great book I read here!
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In no particular order…
Here are the 12 best books I read in 2018:
If you're curious what I read month by month in 2018, here they are: JANUARY // FEBRUARY // MARCH // APRIL // MAY // JUNE // JULY // AUGUST // SEPTEMBER // OCTOBER // NOVEMBER // DECEMBER (coming soon)
ps— did you see Goodreads announced their award winners for the year? So fun to see some overlap with my list!
What book tops your list for 2018?
i don’t know about you, but even as a very single and very-anti-valentine’s day person, there’s something about all the love, hearts, and commercially-crafted romance in the air this time of year that makes me want to read something with a happily ever after.
out of the 86 books i’ve read so far this year, 25 snagged five star ratings, and these 12 are my favorites of those! the best of the best of the year, if you will.
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and now, as the year wraps up, i’m sharing my favorites of both fiction and nonfiction. i’m not the best at picking favorites, so i’m wrapping up 10 for each!
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Out of the (nearly) 200 books I read in 2021, these are the ones that were my favorites. I really don’t give out five star ratings frivolously, so these are books that I truly loved (but for all different reasons).
We are thick into spooky season, especially with Halloween right around the corner, and I rounded up 15 of the best mysteries and thrillers I’ve read. All of these were four or five star favorites for me, meaning I either really liked them, or totally loved them. (The five star reads are the first five listed!)
may these resources be helpful guides along this lenten season as we remove a distraction to better create space for Christ in our lives and in our hearts.