Barnes & Noble Announces the Best Books of 2018
December 11 2018 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Lists Include Top 15 Books Overall, Plus
Fiction, Thrillers & Suspense, History & Current Affairs,
YA, Young Readers, and Kids
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s
largest retail bookseller, today announced the Best Books of 2018
as chosen by the Company's expert booksellers. The curated lists
highlight books of interest to a wide range of readers, and include
the year’s top books overall, as well as by category, including the
best thriller and suspense books, history and current affairs, YA,
young readers, and kids. Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of the
year are online now at BN.com, and are available at Barnes &
Noble stores nationwide and online just in time for the
holidays.
“2018 was a big year for books across all categories, including
much-anticipated memoirs, political books that made headlines, and
new thrillers by some of the world’s bestselling writers,” said Liz
Harwell, Senior Director of Merchandising, Trade Books at Barnes
& Noble. “We hope the lists remind readers of some of the most
popular books of the year, as well as introduce them to new and
surprising titles.”
“In the Kids and YA categories, 2018 was truly a blockbuster
year, with the release of new editions to fan-favorite series,
popular authors with new releases, and debut authors making a name
for themselves,” said Stephanie Fryling, Vice President of
Merchandising, Children's Books at Barnes & Noble. “Readers of
all ages will find a lot to love in this year’s lists.”
The Best Books of 2018 as curated by Barnes & Noble are:
Best Books of 2018
- An American Marriage, Tayari Jones
- Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black
Cargo”, Zora Neale Hurston
- Becoming, Michelle Obama
- Calypso, David Sedaris
- Circe, Madeline Miller
- Educated, Tara Westover
- Fire & Blood, George R. R.
Martin
- Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing
the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to
Be, Rachel Hollis
- Leadership: In Turbulent Times, Doris
Kearns Goodwin
- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah
- The President is Missing, Bill Clinton
and James Patterson
- The Reckoning, John Grisham
- The Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn
- There There, Tommy Orange
- Unsheltered, Barbara Kingsolver
Best Fiction
- A Place for Us, Fatima Farheen
Mirza
- A Spark of Light, Jodi Picoult
- An American Marriage, Tayari Jones
- Circe, Madeline Miller
- Clock Dance, Anne Tyler
- Every Breath, Nicholas Sparks
- The Female Persuasion, Meg
Wolitzer
- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah
- The Hellfire Club, Jake Tapper
- The Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin
- The Next Person You Meet in Heaven,
Mitch Albom
- The Perfect Couple, Elin
Hilderbrand
- There There, Tommy Orange
- Unsheltered, Barbara Kingsolver
- Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia
Owens
Best Thrillers & Suspense
- After Anna, Lisa Scottoline
- Dark Sacred Night, Michael
Connelly
- Kingdom of the Blind, Louise Penny
- Lethal White, Robert Galbraith
- Long Road to Mercy, David Baldacci
- Mycroft and Sherlock, Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar
- Robicheaux, James Lee Burke
- The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Ruth
Ware
- The Disappeared, C.J. Box
- The Escape Artist, Brad Meltzer
- The Other Woman, Daniel Silva
- The Outsider, Stephen King
- The President is Missing, Bill Clinton
and James Patterson
- The Reckoning, John Grisham
- The Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn
Best History & Current Affairs
- Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine
Albright
- Fear, Bob Woodward
- Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and
Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, Sarah Smarsh
- I’ll be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s
Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, Michelle
McNamara
- In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of
George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, Nathaniel
Philbrick
- Indianapolis: The True Story of the
Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight
to Exonerate an Innocent Man, Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic
- Leadership: In Turbulent Times, Doris
Kearns Goodwin
- Lincoln’s Last Trial: The Murder Case
That Propelled Him to the Presidency, Dan Abrams
- On Desperate Ground: The Marines at the
Reservoir, the Korean War’s Greatest Battle, Hampton Sides
- Presidents of War, Michael
Beschloss
- The Library Book, Susan Orlean
- The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just
Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations, John McCain
- The Soul of America: The Battle for Our
Better Angels, Jon Meacham
- These Truths: A History of the United
States, Jill Lepore
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval
Noah Harari
Best YA
- A Map of Days: The Fourth Novel of Miss
Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
- Bridge of Clay, Markus Zusak
- Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi
Adeyemi
- Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel, Val
Emmich
- Dry, Neal Shusterman and Jarrod
Shusterman
- Kingdom of Ash, Sarah J. Maas
- Leah on the Offbeat, Becky
Albertalli
- #MurderTrending, Gretchen McNeil
- Queen of Air and Darkness, Cassandra
Clare
- Sadie, Courtney Summers
- Seafire, Natalie C. Parker
- The Cheerleaders, Kara Thomas
- The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
- The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert
- The Loneliest Girl in the Universe,
Lauren James
- The Strange Fascinations of Noah
Hypnotik, David Arnold
- Thunderhead, Neal Shusterman
- War Storm, Victoria Aveyard
- What If It’s Us, Becky Albertalli and
Adam Silvera
Best Young Readers
- Amal Unbound, Aisha Saeed
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown,
Jeff Kinney
- Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, Dav
Pilkey
- Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happy
Birthday, Rachel Renée Russell
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of
Grindelwald, J.K. Rowling
- Flashback, Shannon Messenger
- Illegal, Eoin Colfer
- Louisiana’s Way Home, Kate
DiCamillo
- Making Friends, Kristen Gudsnuk
- Monstrous Devices, Damien Love
- Sheets, Brenna Thummler
- Short & Skinny, Mark Tatulli
- Spy School Goes South, Stuart
Gibbs
- Squirm, Carl Hiaasen
- Sunny, Jason Reynolds
- The Hive Queen, Tui T. Sutherland
- The Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic
Beyond, Max Brallier
- The Magic Misfits: The Second Story,
Neil Patrick Harris
- The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl,
Stacy McAnulty
- The Storm Runner, J.C. Cervantes
- The Wild Robot Escapes, Peter
Brown
Best Kids
- Be Kind, Pat Zietlow Miller
- Builder Brothers: Big Plans, Drew Scott
and Jonathan Scott
- Dear Girl,, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Elbow Grease, John Cena
- Fiona the Hippo, Richard Cowdrey
- Grumpy Monkey, Suzanne Lang
- I Lost My Tooth!, Mo Willems
- I’ve Loved You Since Forever, Hoda
Kotb
- Little Blue Truck’s Springtime, Alice
Schertle
- Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers
- Princesses Save the World, Savannah
Guthrie
- She Persisted Around the World: 13
Women Who Changed History, Chelsea Clinton
- She’s Got This, Laurie Hernandez
- The Day You Begin, Jacqueline
Woodson
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates, Ryan T.
Higgins
- What Do You Do with a Chance?, Kobi
Yamada
To see all of Barnes & Noble’s Best Books of 2018, including
lists for biography, personal growth, cookbooks, science fiction,
and graphic novels, go to BN.com.
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