Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is Best Books I Read In 2018.
While some of these were published in 2018, others are older titles I had not read before. They are broken down by rating: 5 stars and 4.5 stars. I also included two of my 5-star rereads at the bottom of the post.
5-Star Books and Audiobooks
Books
- Bellewether (Susanna Kearsley) (review)
- The Other Miss Bridgerton (Julia Quinn) (not yet reviewed)
- East (Edith Pattou) (not yet reviewed
Audiobooks
- The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal) (not yet reviewed)
- The Fated Sky (Mary Robinette Kowal) (not yet reviewed)
- The Shadowy Horses (Susanna Kearsley) (review)
- The Winter Sea (Susanna Kearsley) (not yet reviewed)
- The Firebird (Susanna Kearsley) (not yet reviewed)
4.5-Star Books
Books
- The Woman in the Water (Charles Finch) (review)
- Hello Stranger (Lisa Kleypas) (review)
- Nice Dragons Finish Last (Rachel Aaron) (review)
- The Governess Game (Tessa Dare) (not yet reviewed)
- Death and the Gravedigger’s Angel (Loretta Ross) (review)
- A Murder for the Books (Victoria Gilbert) (review)
- Tempests and Slaughter (Tamora Pierce) (not yet reviewed) (To be honest, this book rated 4 stars, but because I love the author and the main character, I’m including it among my favorites of the year anyway.)
5-Star Rereads
Books & Audiobooks
- The Wounded Sky (Diane Duane) (review) (also My Enemy, My Ally and The Romulan Way by the same author (not reviewed)
- Pilgrim’s Inn (Elizabeth Goudge) (review) (also Gentian Hill by the same author (not reviewed)
What were the best books you read this year?
Lark
I love Susanna Kearsley’s books, too, although I still need to read Bellewether. Here’s to a happy year of reading in 2019! I hope it’s a great year for you in every possible way. 😀
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Bellewether is lovely, though I missed the Jacobites of Kearsley’s last few books. I wish you a wonderful year, too — in reading and in “real life”!
Katherine @ I Wish I Lived in a Library
Susanna Kearsley is high on my To Read list so I’m thrilled to see so many of her books on your list. I really love the sound of Bellewether so I think that’s the one I’m going to start with. I really need to read more of the Charles Finch series and I’m so far behind on Lisa Kleypas!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
I’ve fallen in love with Susanna Kearsley’s books! I plan to read more of them this year. I still have a few of the Charles Finch series to finish, too. But I’m mostly caught up with Kleypas, except a few backlist titles that didn’t appeal to me all that much.
Angela
I read Susanna Kearsley for the first time this year, and I am in love! The Winter Sea was incredible; Bellewether and The Shadowy Horses are on my TBR.
Lark_Bookwyrm
She’s amazing, isn’t she? I love her books, and I plan to read or listen to a bunch more of them in 2019.
Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits
Several of these books are on my TBR (Nice Dragons Finish Last, East, and The Calculating Stars especially) but I haven’t read any of them yet. I’m glad you had so many good books to choose from!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Well, you’re in for a treat with those three for sure!
Kathy @ My Nook, Books & More
I reread The Winter Sea this year and loved it again. I need to get caught up on Kearsley, Tessa Dare and Julia Quinn’s books. This is a great list. Happy New Year!
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Lark_Bookwyrm
Thanks, Kathy! I’m caught up on Quinn (mostly), but need to catch up on Dare and Kearsley. Luckily, I have nearly all of Kearsley’s books. 🙂
Rita @ View From the Books
I’ve read the same two Kearsley books as you and enjoyed them very much too. Now I need to find more of her books since I know I like her titles! Good choices, all.
Lark_Bookwyrm
Kearsley’s books are wonderful. Besides these four, I’ve also read A Desperate Fortune and Named of the Dragon (reviewed here.) And I’ve been lucky enough to go to three of her signings.
Anne
I liked the Calculating Stars and the Fated Sky. I want to read the Rachel Aaron books also. I’m glad you had some great reads. Anne – Books of My Heart
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