Well, I didn’t quite make it to 50 this year. You win some, you lose some. But the glory of a huge goal is that even if you don’t reach it, you’ve still read more than average. So here are my 35 books of 2018!
1. Bear Town by Fredrik Backman
2. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
3. The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking
4. The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
5. Barking to the Choir by Gregory Boyle
6. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
8. Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale by Frederick Buechner
9. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
11. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
12. If You Only Knew by Jamie Ivey
13. The Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminThe Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
14. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
15. Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Bruggeman
16. We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
17. I’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
19. Assimilate or Go Home by DL Mayfield
20. Everybody Always by Bob Goff
21. China in Ten Words by Yu Hua
22. Factfulness by Hans Rosling
23. Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler
24. The Very Worst Missionary by Jamie Wright
25. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
26. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
27. I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
28. Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
29. The Enneagram in Love and Work by Helen Palmer
30. Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
31. The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
32. Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
33. This One Is Mine by Maria Semple
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