Dec 11, 2018 08:30 am
NEW YORK --
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
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An
American Marriage, Tayari Jones
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Barracoon:
The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”, Zora Neale Hurston
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Becoming,
Michelle Obama
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Calypso,
David Sedaris
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Circe,
Madeline Miller
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Educated,
Tara Westover
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Fire
& Blood, George R. R. Martin
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Girl,
Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can
Become Who You Were Meant to Be, Rachel Hollis
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Leadership:
In Turbulent Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The
Great Alone, Kristin Hannah
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The
President is Missing, Bill Clinton and James Patterson
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The
Reckoning, John Grisham
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The
Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn
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There
There, Tommy Orange
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Unsheltered,
Barbara Kingsolver
Best Fiction
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A
Place for Us, Fatima Farheen Mirza
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A
Spark of Light, Jodi Picoult
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An
American Marriage, Tayari Jones
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Circe,
Madeline Miller
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Clock
Dance, Anne Tyler
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Every
Breath, Nicholas Sparks
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The
Female Persuasion, Meg Wolitzer
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The
Great Alone, Kristin Hannah
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The
Hellfire Club, Jake Tapper
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The
Immortalists, Chloe Benjamin
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The
Next Person You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom
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The
Perfect Couple, Elin Hilderbrand
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There
There, Tommy Orange
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Unsheltered,
Barbara Kingsolver
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Where
the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Best Thrillers & Suspense
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After
Anna, Lisa Scottoline
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Dark
Sacred Night, Michael Connelly
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Kingdom
of the Blind, Louise Penny
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Lethal
White, Robert Galbraith
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Long
Road to Mercy, David Baldacci
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Mycroft
and Sherlock, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Robicheaux,
James Lee Burke
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The
Death of Mrs. Westaway, Ruth Ware
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The
Disappeared, C.J. Box
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The
Escape Artist, Brad Meltzer
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The
Other Woman, Daniel Silva
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The
Outsider, Stephen King
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The
President is Missing, Bill Clinton and James Patterson
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The
Reckoning, John Grisham
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The
Woman in the Window, A.J. Finn
Best History & Current Affairs
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Fascism:
A Warning, Madeleine Albright
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Fear,
Bob Woodward
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Heartland:
A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on
Earth, Sarah Smarsh
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I’ll
be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State
Killer, Michelle McNamara
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In
the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory
at Yorktown, Nathaniel Philbrick
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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
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Leadership:
In Turbulent Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Lincoln’s
Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency,
Dan Abrams
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On
Desperate Ground: The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War’s
Greatest Battle, Hampton Sides
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Presidents
of War, Michael Beschloss
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The
Library Book, Susan Orlean
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The
Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other
Appreciations, John McCain
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The
Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels, Jon Meacham
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These
Truths: A History of the United States, Jill Lepore
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21
Lessons for the 21st Century, Yuval
Noah Harari
Best YA
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A
Map of Days: The Fourth Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children,
Ransom Riggs
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Bridge
of Clay, Markus Zusak
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Children
of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi
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Dear
Evan Hansen: The Novel, Val Emmich
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Dry,
Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Kingdom
of Ash, Sarah J. Maas
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Leah
on the Offbeat, Becky Albertalli
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#MurderTrending,
Gretchen McNeil
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Queen
of Air and Darkness, Cassandra Clare
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Sadie,
Courtney Summers
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Seafire,
Natalie C. Parker
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The
Cheerleaders, Kara Thomas
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The
Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
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The
Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert
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The
Loneliest Girl in the Universe, Lauren James
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The
Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik, David Arnold
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Thunderhead,
Neal Shusterman
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War
Storm, Victoria Aveyard
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What
If It’s Us, Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Best Young Readers
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Amal
Unbound, Aisha Saeed
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Diary
of a Wimpy Kid: The Meltdown, Jeff Kinney
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Dog
Man: Lord of the Fleas, Dav Pilkey
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Dork
Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday, Rachel Renée
Russell
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Fantastic
Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, J.K. Rowling
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Flashback,
Shannon Messenger
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Illegal,
Eoin Colfer
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Louisiana’s
Way Home, Kate DiCamillo
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Making
Friends, Kristen Gudsnuk
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Monstrous
Devices, Damien Love
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Sheets,
Brenna Thummler
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Short
& Skinny, Mark Tatulli
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Spy
School Goes South, Stuart Gibbs
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Squirm,
Carl Hiaasen
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Sunny,
Jason Reynolds
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The
Hive Queen, Tui T. Sutherland
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The
Last Kids on Earth and the Cosmic Beyond, Max Brallier
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The
Magic Misfits: The Second Story, Neil Patrick Harris
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The
Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, Stacy McAnulty
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The
Storm Runner, J.C. Cervantes
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The
Wild Robot Escapes, Peter Brown
Best Kids
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Be
Kind, Pat Zietlow Miller
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Builder
Brothers: Big Plans, Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott
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Dear
Girl,, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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Elbow
Grease, John Cena
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Fiona
the Hippo, Richard Cowdrey
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Grumpy
Monkey, Suzanne Lang
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I
Lost My Tooth!, Mo Willems
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I’ve
Loved You Since Forever, Hoda Kotb
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Little
Blue Truck’s Springtime, Alice Schertle
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Mary
Poppins, P.L. Travers
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Princesses
Save the World, Savannah Guthrie
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She
Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History,
Chelsea Clinton
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She’s
Got This, Laurie Hernandez
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The
Day You Begin, Jacqueline Woodson
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We
Don’t Eat Our Classmates, Ryan T. Higgins
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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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