I often get asked what I’m reading. So, I thought I’d write down my list of books that I read in 2018 and ask you what you’ve been reading.
This year, I really dove into Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror more than usual. There was also a quite a few classics, contemporary fiction, and some non-fiction. My favorites were To Kill a Mockingbird, Lincoln in the Bardo, Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy, The Sellout, and Fortune Smiles.
Below are the books I read in order (and includes Amazon links). Let me know if you’ve read any of these and what you thought of them.
And if you have any recommendations for me to read next year, shout them out.
Daughter of My People by James Kilgo
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark
The Flame Bearer by Bernard Cornwell
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
The Stranger by Albert Camus
Green Hills of Africa by Ernest Hemingway
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Modern Library Writer’s Workshop by Stephen Koch
On Writing by Stephen King
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Night by Elie Wiesel
Writing the Memoir by Judith Barrington
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Carrie by Stephen King
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C Foster
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
A Game of Thrones (Book One) by George R. R. Martin
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
World War Z by Max Brooks
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Fortune Smiles (Stories) by Adam Johnson
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
The Black Knight Chronicles by John G. Hartness
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin (currently reading)
This post was inspired by Jerry Dale, keyboardist for The Mavericks. Every year about this time, he posts the list of books he’s read throughout the year. I always enjoy going over his list to see if I’ve read any of the same books. I also usually add a few of his books to next year’s reading list. By the way, if you haven’t seen The Mavericks live, you’re really missing out.
