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Lithub's Ultimate Best Books of 2018 List

Lithub compiled all the end-of-the-year best of lists for 2018. There are 52 lists included, including, but not limited to the list from the New York Times.
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
1
Ottessa Moshfegh
Circe (Madeline Miller)
Circe
2
Madeline Miller
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
3
Tommy Orange
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
4
Tayari Jones
Educated (Tara Westover)
Educated
5
Tara Westover
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden (Denis Johnson)
The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
6
Denis Johnson
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
7
Rebecca Makkai
The Overstory (Richard Powers)
The Overstory
8
Richard Powers
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (Michelle McNamara)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
9
Michelle McNamara
The Incendiaries (R.O.Kwon)
The Incendiaries
10
R.O.Kwon
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black
11
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood
12
John Carreyrou
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (Alexander Chee)
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
13
Alexander Chee
The Witch Elm (Tana French)
The Witch Elm
14
Tana French
Florida (Lauren Groff)
Florida
15
Lauren Groff
Asymmetry (Lisa Halliday)
Asymmetry
16
Lisa Halliday
The Mars Room (Rachel Kushner)
The Mars Room
17
Rachel Kushner
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
18
Esi Edugyan
Calypso (David Sedaris)
Calypso
19
David Sedaris
All You Can Ever Know (Nicole Chung)
All You Can Ever Know
20
Nicole Chung
Heavy (Kiese Laymon)
Heavy
21
Kiese Laymon
The Immortalists (Chloe Benjamin)
The Immortalists
22
Chloe Benjamin
Warlight (Michael Ondaatje)
Warlight
23
Michael Ondaatje
Girls Burn Brighter (Shobha Rao)
Girls Burn Brighter
24
Shobha Rao
Transcription (Kate Atkinson)
Transcription
25
Kate Atkinson
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (David W. Blight)
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
26
David W. Blight
The Great Alone (Kristin Hannah)
The Great Alone
27
Kristin Hannah
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
28
Zora Neale Hurston
The Recovering (Leslie Jamison)
The Recovering
29
Leslie Jamison
Unsheltered (Barbara Kingsolver)
Unsheltered
30
Barbara Kingsolver
Severance (Ling Ma)
Severance
31
Ling Ma
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
32
Michelle Obama
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
33
Ijeoma Oluo
Lake Success (Gary Shteyngart)
Lake Success
34
Gary Shteyngart
Feel Free: Essays (Zadie Smith)
Feel Free: Essays
35
Zadie Smith
Flights (Olga Tokarczuk)
Flights
36
Olga Tokarczuk
The Female Persuasion (Meg Wolitzer)
The Female Persuasion
37
Meg Wolitzer
Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adyemi)
Children of Blood and Bone
38
Tomi Adyemi
Small Fry (Lisa Brennan-Jobs)
Small Fry
39
Lisa Brennan-Jobs
The Pisces (Melissa Broder)
The Pisces
40
Melissa Broder
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