Best of 2018
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FICTION
- An absolutely remarkable thing. Hank Green. Fic GRE, CD Fic GRE, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble, Booklist top 10 debut SF/Fantasy & Horror
- After Anna. Lisa Scottoline. Fic SCO, CD Fic SCO, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- The air you breathe. Frances de Pontes Peebles. Fic PEE, Large Type Fic PEE Amazon top 100, Kirkus Reviews
- All the lives we never lived. Anuradha Roy. Fic ROY Esquire, Christian Science Monitor
- America is not the heart. Elaine Castillo. Large Type Fic CAS Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, NPR, Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist, Boston Globe, First Novel Prize longlist
- American histories: stories. John Edgar Wideman. Fic WID Booklist, top 10 historical fiction
- An American marriage. Tayari Jones. Fic JON, Large Type Fic JON, CD Fic JON, Ebook, EAudiobook National Book Award longlist, Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 60, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Time, Newsday, Bookpage #8 fiction, USA Today, People, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Aspen Words Literary Prize winner, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, NAACP Image Award winner, Barnes & Noble, O, The Oprah Magazine, Town & Country, RUSA notable books, Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Prize for fiction winner, Orwell Prize longlist
- Anatomy of a scandal. Sarah Vaughan. Fic VAU, Large Type Fic VAU Booklist top 10 crime debuts, Book Riot
- Asymmetry. Lisa Halliday. Fic HAL, Ebook Publishers Weekly top 10, Amazon top 60, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 10 best, NPR, GQ, Vogue, Time, John Leonard Prize finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, O, The Oprah Magazine, Town & Country, Huffington Post best fiction, Wall Street Journal, First Novel Prize shortlist
- Baby, you’re gonna be mine: stories. Kevin Wilson. Fic WIL Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- Back talk: stories. Danielle Lazarin. Fiz LAZ NPR, Esquire
- Bearskin. James A. McLaughlin. Fic MACL, CD Fic MACL, Ebook, EAudiobook RUSA Adrenaline short list, Amazon top mystery & thriller, Edgar Award winner, Barry Award nominee, Anthony Award nominee
- Before we were strangers. Brenda Novak. Fic NOV, Ebook, EAudiobook RITA finalist
- Better late than never. Kimberla Lawson Roby. Fic ROB NAACP Image Award nominee
- The boat people. Sharon Bala. Fic BAL Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist
- The book of Essie. Meghan MacLean Weir. Fic WEI Alex Award
- Brass. Xhenet Aliu. Large Type Fic ALI First Novel Prize longlist
- Bridge of Clay. Markus Zusak. Fic ZUS, Y Fic ZUS, Ebook Amazon top young adult, Barnes & Noble
- Bring out the dog: stories. Will Mackin. Fic MACK PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction winner, Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist
- The broken girls. Simone St. James. Fic SAI, Large Type Fic SAI RUSA mystery short list
- The bucket list. Georgia Clark. Fic CLA Booklist top 10 women’s fiction
- The cabin at the end of the world. Paul Tremblay. Fic TRE, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Booklist top 10 horror, Library Journal, Bookpage #15 mystery & suspense. RUSA horror short list, Bram Stoker Award winner, Over the Rainbow List, Thriller Award finalist, Locus Award winner
- Call me Zebra. Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi. Fic VAN, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, PEN Open Book award longlist, Harper’s Bazaar, Amazon top 80, PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction winner
- The captives. Debra Jo Immergut. Fic IMM, EAudiobook Edgar Award nominee
- The caregiver. Samuel Park. Fic PAR Kirkus Reviews
- Census. Jesse Ball. Fic BAL, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Esquire, Carnegie Medal longlist, Publishers Weekly
- The chalk man. C.J. Tudor. Fic TUD, Ebook NPR, Barry Award winner, Thriller Award winner, Macavity Award nominee
- Cherry. Nico Walker. Fic WAL New York Times 100 notable, Vogue, PEN/Hemingway finalist, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Booklist top 10 debut crime novels
- Circe. Madeline Miller. Fic MIL, Ebook, EAudiobook Carnegie Medal longlist, Publishers Weekly, Amazon top 40, top literature & fiction, Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage #1 fiction, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, People, Time, Alex Award, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Christian Science Monitor, Barnes & Noble, RUSA historical fiction short list, Boston Globe, Book Riot, Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Prize for fiction shortlist
- Clock dance. Anne Tyler. Fic TYL, CD Fic TYL, Ebook USA Today, Carnegie Medal longlist, Christian Science Monitor, Barnes & Noble, O, The Oprah Magazine
- CoDex 1962. Sjón. Fic SJO PEN Translation Prize longlist, Boston Globe, Best Translated Book longlist
- Confessions of the fox. Jordy Rosenberg. Fic ROS, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Huffington Post best fiction, Lambda Literary Award finalist, Booklist, Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature finalist, First Novel Prize shortlist
- Consumed. J.R. Ward. Fic WAR Amazon top romance, Library Journal, RITA finalist
- The court dancer. Kyung-Sook Shin. Fic SIN, EAudiobook Library Journal, NPR
- Daughter of a daughter of a queen. Sarah Bird. Fic BIR, Large Type Fic BIR Christian Science Monitor
- Dear Mrs. Bird. AJ Pearce. Fic PEA, CD Fic PEA RUSA historical fiction short list
- The death of Mrs. Westaway. Ruth Ware. Fic WAR, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers, Barnes & Noble
- The distance home. Paula Saunders. Fic SAU First Novel Prize longlist
- Dracul. Dacre Stoker, J.D. Barker. Fic STO, CD Fic STO, Ebook Library Journal, Bram Stoker Award finalist
- Elevation. Stephen King. Fic KIN, CD Fic KIN, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 20
- The emissary. Yoko Tawada. Fic TAW National Book Award winner, Library Journal
- The ensemble. Aja Gabel. Fic GAB Library Journal
- The escape artist. Brad Meltzer. Fic MEL, Large Type Fic MEL Barnes & Noble
- Eternal life. Dara Horn. Fic HOR, EAudiobook New York Times 100 notable, Booklist
- Every breath. Nicholas Sparks. Fic SPA, Large Type Fic SPA, Spanish Lang. Fic SPA, CD Fic SPA, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- Everything here is beautiful. Mira T. Lee. Fic LEE Amazon top literature & fiction, O, The Oprah Magazine
- Everything under. Daisy Johnson. Fic JOH Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, Boston Globe, Man Booker shortlist
- The fall of Gondolin. J.R.R. Tolkien. Fic TOL, Ebook Barnes & Noble
- The female persuasion. Meg Wolitzer. Fic WOL, CD Fic WOL, Ebook Amazon top 100, USA Today, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, NPR, People, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Barnes & Noble
- The fighter. Michael Farris Smith. Fic SMI Bookpage #12 mystery & suspense
- The flight attendant. Chris Bohjalian. Fic BOH, Large Type Fic BOH, Ebook Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers
- Flights. Olga Tokarczuk. Fic TOK National Book Award finalist, Man Booker International Prize winner, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Boston Globe, Best Translated Book longlist
- Florida. Lauren Groff. Fic GRO National Book Award finalist, Kirkus Prize finalist, Amazon top 40, NPR, Story Prize winner, Time, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Town & Country, BBC 10 best, Book Riot, Harper’s Bazaar
- Forever and a day: a James Bond novel. Anthony Horowitz. Fic HOR, CD Fic HOR Barry Award nominee
- Fox. Dubravka Ugresic. Fic UGR Best Translated Book finalist, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly
- Frankenstein in Baghdad. Ahmed Saadawi. Fic SAD Booklist top 10 horror, Man Booker International Prize shortlist, Library Journal, Clarke Award shortlist
- French exit: a tragedy of manners. Patrick deWitt. Fic DEW Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist, Amazon top 60, Vogue, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- Friday black. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Fic ADJ, Ebook, EAudiobook Carnegie Medal longlist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, RUSA notable books, Library Journal, Booklist, John Leonard Prize finalist, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award winner, Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist, Aspen Words Literary Prize finalist, Huffington Post best fiction, NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award finalist
- The friend. Sigrid Nunez. Fic NUN, Large Type Fic NUN National Book Award winner, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, Vogue, Town & Country, Harper’s Bazaar
- Fruit of the drunken tree. Ingrid Rojas Contreras. Fic ROJ, Large Type Fic ROJ, Spanish Lang. Fic ROJ, Ebook Booklist top 10 first novels, BBC 10 best
- Gateway to the moon. Mary Morris. Fic MOR, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 historical fiction, Christian Science Monitor
- Ghosted. Rosie Walsh. Fic WAL Booklist top 10 women’s fiction
- The girl from Berlin. Ronald H. Balson. Fic BAL, Large Type Fic BAL Jewish Book Award winner
- The girl who never read Noam Chomsky. Jana Casale. Fic CAS Kirkus Reviews
- Girls burn brighter. Shobha Rao. Fic RAO, Large Type Fic RAO, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 20, NPR, Booklist adult books for young adults, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Book Riot, First Novel Prize longlist
- The Golden State. Lydia Kiesling. Fic KIE NPR, First Novel Prize longlist
- Gone so long. Andre Dubus III. Fic DUB, Large Type Fic DUB Amazon top 80
- The great alone. Kristin Hannah. Fic HAN, Large Type Fic HAN, CD Fic HAN, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 20, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Barnes & Noble
- The great believers. Rebecca Makkai. Fic MAK, Large Type Fic MAK, Ebook National Book Award finalist, Carnegie Medal winner, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 10 best, Library Journal, Bookpage #13 fiction, NPR, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, Newsday, Booklist, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Town & Country, RUSA notable books, Over the Rainbow List, Boston Globe, Pulitzer Prize finalist
- Greeks bearing gifts. Philip Kerr. Fic KER NPR, Christian Science Monitor
- Green. Sam Graham-Felsen. Fic GRA Alex Award
- Grist Mill Road. Christopher J. Yates. Fic YAT, EAudiobook NPR
- Gun love. Jennifer Clement. Fic CLE National Book Award longlist, Amazon top 80, Library Journal, Booklist, Time, Aspen Words Literary Prize finalist, SFC Literary Prize finalist
- The Gunners. Rebecca Kauffman. Fic KAU, Ebook Esquire
- Happiness. Aminatta Forna. Fic FOR, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, NPR, Jhalek Prize shortlist
- Heads of the colored people: stories. Nafissa Thompson-Spires. Fic THO National Book Award longlist, Kirkus Prize finalist, Chicago Tribune 10 best, NPR, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction longlist, PEN Open Book award winner, Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, NAACP Image Award nominee, O, The Oprah Magazine, Huffington Post best fiction
- Hellbent. Gregg Hurwitz. Fic HUR, Large Type Fic HUR, CD Fic HUR Booklist top 10 crime novels
- The hellfire club. Jake Tapper. Fic TAP NPR, Barnes & Noble
- The high season. Judy Blundell. Fic BLU Kirkus Reviews, RUSA women’s fiction short list
- The house of broken angels. Luis Alberto Urrea. Fic URR, CD Fic URR, Ebook Kirkus Reviews, NPR, New York Times 100 notable, Bookpage #11 fiction, Newsday, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, RUSA notable books
- How are you going to save yourself. JM Holmes. Fic HOL Booklist top 10 book group books, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Esquire
- How hard can it be? Allison Pearson. Fic PEA Booklist top 10 women’s fiction
- How to be safe. Tom McAllister. Fic MACA, CD Fic MACA, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- How to love a Jamaican: stories. Alexia Arthurs. Fic ART O, The Oprah Magazine
- The hunger. Alma Katsu. Fic KAT Locus Award finalist
- If you leave me. Crystal Hana Kim. Fic KIM, EAudiobook Booklist,top 10 first novels, top 10 historical fiction, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, First Novel Prize longlist
- I’ll be your blue sky. Marisa de los Santos. Fic DEL, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 women’s fiction
- The immortalists. Chloe Benjamin. Fic BEN, Large Type Fic BEN, CD Fic BEN, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 40, top literature & fiction, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Barnes & Noble
- The Italian teacher. Tom Rachman. Fic RAC USA Today, Costa Award shortlist
- Jane Seymour, the haunted queen. Alison Weir. Fic WEI Booklist
- Jeeves and the king of clubs: a novel in homage to P.G. Wodehouse. Ben Schott. Fic SCH Town & Country
- John Woman. Walter Mosley. Fic MOS, Ebook, EAudiobook Carnegie Medal longlist
- Josh and Hazel’s guide to not dating. Christina Lauren. Fic LAU, Ebook Amazon top romance, Bookpage #10 romance
- Katerina. James Frey. Fic FRE Esquire
- Killing commendatore. Haruki Murakami. Fic MUR Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Booklist, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- The kinship of secrets. Eugenia Kim. Fic KIM New American Voices Award finalist
- Kudos. Rachel Cusk. Fic CUS, Ebook Amazon top 100, Publishers Weekly, New York Times 100 notable
- The labyrinth of the spirits. Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Fic RUI Library Journal, O, The Oprah Magazine
- A ladder to the sky. John Boyne. Fic BOY Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Ferro-Grumley Award finalist
- The lake on fire. Rosellen Brown. Fic BRO Kirkus Reviews, Booklist top 10 historical fiction
- Lake Success. Gary Shteyngart. Fic SHT, Ebook Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 80, Newsday, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, NPR, Library Journal, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, O, The Oprah Magazine, Jewish Book Award finalist
- The last cruise. Kate Christensen. Fic CHR Kirkus Reviews
- Last stories. William Trevor. Fic TRE, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Boston Globe
- The last time I lied. Riley Sager. Fic SAG, Ebook Amazon top mystery & thriller
- The last watchman of Old Cairo. Michael David Lukas. Fic LUK BBC 10 best, Sophie Brody medal winner, Jewish Book Award winner
- Laura & Emma. Kate Greathead. Fic GRE Esquire
- Lawn boy. Jonathan Evison. Fic EVI Booklist, Alex Award
- Listen to the marriage. John Jay Osborn. Fic OSB, Large Type Fic OSB NPR
- Little. Edward Carey. Fic CAR Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage #14 fiction, NPR
- Long road to Mercy. David Baldacci. Fic BAL, Large Type Fic BAL, CD Fic BAL, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- A long way from home. Peter Carey. Fic CAR Esquire
- The lost queen. Signe Pike. Fic PIK Kirkus Reviews
- Love. Hanne Ørstavik. Fic ORS National Book Award finalist, PEN Translation Prize winner
- Love and ruin. Paula McLain. Fic MACL, CD Fic MACL Booklist top 10 historical fiction, Amazon top 80, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- A lucky man: stories. Jamel Brinkley. Fic BRI NPR, National Book Award finalist, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Story Prize finalist, PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction finalist, John Leonard Prize finalist, Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist
- Macbeth. Jo Nesbø. Fic NES, CD Fic NES New York Times 100 notable
- The Mars room. Rachel Kushner. Fic KUS, Ebook NPR, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Esquire, Carnegie Medal longlist, Publishers Weekly, Time, New York Times 100 notable, Bookpage #4 fiction, Entertainment Weekly, Booklist fiction top of the list, Man Booker shortlist, Town & Country, RUSA notable books, Boston Globe
- Meet me at the museum. Anne Youngson. Fic YOU, Large Type Fic YOU Costa Award shortlist, RUSA women’s fiction short list
- Melmoth. Sarah Perry. Fic PER, EAudiobook NPR, Publishers Weekly top 10, Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist. RUSA horror short list
- The mercy seat. Elizabeth H. Winthrop. Fic WIN, Large Type Fic WIN, Ebook Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 80, BBC 10 best
- The mermaid and Mrs Hancock. Imogen Hermes Gowar. Fic GOW, Ebook Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist, Amazon top 60, top literature & fiction, Booklist top 10 first novels
- The merry spinster: tales of everyday horror. Mallory Ortberg. Fic ORT Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, NPR, Over the Rainbow List
- Milkman. Anna Burns. Fic BUR, Large Type Fic BUR, EAudiobook NPR, Man Booker Prize winner, National Book Critics Circle award winner, Women’s Prize for fiction shortlist, Orwell Prize winner
- Miss Blaine’s prefect and the golden samovar. Olga Wojitas. Fic WOJ Kirkus Reviews
- Miss Kopp just won’t quit. Amy Stewart. Fic STE Amazon top mystery & thriller, Boston Globe
- The music shop. Rachel Joyce. Fic JOY Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- My sister, the serial killer. Oyinkan Braithwaite. Fic BRA, Large Type Fic BRA, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, Book Riot, Barry Award nominee, Women’s Prize for fiction shortlist, Anthony Award winner, Macavity Award nominee, Booker Prize longlist
- My year of rest and relaxation. Ottessa Moshfegh. Fic MOS, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 20, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, GQ, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Time, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Town & Country, Huffington Post best fiction, Book Riot
- Need to know. Karen Cleveland. Fic CLE, CD Fic CLE Booklist top 10 crime debuts, Barry Award nominee, Thriller Award finalist
- The next person you meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom. Fic ALB, CD Fic ALB, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- Nine perfect strangers. Liane Moriarty. Fic MOR, CD Fic MOR, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, Amazon top 60
- Noir. Christopher Moore. Fic MOO, Ebook, EAudiobook Bookpage #13 mystery & suspense
- Nothing forgotten. Jessica Levine. Fic LEV Booklist top 10 women’s fiction
- Number one Chinese restaurant. Lillian Li. Fic LI NPR, Women’s Prize for fiction longlist, First Novel Prize longlist
- Ohio. Stephen Markley. Fic MAR NPR
- Once upon a river. Diane Setterfield. Fic SET, CD Fic SET, EAudiobook Amazon top 20
- Only child. Rhiannon Navin. Fic NAV Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- Only killers and thieves. Paul Howarth. Fic HOW, EAudiobook Amazon top 80, Barnes & Noble Discover Award winner
- The only story. Julian Barnes. Fic BAR, EAudiobook Amazon top 100
- The oracle year. Charles Soule. Fic SOU, EAudiobook Amazon top 80
- Ordinary people. Diana Evans. Fic EVA Booklist top 10 book group books,Carnegie Medal longlist, Women’s Prize for fiction shortlist , Orwell Prize longlist
- The other woman. Daniel Silva. Fic SIL, Large Type Fic SIL, CD Fic SIL, Ebook Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble
- Our homesick songs. Emma Hooper. Fic HOO Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist, Christian Science Monitor
- Our house. Louise Candlish. Fic CAN, Large Type Fic CAN, Ebook Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers
- Our little secret. Roz Nay. Fic NAY Booklist top 10 crime debuts
- The outsider. Stephen King.Fic KIN, CD Fic KIN, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble, Locus Award finalist
- The overstory. Richard Powers. Fic POW, Ebook NPR, Man Booker shortlist, Carnegie Medal longlist, Time, Amazon top 40, top literature & fiction, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, RUSA notable books, Chicago Tribune 10 best, Library Journal, Bookpage #3 fiction, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award finalist, Washington Post top 10, O, The Oprah Magazine, PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction finalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist
- The parking lot attendant. Nafkote Tamirat. Fic TAM Carnegie Medal longlist, New York Times 100 notable, Booklist adult books for young adults, top 10 first novels, First Novel Prize shortlist
- Peculiar ground. Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Fic HUG Kirkus Reviews
- The perfect mother. Aimee Molloy. Fic MOL, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- The perfect nanny. Leila Slimani. Fic SLI, Ebook New York Times 10 best, NPR, Edgar Award nominee, Boston Globe
- Pieces of her. Karin Slaughter. Fic SLA, Ebook, EAudiobook Thriller Award finalist
- A place for us. Fatima Farheen Mirza. Fic MIR, Large Type Fic MIR NPR, People, Washington Post top 10, Barnes & Noble Discover Award 3rd place, First Novel Prize longlist
- The president is missing. Bill Clinton, James Patterson. Fic CLI, Large Type Fic CLI, CD Fic CLI, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- Promise not to tell. Jayne Ann Krentz. Fic KRE, Large Type Fic KRE, CD Fic KRE, Ebook Library Journal
- Property: stories between two novellas. Lionel Shriver. Fic SHR New York Times 100 notable
- The reckoning. John Grisham. Fic GRI, Large Type Fic GRI, CD Fic GRI, Ebook, EAudiobook Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers, Barnes & Noble
- Red clocks. Leni Zumas. Fic ZUM, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 book group books, Bookpage #15 fiction, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Huffington Post best fiction, Tiptree longlist, Orwell Prize longlist
- A river of stars. Vanessa Hua. Fic HUA NPR, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- Rust & stardust. T. Greenwood. Fic GRE, CD Fic GRE Library Journal
- Sadness is a white bird. Moriel Rothman-Zecher. Fic ROT First Novel Prize longlist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist, Jewish Book Award finalist
- Sea prayer. Khaled Hosseini. Fic HOS NPR, Booklist adult books for young adults
- Self-portrait with boy. Rachel Lyon. Fic LYO First Novel Prize longlist
- The Shakespeare requirement. Julie Schumacher. Fic SCH Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- The shape of the ruins. Juan Gabriel Vasquez. Fic VAS, Large Type Fic VAS, Ebook Publishers Weekly top 10, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Booker International Prize shortlist
- She would be king. Wayétu Moore. Fic MOO Publishers Weekly, Booklist, top 10 first novels
- A shout in the ruins. Kevin Powers. Fic POW Amazon top 100
- The silence of the girls. Pat Barker. Fic BAR NPR, Costa Award shortlist, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Booklist top 10 historical fiction, Women’s Prize for fiction shortlist
- So lucky. Nicola Griffith. Fic GRI Boston Globe, Over the Rainbow List top 10
- Something in the water. Catherine Steadman. Fic STE Thriller Award finalist, Macavity Award nominee
- Southernmost. Silas House. Fic HOU, Large Type Fic HOU, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist,top 10 book group books, Carnegie Medal longlist
- A spark of light. Jodi Picoult. Fic PIC, Large Type Fic PIC, CD Fic PIC, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 60, Barnes & Noble
- The Sparsholt affair. Alan Hollinghurst. Fic HOL Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, NPR, Over the Rainbow List
- Star of the North. D.B. John. Fic JOH RUSA Adrenaline short list
- A state of freedom. Neel Mukherjee. Fic MUK, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable
- Still life with monkey. Katharine Weber. Fic WEB Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- Still me. Jojo Moyes. Fic MOY, Large Type Fic MOY, CD Fic MOY, Ebook Booklist top 10 women’s fiction
- The stranger game. Peter Gadol. Fic GAD, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews
- Stray city. Chelsey Johnson. Fic JOH, EAudiobook RUSA women’s fiction winner, Over the Rainbow List
- Summer hours at the robbers library. Sue Halpern. Fic HAL, CD Fic HAL, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist,adult books for young adults
- Tangerine. Christine Mangan. Fic MAN, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 crime debuts
- The tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris. Fic MOR, Large Type Fic MOR, CD Fic MOR, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 20
- Tell the machine goodnight. Katie Williams. Fic WIL Kirkus Prize finalist, NPR
- The terminal list: a thriller. Jack Carr. Fic CAR Barry Award nominee, Thriller Award finalist
- A terrible country. Keith Gessen. Fic GES, Ebook Esquire
- That kind of mother. Rumaan Alam. Fic ALA NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Town & Country
- There there. Tommy Orange. Fic ORA, Ebook, EAudiobook National Book Award longlist, Carnegie Medal shortlist, NPR, Publishers Weekly, Amazon top 20, Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 10 best, Library Journal, Booklist, top 10 first novels, Bookpage #2 fiction, Time, O, The Oprah Magazine,PEN/Hemingway winner, John Leonard Prize, Esquire, Washington Post top 10, GQ, Aspen Words Literary Prize finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Barnes & Noble Discover Award 2nd place, Entertainment Weekly, Town & Country, RUSA notable books, Huffington Post best fiction, First Novel Prize, Boston Globe, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner, Pulitzer Prize finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist
- They come in all colors. Malcolm Hansen. Fic HAN NAACP Image Award nominee
- The third hotel. Laura van den Berg. Fic VAN Huffington Post best fiction, Boston Globe, NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award finalist
- Three things about Elsie. Joanna Cannon. Fic CAN, Large Type Fic CAN Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist
- Tin man. Sarah Winman. Fic WIN Costa Novel Award shortlist, Carnegie Medal longlist, Over the Rainbow List, Ferro-Grumley Award finalist
- Transcription. Kate Atkinson. Fic ATK, Ebook Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage #5 fiction, NPR, Booklist, top 10 crime novels, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, New York Public Library
- Trick. Domenico Starnone. Fic STA, Ebook National Book Award finalist, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, PEN Translation Prize finalist
- Trinity. Louisa Hall. Fic HAL Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist
- Unbury Carol. Josh Malerman. Fic MAL Booklist top 10 horror, Bram Stoker Award finalist
- Under my skin. Lisa Unger. Fic UNG, EAudiobook Edgar Award nominee, Hammett Prize nominee, Macavity Award nominee
- Unsheltered. Barbara Kingsolver. Fic KIN, Large Type Fic KIN, CD Fic KIN, Ebook NPR, Carnegie Medal longlist, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Amazon top 60, Christian Science Monitor, Barnes & Noble, O, The Oprah Magazine
- Upstate. James Wood. Fic WOO Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- Varina. Charles Frazier. Fic FRA, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR
- Virgil wander. Leif Enger. Fic ENG, CD Fic ENG, Ebook Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 20, Library Journal, Bookpage #9 fiction
- Vox. Christina Dalcher. Fic DAL, CD Fic DAL, Ebook Tiptree longlist
- Waiting for Eden. Elliot Ackerman. Fic ACK Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 60, Library Journal, RUSA notable books
- Warlight. Michael Ondaatje. Fic OND, Ebook Man Booker longlist, Carnegie Medal longlist, NPR, Amazon top 40, top literature & fiction, Booklist, top 10 historical fiction, Publishers Weekly, New York Times 100 notable, Bookpage #7 fiction, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, RUSA notable books
- Washington Black. Esi Edugyan. Fic EDU NPR, Man Booker shortlist, Scotiabank Giller Prize winner, Carnegie Medal shortlist, Amazon best literature & fiction book of 2018, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, adult books for young adults, top 10 historical fiction, top 10 book group books, New York Times 10 best, Bookpage #10 fiction, Entertainment Weekly, Time, PEN Open Book award longlist, Washington Post top 10, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, RUSA notable books, Boston Globe
- We that are young. Preti Taneja. Fic TAN Library Journal
- A well-behaved woman: a novel of the Vanderbilts. Therese Anne Fowler. Fic FOW, Large Type Fic FOW RUSA historical fiction short list
- What we were promised. Lucy Tan. Fic TAN, CD Fic TAN Amazon top 80, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, First Novel Prize longlist
- When life gives you lululemons. Lauren Weisberger. Fic WEI, Ebook Amazon top 100
- Where the crawdads sing. Delia Owens. Fic OWE, Large Type Fic OWE, CD Fic OWE, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 40, top literature & fiction, Edgar Award nominee, Barnes & Noble, Macavity Award nominee
- White chrysanthemum. Mary Lynn Bracht. Fic BRA, CD Fic BRA Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist
- White houses. Amy Bloom. Fic BLO Booklist top 10 historical fiction, Over the Rainbow List
- Who is Vera Kelly? Rosalie Knecht. Fic KNE NPR, Amazon top mystery & thriller, Boston Globe
- The wife between us. Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen. Fic HEN, Large Type Fic HEN, Spanish Lang. Fic HEN, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top mystery & thriller
- The wildlands. Abby Geni. Fic GEN, Ebook Kirkus Reviews, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- Winter. Ali Smith. Fic SMI, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews
- The winter soldier. Daniel Mason. Fic MAS, Large Type Fic MAS, CD Fic MAS NPR, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
- The woman in the window. A.J. Finn. Fic FIN, Large Type Fic FIN, CD Fic FIN, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 crime novels, crime debuts, Amazon best mystery/thriller of 2018, Bookpage #11 mystery & suspense, Barnes & Noble, Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers
- Women in sunlight. Frances Mayes. Fic MAY RUSA women’s fiction short list
- You think it, I’ll say it: stories. Curtis Sittenfeld. Fic SIT, Ebook NPR, Carnegie Medal longlist, USA Today, Amazon top 40, top literature & fiction, People, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Harper’s Bazaar
- Your duck is my duck: stories. Deborah Eisenberg. Fic EIS Kirkus Reviews, New York Times 100 notable, NPR, Vogue, Story Prize finalist, Washington Post 50 notable fiction
MYSTERY
- The 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Stuart Turton. Mystery TUR, Ebook, EAudiobook Bookpage #10 mystery & suspense, Costa Award
- Baby teeth. Zoje Stage. Mystery STA, Ebook Library Journal, Bookpage #7 mystery & suspense, Bram Stoker Award finalist
- Baby’s first felony. John Straley. Mystery STR, EAudiobook Shamus Award nominee
- Barbed wire heart. Tess Sharpe. Mystery SHA RUSA Adrenaline short list
- The best bad things. Katrina Carrasco. Mystery CAR Lambda Literary Award finalist, Shamus Award winner
- Black diamond fall. Joseph Olshan. Mystery OLS Lambda Literary Award finalist
- Body & soul. John Harvey. Mystery HAR Booklist top 10 crime novels
- Bone on bone. Julia Keller. Mystery KEL Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist
- A borrowing of bones. Paula Munier. Mystery MUN, EAudiobook Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist
- Broken ground. Val McDermid. Mystery MACD, Ebook, EAudiobook Boston Globe
- Broken places. Tracy Clark. Mystery CLA, EAudiobook Library Journal, RUSA mystery short list, Anthony Award nominee, Shamus Award nominee
- Caged. Ellison Cooper. Mystery COO Thriller Award finalist
- City of ink. Elsa Hart. Mystery HAR Publishers Weekly, Sue Feder Memorial Award nominee
- City of secrets. Victoria Thompson. Mystery THO Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee
- Classic American crime fiction of the 1920s. Mystery CLA Edgar Award winner, Anthony Award nominee, Macavity Award nominee
- Closer than you know. Brad Parks. Mystery PAR Kirkus Reviews
- Crimson Lake. Candice Fox. Mystery FOX, EAudiobook RUSA mystery short list
- Cross her heart. Sarah Pinborough. Mystery PIN, EAudiobook Locus Award finalist
- Cult X. Fuminori Nakamura. Mystery NAK, EAudiobook Library Journal
- Cut you down. Sam Wiebe. Mystery WIE Hammett Prize nominee, Shamus Award nominee
- Dark sacred night. Michael Connelly. Mystery CON, Large Type Fic CON, CD Fic CON, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 100, top mystery & thriller, Bookpage #8 mystery & suspense, Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers, Barnes & Noble, Barry Award nominee
- A death of no importance. Mariah Fredericks. Mystery FRE Library Journal, Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist
- Depth of winter. Craig Johnson. Mystery JOH, EAudiobook Barry Award nominee
- The disappeared. C.J. Box. Mystery BOX, Large Type Fic BOX Barnes & Noble
- Dodging and burning. John Copenhaver. Mystery COP Anthony Award nominee, Macavity Award winner, Barry Award nominee, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- Down the river unto the sea. Walter Mosley. Mystery MOS, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 crime novels, Edgar Award winner
- Eighteen below. Stefen Ahnhem. Mystery AHN Kirkus Reviews
- The feral detective. Jonathan Lethem. Mystery LET Kirkus Reviews, O, The Oprah Magazine, Booklist top 10 crime novels
- Force of nature. Jane Harper. Mystery HAR, Large Type Fic HAR Amazon top 100, top mystery & thriller
- A forgotten place. Charles Todd. Mystery TOD, Ebook, EAudiobook Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee, Sue Feder Memorial Award nominee
- Four funerals and maybe a wedding. Rhys Bowen. Mystery BOW Agatha Award nominee
- A gambler’s jury. Victor Methos. Mystery MET Edgar Award nominee
- Give me your hand. Megan Abbott. Mystery ABB, Ebook NPR, Booklist, top 10 crime novels, Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Anthony Award nominee
- Green sun. Kent Anderson. Mystery AND L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- Hiroshima boy. Naomi Hirahara. Mystery HIR Edgar Award nominee, Anthony Award nominee, Macavity Award nominee
- The hollow of fear. Sherry Thomas. Mystery THO, CD Fic THO, EAudiobook NPR, Barry Award nominee
- House witness. Mike Lawson. Mystery LAW, Ebook Edgar Award nominee
- How it happened. Michael Koryta. Mystery KOR, Large Type Fic KOR Kirkus Reviews
- If I die tonight. Alison Gaylin. Mystery GAY, Ebook Edgar Award winner, Anthony Award nominee, Macavity Award nominee
- In a house of lies. Ian Rankin. Mystery RAN Boston Globe
- The infinite blacktop. Sara Gran. Mystery GRA Bookpage #6 mystery & suspense, NPR, Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers, Booklist top 10 crime novels
- Island of the mad: a novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes. Laurie R. King. Mystery KIN, EAudiobook Macavity Award nominee
- Jar of hearts. Jennifer Hillier. Mystery HIL Thriller Award winner, RUSA Adrenaline short list, Anthony Award nominee, Macavity Award nominee
- The killing habit. Mark Billingham. Mystery BIL, Ebook, EAudiobook Boston Globe
- Kingdom of the blind. Louise Penny. Mystery PEN, CD Fic PEN, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Amazon top mystery & thriller, Bookpage #3 mystery & suspense, Barnes & Noble, Agatha Award nominee
- A knife in the fog: a mystery featuring Margaret Harkness and Arthur Conan Doyle. Bradley Harper. Mystery HAR Edgar Award nominee
- A lady’s guide to etiquette and murder. Dianne Freeman. Mystery FRE, EAudiobook Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist, Agatha Award winner, Sue Feder Memorial Award nominee
- Leave no trace. Mindy Mejia. Mystery MEJ Barry Award nominee
- Lethal white. Robert Galbraith. Mystery GAL, CD Fic GAL, Ebook, EAudiobook Bookpage #4 mystery & suspense, Barnes & Noble
- Light it up. Nick Petrie. Mystery PET Barry Award nominee
- Little comfort. Edwin Hill. Mystery HIL Agatha Award nominee
- London rules. Mick Herron. Mystery HER, EAudiobook Barry Award nominee
- The man who came uptown. George Pelecanos. Mystery PEL, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, Amazon top mystery & thriller
- The middleman. Olen Steinhauer. Mystery STE Amazon top mystery & thriller, Boston Globe
- Murder on Union Square. Victoria Thompson. Mystery THO Agatha Award nominee
- Mycroft and Sherlock. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse. Mystery ABD, Ebook Barnes & Noble
- The mystery of three quarters. Sophie Hannah. Mystery HAN, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews
- A necessary evil. Abir Mukherjee. Mystery MUK Library Journal, Bookpage #5 mystery & suspense, Barry Award nominee
- Newcomer. Keigo Higashino. Mystery HIG Kirkus Reviews
- November road. Lou Berney. Mystery BER, EAudiobook Library Journal, Booklist, top 10 crime novels, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Boston Globe, Barry Award winner, Hammett Prize winner, Anthony Award winner, Macavity Award winner, Thriller Award finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- Only to sleep. Lawrence Osborne. Mystery OSB NPR, New York Times 100 notable, Edgar Award nominee, Shamus Award nominee
- Paper ghosts: a novel of suspense. Julia Heaberlin. Mystery HEA Thriller Award finalist
- Paris in the dark. Robert Olen Butler. Mystery BUT Hammett Prize nominee
- Rip crew. Sebastian Rotella. Mystery ROT Kirkus Reviews
- Robicheaux. James Lee Burke. Mystery BUR, CD Fic BUR, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble, Boston Globe
- The ruin. Dervla McTiernan. Mystery MACT, Ebook Amazon top 80, top mystery & thriller, RUSA mystery short list, Barry Award winner
- Savage liberty: a mystery of revolutionary America. Eliot Pattison. Mystery PAT Publishers Weekly
- Seventeen. Hideo Yokoyama. Mystery YOK Best Translated Book longlist
- Shell game. Sara Paretsky. Mystery PAR, Ebook Boston Globe, Sue Grafton Memorial Award winner
- Snap. Belinda Bauer. Mystery BAU, Ebook, EAudiobook Man Booker longlist
- Social creature, Tara Isabella Burton. Mystery BUR NPR
- Still lives. Maria Hummel. Mystery HUM, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top mystery & thriller, BBC 10 best
- A stone’s throw. James W. Ziskin. Mystery ZIS Anthony Award nominee
- Sunburn. Laura Lippman. Mystery LIP Booklist top 10 crime novels, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Bookpage #9 mystery & suspense, Washington Post top 10 mysteries & thrillers, Anthony Award nominee
- Sweet little lies. Caz Frear. Mystery FRE, EAudiobook Barry Award nominee
- To die but once. Jacqueline Winspear. Mystery WIN, Ebook, EAudiobook Sue Grafton Memorial Award nominee
- A treacherous curse. Deanna Raybourn. Mystery RAY, Large Type Fic RAY Edgar Award nominee
- Trust me. Hank Phillippi Ryan. Mystery RYA Agatha Award nominee
- Turning the tide. Edith Maxwell. Mystery MAX Agatha Award nominee
- Under a dark sky. Lori Rader-Day. Mystery RAD, CD Fic RAD, EAudiobook Edgar Award nominee, Anthony Award winner
- What you want to see. Kristen Lepionka. Mystery LEP Book Riot, Shamus Award winner
- A whisper of bones. Ellen Hart. Mystery HAR Over the Rainbow List, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- The widows of Malabar Hill. Sujata Massey. Mystery MAS, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, Amazon top mystery & thriller, Mary Higgins Clark Award winner, RUSA mystery winner, Boston Globe, Agatha Award winner, Sue Feder Memorial Award winner, Shamus Award nominee
- The wife: a novel of psychological suspense. Alafair Burke. Mystery BUR, Ebook Boston Globe
- The witch elm. Tana French. Mystery FRE, CD Fic FRE, Ebook Amazon top 20, New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Bookpage #1 mystery & suspense, NPR, Boston Globe, Book Riot
- The word is murder. Anthony Horowitz. Mystery HOR, CD Fic HOR, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, NPR, Bookpage #2 mystery & suspense
SCIENCE FICTION
- An agent of utopia: new & selected stories. Andy Duncan. Sci. Fic DUN Locus Award finalist, World Fantasy Award nominee
- Ambiguity machines & other stories. Vandana Singh. Sci. Fic SIN Philip K. Dick Award nominee
- Ball lightning. Cixin Liu. Sci. Fic LIU Booklist top 10 SF/Fantasy, NPR
- Bash Bash Revolution. Douglas Lain. Sci. Fic LAI Booklist adult books for young adults
- Before Mars. Emma Newman. Sci. Fic NEW Amazon top science fiction & fantasy
- The best American science fiction and fantasy 2018. Sci. Fic BES Locus Award finalist
- Binti: the night masquerade. Nnedi Okorafor. Sci. Fic OKO Booklist top 10 SF/Fantasy, Library Journal, Hugo Award finalist
- The Black God’s Drums. P. Djèlí Clark. Sci. Fic CLA, EAudiobook Amazon top science fiction & fantasy, Alex Award, Nebula Award finalist, Hugo Award finalist, Locus Award finalist, World Fantasy Award nominee
- Blackfish City. Sam J. Miller. Sci. Fic MIL, Ebook Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Washington Post top 5 science fiction & fantasy, Nebula Award finalist, Campbell Memorial Award 1st place, Locus Award finalist
- Bloody rose. Nicholas Eames. Sci. Fic EAM NPR
- The book of hidden things. Francesco Dimitri. Sci. Fic DIM Booklist top 10 horror, Kirkus Reviews
- The book of magic. Sci. Fic BOO Locus Award winner, World Fantasy Award nominee
- The books of Earthsea. Ursula K. Le Guin. Sci. Fic LEG Locus Award winner
- The calculating stars. Mary Robinette Kowal. Sci. Fic KOW, Ebook Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Nebula Award winner, RUSA science fiction winner, Book Riot, Hugo Award finalist, Campbell Memorial Award 2nd place, Locus Award winner
- The electric state. Simon Stålenhag. Sci. Fic STA Booklist adult books for young adults, NPR, Clarke Award shortlist, Locus Award finalist
- Elysium fire. Alastair Reynolds. Sci. Fic REY Locus Award finalist
- Embers of war. Gareth L. Powell. Sci. Fic POW, EAudiobook Locus Award finalist
- Empire of sand. Tasha Suri. Sci. Fic SUR, Ebook Locus Award finalist, Booklist top 10 debut SF/Fantasy & Horror
- Fire & blood. George R. R. Martin. Sci. Fic MAR, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble, Locus Award finalist
- Foundryside. Robert Jackson Bennett. Sci. Fic BEN Amazon top science fiction & fantasy, RUSA fantasy winner, Locus Award finalist
- The future is female!: 25 classic science fiction stories by women, from pulp pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin. Sci. Fic FUT Locus Award finalist
- The girl in the green silk gown. Seanan McGuire. Sci. Fic MACG NPR
- Gnomon. Nick Harkaway. Sci. Fic HAR NPR, Booklist
- The gone world. Tom Sweterlitsch. Sci. Fic SWE Bookpage #3 science fiction
- The Grey Bastards. Jonathan French. Sci. Fic FRE Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal
- Gunpowder moon. David Pedreira. Sci. Fic PED Amazon top science fiction & fantasy
- How long ’til black future month? N. K. Jemisin. Sci. Fic JEM, Ebook NPR, Amazon top 40, top science fiction & fantasy, Kirkus Reviews, Alex Award, Barnes & Noble, Locus Award winner, World Fantasy Award nominee
- How to fracture a fairy tale. Jane Yolen. Sci. Fic YOL Locus Award finalist
- If tomorrow comes. Nancy Kress. Sci. Fic KRE Locus Award finalist
- Iron gold. Pierce Brown. Sci. Fic BRO NPR, Amazon top science fiction & fantasy, Barnes & Noble
- Kill the farm boy. Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne. Sci. Fic DAW Barnes & Noble
- Lies sleeping. Ben Aaronovitch. Sci. Fic AAR Locus Award finalist
- Night fall. Simon R. Green. Sci. Fic GRE, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews
- Noumenon infinity. Marina J. Lostetter. Sci. Fic LOS RUSA science fiction short list
- The only harmless great thing. Brooke Bolander. Sci. Fic BOL Amazon top science fiction & fantasy, Locus Award winner, World Fantasy Award nominee
- Planetside. Michael Mammay. Sci. Fic MAM Library Journal
- The quantum magician. Derek Künsken. Sci. Fic KUN, EAudiobook Locus Award finalist
- The queens of Innis Lear. Tessa Gratton. Sci. Fic GRA Booklist adult books for young adults
- Record of a spaceborn few. Becky Chambers. Sci. Fic CHA NPR, Hugo Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- Red moon. Kim Stanley Robinson. Sci. Fic ROB Barnes & Noble, Locus Award finalist
- Revenant gun. Yoon Ha Lee. Sci. Fic LEE Locus Award finalist
- Robots vs fairies. Sci. Fic ROB Locus Award finalist, World Fantasy Award nominee
- Rosewater. Tade Thompson. Sci. Fic THO Amazon top science fiction & fantasy, Bookpage #8 science fiction, Clarke Award winner
- Semiosis. Sue Burke. Sci. Fic BUR, EAudiobook Clarke Award shortlist, Campbell Memorial Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- Senlin ascends. Josiah Bancroft. Sci. Fic BAN Washington Post top 5 science fiction & fantasy
- Serpentine. Laurell K. Hamilton. Sci. Fic HAM Barnes & Noble
- Severance. Ling Ma. Sci. Fic MA NPR, Amazon top 60, Kirkus Prize winner, Bookpage #6 fiction, New York Times 100 notable, PEN/Hemingway finalist, Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist, Huffington Post best fiction, NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award winner, Locus Award finalist
- The sisters of the winter wood. Rena Rossner. Sci. Fic ROS Publishers Weekly, Bookpage #5 science fiction
- Space opera. Catherynne M. Valente. Sci. Fic VAL, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 SF/Fantasy, adult books for young adults, NPR, Bookpage #2 science fiction, Hugo Award finalist, Campbell Memorial Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- The spaceship next door. Gene Doucette. Sci. Fic DOU Amazon top science fiction & fantasy
- Spinning silver. Naomi Novik. Sci. Fic NOV NPR, New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Alex Award, Nebula Award finalist, Barnes & Noble, Hugo Award finalist, Locus Award winner
- Starlings. Jo Walton. Sci. Fic WAL Locus Award finalist
- The stars now unclaimed. Drew Williams. Sci Fic WIL Booklist top 10 debut SF/Fantasy & Horror
- State tectonics. Malka Older. Sci. Fic OLD Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot
- A study in honor. Claire O’Dell. Sci. Fic ODE Lambda Literary Award winner
- The tangled lands. Paolo Bacigalupi, Tobias S. Buckell. Sci. Fic BAC Locus Award finalist, World Fantasy Award winner
- Temper. Nicky Drayden. Sci. Fic DRA, Ebook Publishers Weekly, Booklist top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror
- Time was. Ian McDonald. Sci. Fic MACD Philip K. Dick Award nominee, Campbell Memorial Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- Trail of lightning. Rebecca Roanhorse. Sci. Fic ROA Amazon top science fiction & fantasy, NPR, Library Journal, Bookpage #9 science fiction, Nebula Award finalist, RUSA fantasy short list, Book Riot, Hugo Award finalist, Locus Award winner, World Fantasy Award nominee
- Uncompromising honor. David Weber. Sci. Fic WEB Dragon Award winner
- Unholy land. Lavie Tidhar. Sci. Fic TID, Ebook Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, NPR, Campbell Memorial Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- Vengeful. V.E. Schwab. Sci. Fic SCH Barnes & Noble
- Vita nostra. Marina & Sergey Dyachenko. Sci. Fic DIA, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Amazon top science fiction & fantasy Bookpage #6 science fiction
- Witchmark. C.L. Polk. Sci. Fic POL, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 SF/Fantasy, Publishers Weekly, Bookpage #4 science fiction, Nebula Award finalist, Over the Rainbow List, Lambda Literary Award finalist, NPR, Locus Award finalist, World Fantasy Award winner
- Worlds seen in passing: ten years of Tor.com short fiction. Sci. Fic WOR Locus Award finalist, World Fantasy Award winner
RELIGIOUS FICTION
- Across the blue. Carrie Turansky. Rel. Fic TUR Carol Award finalist
- Becoming Mrs. Lewis: a novel: the improbable love story of Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis. Patti Callahan. Rel. Fic HEN, Large Type Fic HEN, CD Fic HEN, Ebook, EAudiobook Christian Science Monitor, Christy Award book of the year
- Called to protect. Lynette Eason. Rel. Fic EAS, Large Type Fic EAS, Ebook, EAudiobook Carol Award finalist, Christy Award finalist
- Catching Christmas. Terri Blackstock. Rel. Fic BLA, CD Fic BLA, Ebook, EAudiobook Christy Award winner
- A defense of honor. Kristi Ann Hunter. Rel. Fic HUN, Ebook, EAudiobook Christy Award finalist
- Engraved on the heart. Tara Johnson. Rel. Fic JOH, Ebook Carol Award finalist, Christy Award finalist
- An extra mile: a story of embracing God’s call. Sharon Garlough Brown. Rel. Fic BRO, Ebook Christianity Today Book Award
- Falling for you. Becky Wade. Rel. Fic WAD, Ebook, EAudiobook Christy Award winner
- Hidden peril. Irene Hannon. Rel. Fic HAN, Ebook Carol Award winner
- The hidden side. Heidi Chiavaroli. Rel. Fic CHI Carol Award finalist
- Home on Huckleberry Hill. Jennifer Beckstrand. Rel. Fic BEC RITA finalist
- Isaiah’s daughter: a novel of prophets & kings. Mesu Andrews. Rel. Fic AND Christy Award winner
- Just let go. Courtney Walsh. Rel. Fic WAL, Ebook, EAudiobook Carol Award winner
- The lacemaker. Laura Frantz. Rel. Fic FRA, Ebook, EAudiobook Christy Award winner
- Lethal target. Janice Cantore. Rel. Fic CAN, Ebook, EAudiobook Carol Award finalist
- A light on the hill. Connilyn Cossette. Rel. Fic COS, Ebook Carol Award winner
- The man he never was. James L. Rubart. Rel. Fic RUB, EAudiobook Christy Award winner, Carol Award finalist
- The melody of the soul. Liz Tolsma. Rel. Fic TOL Carol Award finalist
- Miles from where we started. Cynthia Ruchti. Rel. Fic RUC Carol Award finalist
- Mind games. Nancy Mehl. Rel. Fic MEH, Ebook, EAudiobook Carol Award finalist, Christy Award finalist
- Missing Isaac. Valerie Fraser Luesse. Rel. Fic LUE, EAudiobook Christy Award winner
- A most noble heir. Susan Anne Mason. Rel. Fic MAS Booklist top 10 romance
- No one ever asked. Katie Ganshert. Rel. Fic GAN Christianity Today Book Award, Christy Award winner
- Out of the ashes. Tracie Peterson, Kimberly Woodhouse. Rel. Fic PET, Large Type Fic PET, Ebook, EAudiobook Spur Award finalist
- Phoebe’s light. Suzanne Woods Fisher. Rel. Fic FIS, Large Type Fic FIS, CD Fic FIS Carol Award finalist
- The reckoning at Gossamer Pond. Jaime Jo Wright. Rel. Fic WRI, Ebook, EAudiobook Carol Award winner
- River to redemption. Ann H. Gabhart. Rel. Fic GAB, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 romance
- A rumored fortune. Joanna Davidson Politano. Rel. Fic POL, Ebook Christy Award finalist
- The Saturday night supper club. Carla Laureano. Rel. Fic LAU, Ebook RITA winner, Carol Award finalist
- Send down the rain. Charles Martin. Rel. Fic MAR, CD Fic MAR, Ebook, EAudiobook Christy Award finalist
- Shelter of the most high. Connilyn Cossette. Rel. Fic COS, Ebook Christy Award winner
- The solace of water. Elizabeth Byler Younts. Rel. Fic YOU, CD Fic YOU, Ebook, EAudiobook Carol Award finalist
- Wait for me. Susan May Warren. Rel. Fic WAR, Ebook, EAudiobook Christy Award finalist
- Where hope begins. Catherine West. Rel. Fic WES, CD Fic WES, Ebook, EAudiobook Carol Award winner
- Where the fire falls. Karen Barnett. Rel. Fic BAR, EAudiobook Carol Award finalist
ROMANCE
- Bad bachelor. Stefanie London. Romance LON, Ebook, EAudiobook RITA finalist
- Born to be Wilde. Eloisa James. Romance JAM, Ebook Booklist top 10 romance
- The bride takes a groom. Lisa Berne. Romance BER Kirkus Reviews, Bookpage #2 romance
- Dangerous. Minerva Spencer. Romance SPE, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 romance debuts
- A duke by default. Alyssa Cole. Romance COL, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 romance, Bookpage #7 romance, NPR
- The first time at Firelight Falls. Julie Anne Long. Romance LON, Ebook Kirkus Reviews
- The good luck charm. Helena Hunting. Romance HUN Booklist top 10 romance debuts
- The governess game. Tessa Dare. Romance DAR, Ebook Amazon top romance
- Intercepted. Alexa Martin. Romance MAR NPR, Booklist top 10 romance debuts, RUSA romance winner, Amazon top romance, Book Riot
- The kiss quotient. Helen Hoang. Romance HOA, Ebook, EAudiobook Bookpage #1 romance, Booklist top 10 romance debuts, Amazon best romance of 2018, NPR, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, RUSA romance short list, Book Riot
- Mornings on Main. Jodi Thomas. Romance THO RITA finalist
- My one and only duke. Grace Burrowes. Romance BUR Library Journal, Bookpage #4 romance
- Not quite over you. Susan Mallery. Romance MAL, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top romance
- Once a scoundrel. Mary Jo Putney. Romance PUT, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 romance
- One and only. Jenny Holiday. Romance HOL Booklist top 10 romance debuts, Amazon top romance
- The one you can’t forget. Roni Loren. Romance LOR, Ebook Publishers Weekly
- The proposal. Jasmine Guillory. Romance GUI, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Bookpage #5 romance
- A scandalous deal. Joanna Shupe. Romance SHU, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, RITA finalist
- Someone to care. Mary Balogh. Romance BAL, Ebook, EAudiobook Library Journal, Bookpage #3 romance
- Their perfect melody. Priscilla Oliveras. Romance OLI, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly
- This love story will self-destruct. Leslie Cohen. Romance COH Booklist top 10 romance debuts
- To have and to Harley. Regina Cole. Romance COL, Ebook Booklist top 10 romance
- The wedding date. Jasmine Guillory. Romance GUI, EAudiobook NPR, RUSA romance short list, Book Riot
GRAPHIC FICTION
- Abbott. Saladin Ahmed. Graphic Fic AHM, Ebook Bram Stoker Award finalist, Hugo Award finalist, Booklist top 10 graphic novels
- Alpha: Abidjan to Paris. Bessora. Graphic Fic BES Library Journal
- American gods. Shadows. Neil Gaiman. Graphic Fic GAI, Ebook Barnes & Noble
- The American Way: those above and those below. John Ridley. Graphic Fic RID Booklist top 10 graphic novels
- Bad girls. Alex De Campi. Graphic Fic DEC Eisner Award nominee
- Batman: White Knight. Sean Murphy. Graphic Fic MUR, Ebook Barnes & Noble, Eisner Award nominee
- Bingo love. Tee Franklin. Graphic Fic FRA, Ebook Amazon top comics and graphic novels, NPR, Rainbow List, Over the Rainbow List top 10
- Berlin. Jason Lutes. Graphic Fic LUT Library Journal, Washington Post top 10 graphic novels, Boston Globe, Booklist top 10 graphic novels, Eisner Award nominee, Harvey Award nominee
- Come again. Nate Powell. Graphic Fic POW, Ebook NPR, Eisner Award nominee
- Earth one. Corinna Bechko, Gabriel Hardman. Graphic Fic BEC, Ebook Amazon top comics and graphic novels, Eisner Award nominee
- Girl town. Carolyn Nowak. Graphic Fic NOW, Ebook Booklist top 10 graphic novels, Ignatz Award winner
- Grass Kings. Volume one. Matt Kindt. Graphic Fic KIN, Ebook Amazon top comics & graphic novels
- Home after dark. David Small. Graphic Fic SMA Booklist top 10 graphic novels for youth, Amazon top comics and graphic novels, Kirkus Reviews, Alex Award, Washington Post top 10 graphic novels, Boston Globe
- I am young. M. Dean. Graphic Fic DEA Washington Post top 10 graphic novels
- Infidel. Pornsak Pichetshote. Graphic Fic PIC, Ebook NPR
- Kafkaesque: fourteen stories. Peter Kuper. Graphic Fic KUP Boston Globe
- Luisa now and then. Carole Maurel. Graphic Fic MAU NPR
- Monstress. Volume three, Haven. Marjorie Liu. Graphic Fic LIU, Ebook Bram Stoker Award finalist, Hugo Award finalist
- My brother’s husband. Volume 2. Gengoroh Tagame. Graphic Fic TAG NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Rainbow List, Over the Rainbow List
- Prism stalker. Vol. 1. Sloane Leong. Graphic Fic LEO, Ebook Ignatz Award nominee
- Sabrina. Nick Drnaso. Graphic Fic DRN NPR, Library Journal, Man Booker longlist, Booklist top 10 graphic novels, New York Times 100 notable, Boston Globe, Washington Post top 10 graphic novels, First Novel Prize longlist, Orwell Prize longlist, NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award finalist, Eisner Award nominee
- Saga. Volume nine. Brian K. Vaughan. Graphic Fic VAU, Ebook Barnes & Noble, Hugo Award finalist, Dragon Award winner
- To build a fire. Chabouté. Graphic Fic CHA Eisner Award nominee
- Upgrade soul. Ezra Claytan Daniels. Graphic Fic DAN, Ebook Publishers Weekly, Amazon top comics and graphic novels, Library Journal, Ignatz Award nominee, Eisner Award nominee, Harvey Award nominee
- Victor LaValle’s Destroyer. Victor LaValle. Graphic Fic LAV, Ebook Bram Stoker Award winner
- Woman world. Aminder Dhaliwal. Graphic Fic DHA Amazon top comics & graphic novels, Library Journal, Ignatz Award nominee, Eisner Award nominee
- X-Men: grand design. Ed Piskor. Graphic Fic PIS Chicago Tribune 10 best, Washington Post top 10 graphic novels, Eisner Award nominee, Dragon Award winner
GRAPHIC NONFICTION
- All the answers. Michael Kupperman. Graphic B Kupperman Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, NPR, Eisner Award nominee
- Belonging: a German reckons with home and history. Nora Krug. Graphic B Krug Library Journal, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, National Book Critics Circle award winner, Boston Globe, Harvey Award nominee
- The bridge: how the Roeblings connected Brooklyn to New York. Peter J. Tomasi. Graphic B Roebling, Ebook Library Journal
- Che: a revolutionary life. Jon Lee Anderson, José Hernández. Graphic B Guevara NPR
- Chlorine Gardens. Keiler Roberts. Graphic B Roberts Publishers Weekly
- Super late bloomer: my early days in transition: an up and out collection. Julia Kaye. Graphic B Kaye, Ebook Ignatz Award nominee, Rainbow List
- Why art? Eleanor Davis. Graphic 701.1 DAV Ignatz Award winner, NPR, Library Journal, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Boston Globe
YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVELS
- Black Panther. Long live the king. Nnedi Okorafor. Y 741.5 OKO Hugo Award finalist
- Brazen: rebel ladies who rocked the world. Pénélope Bagieu. Y 741.5 BAG Kirkus Reviews, Eisner Award winner
- Check, please! Book 1, #Hockey! Ngozi Ukazu. Y 741.5 UKA, Ebook Booklist top 10 sports for youth, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Morris Award finalist, Boston Globe, Ignatz Award winner
- DeadEndia: the watcher’s test. Hamish Steele. Y 741.5 STE Rainbow List, Booklist top 10 graphic novels for youth
- Goldie Vance. Volume four. Hope Larson, Jackie Ball. Y 741.5 LAR, Ebook Rainbow List
- Grand theft horse. G. Neri. Y 741.5 NER Booklist top 10 biographies for youth
- Hey, kiddo. Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Y 741.5 KRO Publishers Weekly, Amazon best comic and graphic novel of 2018, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist youth nonfiction top of the list, ALSC notable children’s books, YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction finalist, Washington Post top 10 graphic novels, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, School Library Journal, Huffington Post, Boston Globe, Horn Book, Harvey Award book of the year, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award honor
- Kim Reaper. 1, Grim beginnings. Sarah Graley. Y 741.5 GRA Rainbow List
- Last pick. 1. Jason Walz. Y 741.5 WAL Kirkus Reviews
- On a sunbeam. Tillie Walden. Y 741.5 WAL School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Washington Post top 10 graphic novels, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, Huffington Post, Lambda Literary Award finalist, Hugo Award finalist, Booklist top 10 graphic novels for youth, Harvey Award nominee
- Paper girls. 4. Brian K. Vaughan. Y 741.5 VAU, Ebook Hugo Award finalist
- The prince and the dressmaker. Jen Wang. Y 741.5 WAN, Ebook Washington Post top 10 graphic novels, Booklist top 10 romance for youth, top 10 graphic novels for youth, Amazon top comics and graphic novels, top young adult, Publishers Weekly, NPR, ALSC notable children’s books, Boston Globe, Teen Choice Book Award winner, School Library Journal, Huffington Post, Book Riot, Horn Book, Rainbow List, Eisner Award nominee
- A quick & easy guide to they/them pronouns. Archie Bongiovanni, Tristan Jimerson. Y 741.5 BON Rainbow List
- Runaways. Rainbow Rowell. Y 741.5 ROW Rainbow List
- Speak: the graphic novel. Laurie Halse Anderson. Y 741.5 AND Booklist, top 10 graphic novels for youth, School Library Journal, Amelia Bloomer List, Eisner Award nominee
- Tokyo ghoul:re. 3. Sui Ishida. Y 741.5 ISH Barnes & Noble
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- Ace of shades. Amanda Foody. Y Fic FOO Rainbow List
- After the shot drops. Randy Ribay. Y Fic RIB, Ebook Booklist top 10 sports for youth, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal
- The agony house. Cherie Priest. Y Fic PRI Locus Award finalist, Booklist top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror for youth
- All out. Y Fic ALL, Ebook Rainbow List
- All that I can fix. Crystal Chan. Y Fic CHA School Library Journal
- American panda. Gloria Chao. Y Fic CHA Booklist top 10 first novels for youth
- Anger is a gift. Mark Oshiro. Y Fic OSH, Y AUDIO Playaway OSH, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Book Riot, Rainbow List, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- The apocalypse of Elena Mendoza. Shaun David Hutchinson. Y Fic HUT Booklist, Boston Globe, Rainbow List
- The assassination of Brangwain Spurge. M.T. Anderson, Eugene Yelchin. Y Fic AND, EAudiobook National Book Award finalist, Booklist,top 10 SF/fantasy & horror for youth, Amazon top young adult, Publishers Weekly, NPR, ALSC notable children’s books, Boston Globe, Horn Book
- The astonishing color of after. Emily X.R. Pan. Y Fic PAN Bookpage, Walter Dean Myers honor, Booklist, top 10 first novels for youth, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, School Library Journal, CILIP Carnegie Medal longlist
- The beauty that remains. Ashley Woodfolk. Y Fic WOO Rainbow List
- Before I let go. Marieke Nijkamp. Y Fic NIJ, Ebook, EAudiobook Rainbow List
- The Belles. Dhonielle Clayton. Y Fic CLA, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Teen Choice Book Award finalist, Boston Globe, Lodestar Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- Black wings beating. Alex London. Y Fic LON Kirkus Reviews
- Blanca & Roja. Anna-Marie McLemore. Y Fic MACL Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Boston Globe
- Blood water paint. Joy McCullough. Y Fic MACC, EAudiobook Booklist youth fiction top of the list, top 10 historical fiction for youth, top 10 arts for youth, National Book Award longlist, Bookpage, Morris Award finalist, School Library Journal, Amelia Bloomer List, Boston Globe
- Bridge of Clay. Markus Zusak. Y Fic ZUS, Fic ZUS, Ebook Amazon top young adult, Barnes & Noble
- The bright siders. Jen Wilde. Y Fic WIL Rainbow List
- Buried beneath the baobab tree. Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani. Y Fic NWA, Y AUDIO Playaway NWA, Ebook Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
- Chainbreaker. Tara Sim. Y Fic SIM Rainbow List
- The cheerleaders. Kara Thomas. Y Fic THO Barnes & Noble
- Children of blood and bone. Tomi Adeyemi. Y Fic ADE, Y AUDIO Playaway ADE, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Prize finalist, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Amazon best young adult book of 2018, Bookpage, Booklist top 10 first novels for youth, Morris Award finalist, ALSC notable children’s books, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Andre Norton Award winner, Barnes & Noble, School Library Journal, Huffington Post, Boston Globe, Book Riot, Lodestar Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- Cicada. Shaun Tan. Y Fic TAN Locus Award finalist
- The Crescent Stone. Matt Mikalatos. Y Fic MIK Christy Award finalist
- The dangerous art of blending in. Angelo Surmelis. Y Fic SUR, Y AUDIO Playaway SUR Rainbow List, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- Darius the Great is not okay. Adib Khorram. Y Fic KHO Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Morris Award, Bookpage, Amazon top young adult, Boston Globe, Rainbow List top 10, Lambda Literary Award finalist, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award honor
- The dark descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein. Kiersten White. Y Fic WHI NPR, Bram Stoker Award winner
- Dear Rachel Maddow. Adrienne Kisner. Y Fic KIS Rainbow List
- Dread nation. Justina Ireland. Y Fic IRE, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 SF/fantasy & horror for youth, Amazon top young adult, Bookpage, Andre Norton Award finalist, School Library Journal, Bram Stoker Award finalist, Book Riot, Lodestar Award finalist, Locus Award winner
- Dream country. Shannon Gibney. Y Fic GIB, Ebook Kirkus Reviews
- Dry. Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman. Y Fic SHU, Ebook Publishers Weekly, Barnes & Noble
- The fall of innocence. Jenny Torres Sanchez. Y Fic TOR Kirkus Reviews
- From Twinkle, with love. Sandhya Menon. Y Fic MEN Booklist top 10 romance for youth, NPR
- Girls of paper and fire. Natasha Ngan. Y Fic NGA Rainbow List top 10
- Give me some truth. Eric Gansworth. Y Fic GAN NPR, School Library Journal, Boston Globe
- The gone away place. Christopher Barzak. Y Fic BAR Locus Award finalist
- The Hazel Wood. Melissa Albert. Y Fic ALB, EAudiobook Amazon top 80, top science fiction & fantasy, top young adult, Bookpage, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, RUSA fantasy short list, Boston Globe
- A heart in a body in the world. Deb Caletti. Y Fic CALBookpage, Printz Honor Book
- Heart of iron. Ashley Poston. Y Fic POS, Ebook, EAudiobook Rainbow List
- Hullmetal girls. Emily Skrutskie. Y Fic SKR Boston Globe
- I have lost my way. Gayle Forman. Y Fic FOR, Ebook Rainbow List
- Isle of blood and stone. Makiia Lucier. Y Fic LUC Booklist top 10 crime fiction for youth
- Kingdom of ash. Sarah J. Maas. Y Fic MAA Amazon top young adult, Barnes & Noble
- The lady’s guide to petticoats and piracy. Mackenzi Lee. Y Fic LEE, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Rainbow List, Booklist top 10 historical fiction for youth
- A land of permanent goodbyes. Atia Abawi. Y Fic ABA Kirkus Reviews
- Leah on the offbeat. Becky Albertalli. Y Fic ALB, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 romance for youth, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, Rainbow List
- Let’s talk about love. Claire Kann. Y Fic KAN Rainbow List top 10
- Love, hate & other filters. Samira Ahmed. Y Fic AHM, Ebook, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 romance for youth, Bookpage, School Library Journal
- A map of days. Ransom Riggs. Y Fic RIG Amazon top 60, top young adult, Barnes & Noble
- Mapping the bones. Jane Yolen. Y Fic YOL Locus Award finalist
- Mariam Sharma hits the road. Sheba Karim. Y Fic KAR NPR
- Meet cute. Y Fic MEE, Ebook Rainbow List
- Mirage. Somaiya Daud. Y Fic DAU Booklist top 10 SF/fantasy & horror for youth, School Library Journal
- Monday’s not coming. Tiffany D. Jackson. Y Fic JAC, Y AUDIO Playaway JAC, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 crime fiction for youth, Walter Dean Myers honor, School Library Journal
- Muse of nightmares. Laini Taylor. Y Fic TAY, Y AUDIO Playaway TAY Booklist
- My so-called Bollywood life. Nisha Sharma. Y Fic SHA NPR, RITA winner
- Nate expectations. Tim Federle. Y Fic FED Rainbow List
- Obsidio. Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff. Y Fic KAU, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews
- Odd one out. Nic Stone. Y Fic STO NPR, Boston Globe, Booklist top 10 romance for youth, Rainbow List top 10
- Picture us in the light. Kelly Loy Gilbert. Y Fic GIL, Ebook Kirkus Reviews, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, School Library Journal, Rainbow List
- The place between breaths. An Na. Y Fic NA Kirkus Reviews
- The poet X. Elizabeth Acevedo. Y Fic ACE, Ebook, EAudiobook National Book Award finalist, Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner, Kirkus Prize finalist, Publishers Weekly, Amazon top young adult, Bookpage, NPR, Walter Dean Myers award, Printz Award, ALSC notable children’s books, Washington Post 50 notable fiction, Teen Choice Book Award finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, School Library Journal, Amelia Bloomer List, Book Riot, Horn Book, Lambda Literary Award finalist, CILIP Carnegie Medal winner
- Pride. Ibi Zoboi. Y Fic ZOB, Y AUDIO Playaway Fic ZOB, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, NPR, School Library Journal, Huffington Post, Book Riot
- Queen of air and darkness. Cassandra Clare. Y Fic CLA, Ebook Barnes & Noble
- A reaper at the gates. Sabaa Tahir. Y Fic TAH, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top young adult
- Rebound. Kwame Alexander. Y Fic ALE, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 sports for youth, Amazon best ages 9-12, ALSC notable children’s books, Horn Book, CILIP Carnegie Medal shortlist
- Reign of the fallen. Sarah Glenn Marsh. Y Fic MAR Rainbow List
- A room away from the wolves. Nova Ren Suma. Y Fic SUM, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Edgar Award nominee, School Library Journal
- Running with lions. Julian Winters. Y Fic WIN Benjamin Franklin Award gold winner
- Sadie. Courtney Summers. Y Fic SUM, Y AUDIO Playaway SUM, EAudiobook Boston Globe, Publishers Weekly, Amazon top young adult, NPR, Bookpage, Kirkus Reviews, Edgar Award winner, Barnes & Noble, School Library Journal, Booklist top 10 crime fiction for youth
- Sam & Ilsa’s last hurrah. Rachel Cohn, David Levithan. Y Fic COH Rainbow List
- Sawkill girls. Claire Legrand. Y Fic LEG, EAudiobook Bram Stoker Award finalist, Book Riot, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- Seafire. Natalie C. Parker. Y Fic PAR, EAudiobook NPR, Barnes & Noble
- Ship it. Britta Lundin. Y Fic LUN, Ebook Rainbow List, Tiptree longlist
- Skyward. Brandon Sanderson. Y Fic SAN Kirkus Reviews
- Social intercourse. Greg Howard. Y Fic HOW Rainbow List
- The storyteller. Traci Chee. Y Fic CHE Kirkus Reviews
- The strange fascinations of Noah Hypnotik. David Arnold. Y Fic ARN Bookpage, Barnes & Noble
- Summer Bird Blue. Akemi Dawn Bowman. Y Fic BOW Kirkus Reviews
- Summer of salt. Katrina Leno. Y Fic LEN Rainbow List
- Tales from the inner city. Shaun Tan. Y Fic TAN Kirkus Reviews, Washington Post
- Tess of the road. Rachel Hartman. Y Fic HAR Booklist,top 10 SF/fantasy & horror for youth, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Andre Norton Award finalist, Boston Globe, Lodestar Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- This story is a lie. Tom Pollock. Y Fic POL Booklist top 10 crime fiction for youth
- A thousand beginnings and endings: fifteen retellings of Asian myths and legends. Y Fic THO, Ebook Publishers Weekly, NPR
- Thunderhead. Neal Shusterman. Y Fic SHU, Ebook Booklist top 10 SF/fantasy & horror for youth, Barnes & Noble
- Troublemakers. Catherine Barter. Y Fic BAR Kirkus Reviews
- Truly devious. Maureen Johnson. Y Fic JOH, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly
- Tyler Johnson was here. Jay Coles. Y Fic COL
- Unbroken: 13 stories starring disabled teens. Y Fic UNB Kirkus Reviews
- A very large expanse of sea. Tahereh Mafi. Y Fic MAF, EAudiobook Amazon top young adult, National Book Award longlist, Booklist, NAACP Image Award nominee
- The war outside. Monica Hesse. Y Fic HES Publishers Weekly, Booklist top 10 historical fiction for youth
- War storm. Victoria Aveyard. Y Fic AVE, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- The way you make me feel. Maurene Goo. Y Fic GOO Booklist top 10 romance for youth, NPR, Boston Globe
- What I leave behind. Alison McGhee. Y Fic MACG Booklist
- What if it’s us. Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera. Y Fic ALB, EAudiobook Amazon top young adult, Barnes & Noble, Rainbow List
- What the night sings. Vesper Stamper. Y Fic STA National Book Award longlist, Kirkus Reviews, Morris Award finalist
- When light left us. Leah Thomas. Y Fic THO, Ebook School Library Journal
- White rabbit. Caleb Roehrig. Y Fic ROE Rainbow List
- Wildcard. Marie Lu. Y Fic LU, Y AUDIO Playaway LU Kirkus Reviews, Teen Choice Book Award finalist
YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION
- Americanized: rebel without a green card. Sara Saedi. Y 325.1092 SAE School Library Journal
- (Don’t) call me crazy: 33 voices start the conversation about mental health. Y 616.89 DON, Ebook Washington Post
- How I resist: activism and hope for a new generation. Y 320.083 HOW Rainbow List
- I have the right to: a high school survivor’s story of sexual assault, justice, and hope. Chessy Prout. Y 362.883 PRO School Library Journal
- Monster portraits. Sofia Samatar. Y 001.944 SAM NPR
- Period power: a manifesto for the menstrual movement. Nadya Okamoto. Y 612.662 OKA Kirkus Reviews
- Photographic: the life of Graciela Iturbide. Isabel Quintero, Zeke Peña. Y 770.92 QUI Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winner, Booklist top 10 arts for youth, NPR, School Library Journal, Horn Book
- We are not yet equal: understanding our racial divide. Carol Anderson. Y 305.896 AND Kirkus Reviews, NAACP Image Award nominee
- When they call you a terrorist: a Black Lives Matter memoir. Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Asha Bandele. Y 305.896 KHA, EAudiobook Library Journal
NONFICTION
- 12 rules for life: an antidote to chaos. Jordan B. Peterson. 170.44 PET, Ebook Barnes & Noble
- 21 lessons for the 21st century. Yuval Noah Harari. 909.83 HAR, Ebook Amazon top 20, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble
- 1,000 books to read before you die: a life-changing list. James Mustich. 028.9 MUS, Ebook Booklist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- 1947: where now begins. Elisabeth Asbrink. 909.824 ASB NPR
- Against memoir: complaints confessions + criticism. Michelle Tea. 814 TEA PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay winner
- All about cake. Christina Tosi. 641.8653 TOS Amazon top cookbooks, food & wine
- American cookie: the snaps, drops, jumbles, tea cakes, bars & brownies that we have loved for generations. Anne Byrn. 641.8654 BYR IACP Cookbook Award finalist
- American dialogue: the founders and us. Joseph J. Ellis. 973.3 ELL New York Times 100 notable
- American hate: survivors speak out. 362.88 AME NPR
- American like me: reflections on life between cultures. 920.073 AME Booklist, adult books for young adults, top 10 diverse nonfiction, Esquire, Book Riot
- American overdose: the opioid tragedy in three acts. Chris McGreal. 362.29 MACG Kirkus Reviews, Lukas Book Prize shortlist, Orwell Prize longlist
- American prison: a reporter’s undercover journey into the business of punishment. Shane Bauer. 365.97 BAU Kirkus Prize finalist, New York Times 10 best, Library Journal, Bookpage #10 nonfiction, NPR, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for nonfiction finalist, RUSA notable books, Lukas Book Prize winner, Boston Globe, Barnes & Noble Discover Award 2nd place, Bernstein Book Award
- American sonnets for my past and future assassin. Terrance Hayes. 811 HAY National Book Award finalist, Library Journal, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Washington Post 5 best poetry, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, RUSA notable books, Kingsley Tufts poetry award finalist
- Amity and prosperity: one family and the fracturing of America. Eliza Griswold. 363.73 GRI New York Times 100 notable, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for nonfiction finalist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, Bernstein Book Award finalist, Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice shortlist
- Amy Herzog’s ultimate sweater book: the essential guide for adventurous knitters. Amy Herzog. 746.432 HER, Ebook Library Journal
- The apprentice: Trump, Russia and the subversion of American democracy. Greg Miller. 973.933 MIL Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- The art of the wasted day. Patricia Hampl. 818 HAM Booklist top 10 literary travel
- Ask a manager: how to navigate clueless colleagues, lunch-stealing bosses, and the rest of your life at work. Alison Green. 650.13 GRE Booklist
- Asperger’s children: the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna. Edith Sheffer. 618.9285 SHE Lynton History Prize shortlist
- Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the golden age of science fiction. Alec Nevala-Lee. 809.38 NEV Hugo Award finalist, Locus Award finalist
- Asymmetry. Adam Zagajewski. 891.851 ZAG PEN Award for poetry in translation longlist, National Book Critics Circle award finalist
- Automating inequality: how high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor. Virginia Eubanks. 362.5 EUB Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice shortlist
- The away game: the epic search for soccer’s next superstars. Sebastian Abbot. 796.334 ABB PEN/ESPN Award for literary sports writing longlist
- Bachelor nation: inside the world of America’s guilty pleasure. Amy Kaufman. 791.4572 KAU NPR
- Bad blood: secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup. John Carreyrou. 338.768 CAR, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, Amazon top 20, best business & leadership book of 2018, New York Times 100 notable, NPR, GQ, Library Journal, Time, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Boston Globe, Book Riot, Harper’s Bazaar
- Baking all year round. Rosanna Pansino. 641.86 PAN Barnes & Noble
- Barracoon: the story of the last “black cargo”. Zora Neale Hurston. 306.362 HUR, Large Type 306.362 HUR, CD 306.362 HUR, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top history, NPR, Time, Christian Science Monitor, NAACP Image Award nominee, Barnes & Noble, Harper’s Bazaar
- Basketball: a love story. Jackie MacMullan, Rafe Bartholomew, Dan Klores. 796.323 MACM Library Journal
- Be with. Forrest Gander. 811.54 GAN National Book Award longlist, Publishers Weekly, Pulitzer Prize winner
- The beekeeper: rescuing the stolen women of Iraq. Dunya Mikhail. 956.7044 MIK National Book Award longlist, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for nonfiction finalist, Christian Science Monitor
- Behold, America: the entangled history of “America first” and “the American dream”. Sarah Churchwell. 973.9 CHU Boston Globe
- Beneath a ruthless sun: a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found. Gilbert King. 364.1532 KIN, CD 364.1532 KIN NPR, RUSA notable books, Kirkus Reviews, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- The best cook in the world: tales from my momma’s table. Rick Bragg. 641.5975 BRA Booklist top 10 food books, Kirkus Reviews, Christian Science Monitor
- The big ones: how natural disasters have shaped us (and what we can do about them). Lucy Jones. 363.34 JON Amazon top science
- Big week: the biggest air battle of World War II. James Holland. 940.5442 HOL, Ebook Amazon top 80, top history
- Blue dreams: the science and the story of the drugs that changed our minds. Lauren Slater. 615.788 SLA PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for literary science writing finalist
- Boom town: the fantastical saga of Oklahoma city, its chaotic founding, its apocalyptic weather, its purloined basketball team, and the dream of becoming a world-class metropolis. Sam Anderson. 976.6 AND Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 80, top business & leadership, top nonfiction, New York Times 100 notable, Chicago Tribune 10 best, NPR, Booklist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- Botanical inks: plant-to-print dyes, techniques and projects. Babs Behan. 667.26 BEH Library Journal
- Brain health as you age: a practical guide to maintenance and prevention. Steven P. Simmons, William E. Mansbach, Jodi L. Lyons. 616.804 SIM, EAudiobook Library Journal
- Brief answers to the big questions. Stephen Hawking. 500 HAW Amazon top science
- Brown: poems. Kevin Young. 811 YOU New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, NPR, Booklist
- Built: the hidden stories behind our structures. Roma Agrawal. 624.1 AGR Jhalek Prize shortlist
- Burning down the Haus: punk rock, revolution, and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tim Mohr. 306.484 MOH Carnegie Medal longlist, Bookpage #8 nonfiction, Amazon top 100, top humor & entertainment
- By hand: the art of modern lettering. Nicole Miyuki Santo. 745.61 SAN Library Journal
- A call for revolution: a vision for the future. Dalai Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever. 294.35 BST Library Journal
- Calypso. David Sedaris. 814 SED, CD 814 SED, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top 40, best humor & entertainment of 2018, New York Times 100 notable, Bookpage #5 nonfiction, USA Today, NPR, People, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Over the Rainbow List
- Cape Verdean blues. Shauna Barbosa. 811.6 BAR PEN Open Book award finalist
- A carnival of losses: notes nearing ninety. Donald Hall. 814 HAL NPR
- The carrying: poems. Ada Limón. 811.6 LIM NPR, Publishers Weekly, National Book Critics Circle award winner, Washington Post 5 best poetry, RUSA notable books, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award finalist
- Cenzontle: poems. Marcelo Hernandez Castillo. 811.6 HER NPR, Lambda Literary Award finalist, Thom Gunn Award finalist
- Chesapeake requiem: a year with the waterman of vanishing Tangier Island. Earl Swift. 639.56 SWI NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Christian Science Monitor
- Christian hospitality and Muslim immigration in an age of fear. Matthew Kaemingk. 261.27 KAE Christianity Today Book Award
- Christian: the politics of a word in America. Matthew Bowman. 261.7 BOW, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly
- Christianity in the twentieth century: a world history. Brian Stanley. 270.82 STA Christianity Today book award
- Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street: Tuesday nights. Christopher Kimball. 641.555 KIM Amazon top cookbooks, food & wine, Barnes & Noble, James Beard Award winner, IACP Cookbook Award winner, NPR
- Citizen illegal. José Olivarez. 811.6 OLI, Ebook NPR, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award finalist
- City of devils: the two men who ruled the underworld of old Shanghai. Paul French. 364.106 FRE Kirkus Reviews
- Climate-wise landscaping: practical actions for a sustainable future. Sue Reed, Ginny Stibolt. 712 REE Booklist top 10 crafts & gardening
- Close encounters with humankind: a paleoanthropologist investigates our evolving species. Sang-Hee Lee. 569.9 LEE Kirkus Reviews
- Cocktail codex: fundamentals, formulas, evolutions. Alex Day, Nick Fauchald. 641.874 DAY Amazon top cookbooks, food & wine, James Beard Award book of the year
- The common good. Robert B. Reich. 330.973 REI Booklist top 10 book group books
- A common table: 80 recipes and stories from my shared cultures. Cynthia Chen McTernan. 641.59 MACT NPR, James Beard Award nominee
- Complete crochet course: the ultimate reference guide. Shannon & Jason Mullett-Bowlsby. 746.434 MUL Booklist top 10 crafts & gardening
- The complete diabetes cookbook: the healthy way to eat the foods you love. 641.5631 COM James Beard Award nominee, IACP Cookbook Award winner
- Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the anatomy of intrigue. Ryan Holiday. 302.23 HOL NPR
- Conan Doyle for the defense: the true story of a sensational British murder, a quest for justice, and the world’s most famous detective writer. Margalit Fox. 364.1523 FOX Agatha Award nominee, Macavity Award nominee
- Contact high: a visual history of hip-hop. Vikki Tobak. 782.4216 TOB Amazon top arts & photography, NPR
- Conversations on writing. Ursula K. Le Guin. 813 LEG Hugo Award finalist, Locus Award winner
- Cook like a pro: recipes & tips for home cooks. Ina Garten. 641.5 GAR Amazon top cookbooks, food & wine, Barnes & Noble
- Cook’s illustrated revolutionary recipes: groundbreaking techniques, compelling voices, one-of-a-kind recipes. 641.5973 COO IACP Cookbook Award winner
- The corrosion of conservatism: why I left the right. Max Boot. 320.52 BOO, EAudiobook Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- The courage to be disliked: the Japanese phenomenon that shows you how to change your life and achieve real happiness. Ichiro Kishimi. 158 KIS Barnes & Noble
- Crashed: how a decade of financial crises changed the world. Adam Tooze. 332.042 TOO New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews
- Cravings. Hungry for more. Chrissy Teigen. 641.5 TEI, Ebook Amazon top cookbooks, food & wine, NPR, Barnes & Noble
- Creative quest. Questlove. 153.35 QUE Esquire, Booklist top 10 book group books, NPR, Amazon top humor & entertainment
- Crochet animal rugs: over 20 crochet patterns for fun floor mats and matching accessories. Ira Rott. 746.73 ROT Booklist top 10 crafts & gardening
- A cruelty special to our species: poems. Emily Jungmin Yoon. 811.6 YOO NPR
- Daemon voices: on stories and storytelling. Philip Pullman. 809.933 PUL Kirkus Reviews
- Dancing bears: true stories of people nostalgic for life under tyranny. Witold Szablowski. 947.086 SZA NPR
- Dare to lead: brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts. Brené Brown. 658.4092 BRO, CD 658.4092 BRO, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top business & leadership, Barnes & Noble
- The darkening age: the Christian destruction of the classical world. Catherine Nixey. 270.2 NIX New York Times 100 notable
- The debatable land: the lost world between Scotland and England. Graham Robb. 941.37 ROB Kirkus Reviews
- Denmark Vesey’s garden: slavery and memory in the cradle of the Confederacy. Ethan J. Kytle, Blain Roberts. 975.791 KYT Kirkus Reviews
- Dinner illustrated: 175 meals ready in 1 hour or less. 641.54 DIN CODES list award
- The dinosaur artist: obsession, betrayal, and the quest for Earth’s ultimate trophy. Paige Williams. 560.75 WIL, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal
- Directorate S: the C.I.A. and America’s secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Steve Coll. 958.1047 COL National Book Critics Circle award winner, National Book Award longlist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Amazon top 60, top nonfiction
- Doing harm: the truth about how bad medicine and lazy science leave women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and sick. Maya Dusenbery. 613.0424 DUS Library Journal, NPR
- Dopesick: dealers, doctors, and the drug company that addicted America. Beth Macy. 362.29 MACY, Ebook Kirkus Prize finalist, Carnegie Medal shortlist, Amazon best nonfiction book of 2018, Bookpage #7 nonfiction, Library Journal, New York Times 100 notable, Booklist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, RUSA notable books, Bernstein Book Award finalist
- The dream of reason. Jenny George. 811.6 GEO Library Journal
- Eager: the surprising, secret life of beavers and why they matter. Ben Goldfarb. 599.37 GOL Booklist, top 10 sci-tech, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for literary science writing winner, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- Eat a little better: great flavor, good health, better world. Sam Kass. 641.563 KAS James Beard Award winner, IACP Cookbook Award finalist
- Einstein’s monsters: the life and times of black holes. Chris Impey. 523.8875 IMP Booklist top 10 sci-tech
- Encyclopedia Blazertannica: a suboptimal guide to soccer, America’s “sport of the future” since 1972. Roger Bennett, Michael Davies. 796.334 BEN Amazon top humor & entertainment
- Energy: a human history. Richard Rhodes. 333.79 RHO Kirkus Reviews, Booklist
- Enlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress. Steven Pinker. 303.44 PIN Amazon top 100, top science, New York Times 100 notable, NPR, Esquire, Christian Science Monitor
- The escape artists: a band of daredevil pilots and the greatest prison break of the Great War. Neal Bascomb. 940.4724 BAS, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews
- Everybody always: becoming love in a world full of setbacks and difficult people. Bob Goff. 248.4 GOF, CD 248.4 GOF, EAudiobook Library Journal
- Everyday Dorie: the way I cook. Dorie Greenspan. 641.5 GRE Amazon top cookbooks, food & wine, NPR, Barnes & Noble, CODES list award, James Beard Award nominee, IACP Cookbook Award finalist, Booklist top 10 cookbooks
- Everything’s trash, but it’s okay. Phoebe Robinson. 814.6 ROB Esquire, Book Riot
- Eye level: poems. Jenny Xie. 811.6 XIE National Book Award finalist, PEN Open Book award finalist, Dylan Thomas Prize longlist
- A false report: a true story of rape in America. T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong. 364.1532 MIL Booklist
- Fatal discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the fight for the western mind. Michael Massing. 270.6 MAS, CD 270.6 MAS New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Booklist top 10 religion & spirituality
- Fear: Trump in the White House. Bob Woodward. 973.933 WOO, Large Type 973.933 WOO, CD 973.933 WOO, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Vogue, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- The feather thief: beauty, obsession, and the natural history heist of the century. Kirk Wallace Johnson. 364.1628 JOH Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 40, top nonfiction, RUSA notable books, Edgar Award nominee, Bookpage #3 nonfiction
- Feel free: essays. Zadie Smith. 824 SMI, CD 824 SMI New York Times 100 notable, Chicago Tribune 10 best, PEN/ Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay finalist, USA Today, Esquire, NPR, National Book Critics Circle award winner, Kirkus Reviews
- feeld. Jos Charles. 811.6 CHA National Book Award longlist, Library Journal, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist
- The field of blood: violence in Congress and the road to civil war. Joanne B. Freeman. 973.6 FRE NPR, New York Times 100 notable, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for nonfiction longlist
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- The fighters: Americans in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. C.J. Chivers. 956.7044 CHI NPR
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- Food52 genius desserts: 100 recipes that will change the way you bake. Kristen Miglore. 641.86 MIG IACP Cookbook Award winner
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- The forgotten church: why rural ministry matters for every church in America. Glenn Daman. 253 DAM Christianity Today book award
- The formula: the universal laws of success. Albert-László Barabási. 158 BAR, EAudiobook Amazon top business & leadership
- A future of faith: the path of change in politics and society. Pope Francis. 282.092 FRA Booklist top 10 religion & spirituality
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- Get over it!: thought therapy for healing the hard stuff. Iyanla Vanzant. 158.1 VAN Barnes & Noble
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- Gigged: the end of the job and the future of work. Sarah Kessler. 331.09 KES Library Journal
- Girl, wash your face: stop believing the lies about who you are so you can become who you were meant to be. Rachel Hollis. 248.843 HOL, CD 248.843 HOL, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- Gmorning, gnight!: little pep talks for me & you. Lin-Manuel Miranda. 811.6 MIR Barnes & Noble
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- The good mothers: the true story of the women who took on the world’s most powerful mafia. Alex Perry. 364.106 PER Edgar Award nominee
- The Gospel comes with a house key: practicing radically ordinary hospitality in our post-Christian world. Rosaria Champagne Butterfield. 241.641 BUT, EAudiobook Christianity Today book award
- Grateful: the transformative power of giving thanks. Diana Butler Bass. 241.4 BAS, CD 241.4 BAS Library Journal
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- The growth delusion: wealth, poverty, and the well-being of nations. David Pilling. 338.9 PIL Orwell Prize longlist
- Handmade houseplants: remarkably realistic plants you can make with paper. Corrie Beth Hogg. 745.5943 HOG Library Journal
- Hey, Marfa. Jeffrey Yang. 811.6 YAN Library Journal
- High-risers: Cabrini-Green and the fate of American public housing. Ben Austen. 363.585 AUS Carnegie Medal longlist, Booklist, RUSA notable books, Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice shortlist
- Hiking with Nietzsche: on becoming who you are. John Kaag. 193 KAA NPR
- Hippie food: how back-to-the-landers, longhairs, and revolutionaries changed the way we eat. Jonathan Kauffman. 394.12 KAU James Beard Award nominee
- A history of France. John Julius Norwich. 944 NOR, EAudiobook Amazon top history
- A history of Judaism. Martin Goodman. 296.09 GOO, CD 296.09 GOO Library Journal
- Holy moly carry me: poems. Erika Meitner. 811.6 MEI National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Jewish Book Award winner
- Homelands: four friends, two countries, and the fate of the great Mexican-American migration. Alfredo Corchado. 973.0468 COR NPR
- How democracies die. Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt. 321.8 LEV Time, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- How the Internet happened: from Netscape to the iPhone. Brian McCullough. 004.678 MACC Library Journal
- How to change your mind: what the new science of psychedelics teaches us about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression, and transcendence. Michael Pollan. 615.7883 POL, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, Amazon best science book of 2018, NPR, New York Times 10 best, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- How to invent everything: a survival guide for the stranded time traveler. Ryan North. 609 NOR NPR
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- I feel you: the surprising power of extreme empathy. Cris Beam. 152.41 BEA Library Journal
- I wrote this book because I love you: essays. Tim Kreider. 814 KRE People, Amazon top humor & entertainment
- If they come for us: poems. Fatimah Asghar. 811.6 ASG RUSA notable books, Harper’s Bazaar, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- I’ll be gone in the dark: one woman’s obsessive search for the Golden State Killer. Michelle McNamara. 364.1523 MACN, CD 364.1523 MACN, Ebook, EAudiobook Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 40, top nonfiction, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Edgar Award nominee, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Barnes & Noble, Book Riot, Anthony Award winner, Macavity Award nominee
- Impossible owls: essays. Brian Phillips. 814.6 PHI PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay finalist, Amazon top 100, top nonfiction
- In a day’s work: the fight to end sexual violence against America’s most vulnerable workers. Bernice Yeung. 362.88 YEU PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for nonfiction winner, Pulitzer Prize finalist, Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice winner
- In the hurricane’s eye: the genius of George Washington and the victory at Yorktown. Nathaniel Philbrick. 973.337 PHI Barnes & Noble
- Indecency. Justin Phillip Reed. 811.6 REE Kate Tufts Discovery Award finalist, National Book Award winner, Library Journal, Lambda Literary Award winner
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- Mine: essays. Sarah Viren. 814.6 VIR PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay longlist, Lambda Literary Award finalist
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- Natural causes: an epidemic of wellness, the certainty of dying, and killing ourselves to live longer. Barbara Ehrenreich. 306.9 EHR Library Journal
- The new American Judaism: how Jews practice their religion today. Jack Wertheimer. 296.097 WER Jewish Book Award winner
- The new essentials cookbook: a modern guide to better cooking. 641.5 NEW Booklist top 10 food books
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- North on the wing: travels with the songbird migration of spring. Bruce M. Beehler. 598.156 BEE Booklist top 10 literary travel
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- Not here. Hieu Minh Nguyen. 811.6 NGU Thom Gunn Award winner, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- Not that bad: dispatches from rape culture. 364.1532 NOT, EAudiobook Lambda Literary Award winner
- The Odyssey. Homer; translated by Emily Wilson. 883 HOM New York Times 100 notable
- Off the rails: one family’s journey through teen addiction. Susan Burrowes. 362.29 BUR Benjamin Franklin Award silver winner
- On desperate ground: the Marines at the reservoir, the Korean War’s greatest battle. Hampton Sides. 951.9042 SID, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top history,Barnes & Noble, Washington Post top 10
- On reading well: finding the good life through great books. Karen Swallow Prior. 028.9 PRI, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly
- One goal: a coach, a team, and the game that brought a divided town together. Amy Bass. 796.3346 BAS Library Journal, Boston Globe
- One person, no vote: how voter suppression is destroying our democracy. Carol Anderson. 324.62 AND National Book Award longlist, NPR, Booklist, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for nonfiction finalist, Washington Post top 10, Boston Globe, Book Riot
- The opposite of hate: a field guide to repairing our humanity. Sally Kohn. 152.4 KOH, Ebook, EAudiobook Esquire
- The order of time. Carlo Rovelli. 530.11 ROV Time
- The organized child: an effective program to maximize your kid’s potential—in school and in life. Richard Gallagher, Elana G. Spira, Jennifer L. Rosenblatt. 649.1 GAL Publishers Weekly
- Ottolenghi simple: a cookbook. Yotam Ottolenghi. 641.5 OTT Amazon top cookbooks, food & wine, NPR, Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, CODES list award, James Beard Award nominee
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- Packing my library: an elegy and ten digressions. Alberto Manguel. 027 MAN NPR
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- The Penguin book of Hell. 202.3 PEN Booklist top 10 religion & spirituality
- The perfectionists: how precision engineers created the modern world. Simon Winchester. 620.009 WIN, CD 620.009 WIN, EAudiobook Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, top 10 sci-tech
- Perfectly human: nine months with Cerian. Sarah C. Williams. 248.866 WIL Christianity Today book award
- The personality brokers: the strange history of Myers-Briggs and the birth of personality testing. Merve Emre. 155.28 EMR NPR
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- Punishment without crime: how our massive misdemeanor system traps the innocent and makes America more unequal. Alexandra Natapoff. 364.6 NAT, Ebook Publishers Weekly
- Pure: inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free. Linda Kay Klein. 261.8357 KLE Library Journal
- Rage becomes her: the power of women’s anger. Soraya Chemaly. 155.333 CHE NPR, Book Riot
- Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the battle of Manila. James M. Scott. 940.5425 SCO Amazon top history, Kirkus Reviews
- The real Lolita: the kidnapping of Sally Horner and the novel that scandalized the world. Sarah Weinman. 362.88 WEI NPR, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Anthony Award nominee, Macavity Award winner
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- The rise and fall of the dinosaurs: a new history of a lost world. Steve Brusatte. 567.9 BRU, CD 567.9 BRU, EAudiobook Library Journal, Booklist adult books for young adults, top 10 sci-tech
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- The road to unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America. Timothy Snyder. 320.53 SNY Kirkus Prize finalist, Boston Globe
- The rock, the road, and the rabbi: my journey into the heart of scriptural faith and the land where it all began. Kathie Lee Gifford. 220.7 GIF, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
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- Rose’s baking basics: 100 essential recipes, with more than 600 step-by-step photos. Rose Levy Beranbaum. 641.815 BER Library Journal
- Russian roulette: the inside story of Putin’s war on America and the election of Donald Trump. Michael Isikoff, David Corn. 324.973 ISI Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
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- Saladish: a crunchier, grainier, herbier, heartier, tastier way with vegetables. Ilene Rosen. 641.83 ROS, Ebook James Beard Award winner
- A savage order: how the world’s deadliest countries can forge a path to security. Rachel Kleinfeld. 363.32 KLE Kirkus Reviews
- Saving Tarboo Creek: one family’s quest to heal the land. Scott Freeman. 333.72 FRE Amazon top science
- Scars across humanity: understanding and overcoming violence against women. Elaine Storkey. 362.88 STO Christianity Today book award
- The schoolhouse gate: public education, the Supreme Court, and the battle for the American mind. Justin Driver. 344.079 DRI Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- The seabird’s cry: the lives and loves of the planet’s great ocean voyagers. Adam Nicolson. 598.177 NIC Boston Globe
- Selfies: searching for the image of God in a digital age. Craig Detweiler. 302.231 DET Christianity Today Book Award
- Seven types of atheism. John Gray. 211.8 GRA, Ebook Publishers Weekly
- Sex Money Murder: a story of crack, blood, and betrayal. Jonathan Green. 364.1066 GRE Edgar Award nominee
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- She begat this: 20 years of The miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Joan Morgan. 782.4216 MOR NPR
- She has her mother’s laugh: the powers, perversions, and potential of heredity. Carl Zimmer. 576.5 ZIM, Ebook Amazon top 100, top science, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly top 10, New York Times 100 notable, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for literary science writing finalist, Booklist top 10 sci-tech
- Shook one: anxiety playing tricks on me. Charlamagne Tha God. 153.8 THA Barnes & Noble
- Sister Pie: the recipes & stories of a big-hearted bakery in Detroit. Lisa Ludwinski. 641.8652 LUD CODES list award, IACP Cookbook Award finalist
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- So far so good: final poems: 2014-2018. Ursula K. Le Guin. 811 LEG Washington Post 5 best poetry
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- Something wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway revolution. Todd S. Purdum. 792.097 PUR Christian Science Monitor
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- The soul of America: the battle for our better angels. Jon Meacham. 973 MEA, Large Type 973 MEA, CD 973 MEA, Ebook NPR, Amazon top 100, top nonfiction, Christian Science Monitor, Barnes & Noble
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- Space odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the making of a masterpiece. Michael Benson. 791.4372 BEN Amazon top humor & entertainment, Locus Award finalist
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- Still life with two dead peacocks and a girl: poems. Diane Seuss. 811.6 SEU Library Journal, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
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- Taking the arrow out of the heart: poems. Alice Walker. 811 WAL, CD 811 WAL NAACP Image Award winner
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- Teeth never sleep: poems. Ángel García. 811.6 GAR PEN Open Book award finalist
- Text me when you get home: the evolution and triumph of modern female friendship. Kayleen Schaefer. 302.34 SCH NPR
- These truths: a history of the United States. Jill Lepore. 973 LEP Amazon top 40, top history, NPR, New York Times 100 notable, Newsday, Time, Kirkus Reviews, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Barnes & Noble
- This is the way the world ends: how droughts and die-offs, heat waves and hurricanes are converging on America. Jeff Nesbit. 363.7 NES Booklist top 10 sci-tech
- Through two doors at once: the elegant experiment that captures the enigma of our quantum reality. Anil Ananthaswamy. 530.12 ANA Kirkus Reviews
- Tigerland: 1968-1969, a city divided, a nation torn apart, and a magical season of healing. Wil Haygood. 796.323 HAY Booklist,top 10 sports, Carnegie Medal longlist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist
- Tinderbox: the untold story of the Up Stairs Lounge fire and the rise of gay liberation. Robert W. Fieseler. 364.1523 FIE Library Journal, Randy Shilts Award finalist, Over the Rainbow List, Kirkus Reviews, Edgar Award winner
- To float in the space between: a life and work in conversation with the life and work of Etheridge Knight. Terrance Hayes. 811 HAY National Book Critics Circle award finalist
- Tractor: the heartland innovation, ground-breaking machines, midnight schemes, secret garages, and farmyard geniuses that mechanized agriculture. Lee Klancher. 629.225 KLA Benjamin Franklin Award silver winner
- Transforming: the Bible and the lives of transgender Christians. Austen Hartke. 277.3083 HAR Booklist top 10 religion & spirituality
- Travelers in the Third Reich: the rise of fascism: 1919-1945. Julia Boyd. 943.086 BOY L.A. Times Book Prize winner
- The truth about animals: stoned sloths, lovelorn hippos, and other tales from the wild side of wildlife. Lucy Cooke. 590.2 COO, CD 590.2 COO Amazon top science
- Two sisters: a father, his daughters, and their journey into the Syrian jihad. Åsne Seierstad. 956.9104 SEI NPR, Boston Globe
- Tyrant: Shakespeare on politics. Stephen Greenblatt. 822.33 GRE National Book Critics Circle award finalist
- Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano’s fight for perfection in a crooked world. Mike Stanton. B Marciano Boston Globe, Library Journal
- Vietnam: an epic tragedy, 1945-1975. Max Hastings. 959.7043 HAS Kirkus Reviews
- Wade in the water: poems. Tracy K. Smith. 811 SMI, EAudiobook Forward Poetry prize shortlist, New York Times 100 notable, Washington Post 5 best poetry, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
- The war before the war: fugitive slaves and the struggle for America’s soul from the Revolution to the Civil War. Andrew Delbanco. 973.7115 DEL Kirkus Reviews, Lynton History Prize winner, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner, New York Times 100 notable
- We fed an island: the true story of rebuilding Puerto Rico, one meal at a time. José Andrés. 363.3492 AND, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 book group books
- We play a game. Duy Doan. 811.6 DOA Lambda Literary Award winner
- We the corporations: how American businesses won their civil rights. Adam Winkler. 346.066 WIN, Ebook National Book Award finalist, New York Times 100 notable, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Boston Globe
- Well-read black girl: finding our stories, discovering ourselves: an anthology. 810.8089 WEL Library Journal, NAACP Image Award nominee
- What if this were enough?: essays. Heather Havrilesky. 070.444 HAV Publishers Weekly
- What is real?: the unfinished quest for the meaning of quantum physics. Adam Becker. 530.12 BEC Amazon top science, PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for literary science writing longlist
- What the eyes don’t see: a story of crisis, resistance, and hope in an American city. Mona Hanna-Attisha. 615.9526 HAN New York Times 100 notable, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Book Riot
- What to do when I’m gone: a mother’s wisdom to her daughter. Suzy Hopkins, Hallie Bateman. 170.44 HOP Amazon top comics & graphic novels
- What truth sounds like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and our unfinished conversation about race in America. Michael Eric Dyson. 305.8 DYS Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- What we talk about when we talk about rape. Sohaila Abdulali. 364.1532 ABD, Ebook Publishers Weekly
- When one religion isn’t enough: the lives of spiritually fluid people. Duane R. Bidwell. 261.2 BID Library Journal
- When: the scientific secrets of perfect timing. Daniel H. Pink. 153.753 PIN, CD 153.753 PIN Amazon top 80, top business & leadership, top science
- White fragility: why it’s so hard for White people to talk about racism. Robin DiAngelo. 305.8 DIA, EAudiobook NPR
- White picket fences: turning toward love in a world divided by privilege. Amy Julia Becker. 241.4 BEC Christianity Today book award
- The wizard and the prophet: two remarkable scientists and their dueling visions of tomorrow’s world. Charles C. Mann. 363.7 MAN Amazon top science, Library Journal, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- Wobble. Rae Armantrout. 811 ARM National Book Award finalist, Library Journal
- The woman’s hour: the great fight to win the vote. Elaine Weiss. 324.623 WEI Library Journal, Booklist top 10 book group books, Christian Science Monitor
- The world-ending fire: the essential Wendell Berry. 814 BER Kirkus Reviews
- The writer’s map: an atlas of imaginary lands. 809.933 WRI NPR
- Writing the cozy mystery. Nancy J. Cohen. 808.3 COH Agatha Award nominee
- Written on the body: letters from trans and non-binary survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. 306.768 WRI Lambda Literary Award finalist
BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR
- After Emily: two remarkable women and the legacy of America’s greatest poet. Julie Dobrow. 810.9 DOB, EAudiobook PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography longlist
- Agatha Christie: a mysterious life. Laura Thompson. B Christie, Ebook Edgar Award nominee, Agatha Award nominee, Macavity Award nominee
- All that heaven allows: a biography of Rock Hudson. Mark Griffin. B Hudson Kirkus Reviews
- All you can ever know: a memoir. Nicole Chung. 362.734 CHU, Ebook, EAudiobook Library Journal, Newsday, NPR, PEN Open Book award longlist, Time, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Boston Globe
- Amateur: a true story about what makes a man. Thomas Page McBee. 155.332 MACB Lambda Literary Award finalist
- American Eden: David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic. Victoria Johnson. 580.97 JOH National Book Award finalist, New York Times 100 notable, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist
- The annotated memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. B Grant Kirkus Reviews
- Arthur Ashe: a life. Raymond Arsenault. B Ashe New York Times 100 notable, NPR, Boston Globe
- Beastie Boys book. Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz. 782.4216 MIK, Ebook, EAudiobook Amazon top humor and entertainment, Barnes & Noble
- Becoming. Michelle Obama. B Obama, Large Type B Obama, Spanish Lang. B Obama, Ebook, EAudiobook USA Today, NPR, Vogue, People, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, NAACP Image Award winner, Barnes & Noble, Town & Country, Harper’s Bazaar, New York Times 100 notable
- Berenice Abbott: a life in photography. Julia Van Haaften. 770.92 VAN Booklist top 10 arts, Lambda Literary Award finalist, PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography longlist
- Betty Ford: First Lady, women’s advocate, survivor, trailblazer. Lisa McCubbin. B Ford Library Journal
- The big fella: Babe Ruth and the world he created. Jane Leavy. B Ruth, Ebook PEN/ESPN Award for literary sports writing finalist, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Barnes & Noble, Booklist top 10 sports, Boston Globe
- Billion dollar whale: the man who fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the world. Tom Wright, Bradley Hope. 364.163 WRI Amazon top 20 business & leadership
- Birthing hope: giving fear to the light. Rachel Marie Stone. 242.643 STO Library Journal
- The black and the blue: a cop reveals the crimes, racism, and injustice in America’s law enforcement. Matthew Horace, Ron Harris. 363.2092 HOR PEN/ John Kenneth Galbraith Award for nonfiction longlist
- The bonanza king: John Mackay and the battle over the greatest riches in the American West. Gregory Crouch. 979.3 CRO Spur Award finalist
- Born to be posthumous: the eccentric life and mysterious genius of Edward Gorey. Mark Dery. B Gorey Library Journal, NPR, Boston Globe, Booklist top 10 biographies, top 10 arts
- Born with wings: the spiritual journey of a modern Muslim woman. Daisy Khan. 297.092 KHA Booklist top 10 religion & spirituality
- Broad band: the untold story of the women who made the Internet. Claire L. Evans. 004.092 EVA Amazon top business & leadership, top nonfiction
- Brothers of the gun: a memoir of the Syrian war. Marwan Hisham, Molly Crabapple. 956.9104 HIS National Book Award longlist, New York Times 100 notable
- The Browns of California: the family dynasty that transformed a state and shaped a nation. Miriam Pawel. 979.405 PAW Amazon top nonfiction, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- Call me American: a memoir. Abdi Nor Iftin. 305.893 IFT Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, RUSA notable books
- Chalk: the art and erasure of Cy Twombly. Joshua Rivkin. 700.92 RIV Kirkus Reviews, PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography finalist, Booklist top 10 arts
- Churchill: walking with destiny. Andrew Roberts. B Churchill New York Times 100 notable, Kirkus Reviews, Wall Street Journal
- Crux: a cross-border memoir. Jean Guerrero. 362.29 GUE, Ebook NPR
- Disappointment River: finding and losing the Northwest Passage. Brian Castner. 971.9 CAS Amazon top 60, top biography & memoir
- Educated: a memoir. Tara Westover. B Westover, Large Type B Westover, CD B Westover, Ebook, EAudiobook Carnegie Medal longlist, New York Times 10 best, Publishers Weekly top 10, Newsday, Amazon top 20, best book of 2018, best biography & memoir of 2018, Library Journal, NPR, Bookpage #1 nonfiction, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award finalist, Time, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Barnes & Noble Discover Award 3rd place, John Leonard Prize finalist, Alex Award, Town & Country, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist, Harper’s Bazaar, O, The Oprah Magazine, RUSA notable books, Book Riot, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist
- Empress: the astonishing reign of Nur Jahan. Ruby Lal. 954.025 LAL L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- Evangelism in a skeptical world: how to make the unbelievable news about Jesus more believable. Sam Chan. 269.2 CHA Christianity Today book award
- Famous father girl: a memoir of growing up Bernstein. Jamie Bernstein. B Bernstein NPR, Library Journal
- Flash: the making of Weegee the Famous. Christopher Bonanos. 770.92 BON Library Journal, Newsday, National Book Critics Circle award winner, Town & Country
- Frederick Douglass: prophet of freedom. David W. Blight. B Douglass Amazon top 20, Newsday, New York Times 10 best, Chicago Tribune 10 best, Bookpage #4 nonfiction, Kirkus Reviews, Time, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, RUSA notable books, Lynton History Prize finalist, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Pulitzer Prize winner, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist, Booklist top 10 biographies
- Full disclosure. Stormy Daniels. B Daniels, Ebook NPR
- The girl who smiled beads: a story of war and what comes after. Clemantine Wamariya. 967.571 WAM, CD 967.571 WAM Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 60, top 20 biography and memoir, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Alex Award, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- Godspeed: a memoir. Casey Legler. B Legler PEN/ESPN Award for literary sports writing longlist
- The good neighbor: the life and work of Fred Rogers. Maxwell King. B Rogers, Large Type B Rogers, Ebook, EAudiobook Library Journal, Barnes & Noble
- Heart berries: a memoir. Terese Marie Mailhot. 362.1968 MAI, Ebook, EAudiobook Library Journal, Bookpage #11 nonfiction, NPR, Book Riot, Harper’s Bazaar
- Heartland: a memoir of working hard and being broke in the richest country on Earth. Sarah Smarsh. B Smarsh, Ebook National Book Award finalist, Kirkus Prize finalist, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Amazon top 40, top biography & memoir, Barnes & Noble, Lukas Book Prize shortlist
- Heavy: an American memoir. Kiese Laymon. B Laymon, Ebook, EAudiobook Kirkus Prize finalist, NPR, Carnegie Medal winner, Publishers Weekly top 10, New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Entertainment Weekly, Booklist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Isherwood Prize winner, Barnes & Noble Discover Award winner, RUSA notable books
- A higher loyalty: truth, lies, and leadership. James Comey. 363.2309 COM, CD 363.2309 COM, Ebook Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- Hindsight: & all the things I can’t see in front of me. Justin Timberlake. B Timberlake Barnes & Noble
- How to write an autobiographical novel: essays. Alexander Chee. 814.6 CHE Carnegie Medal longlist, Publishers Weekly top 10, Library Journal, Time, NPR, Booklist, PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay finalist, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Book Riot, Lambda Literary Award finalist, Randy Shilts Award winner
- Hunting the truth: memoirs of Beate and Serge Klarsfeld. Beate & Serge Klarsfeld. 940.5318 KLA Jewish Book Award winner
- I am, I am, I am: seventeen brushes with death. Maggie O’Farrell. B O’Farrell, EAudiobook Amazon top 80, top biography & memoir, Library Journal
- I might regret this: essays, drawings, vulnerabilities, and other stuff. Abbi Jacobson. 818.6 JAC Barnes & Noble
- In extremis: the life and death of the war correspondent Marie Colvin. Lindsey Hilsum. 070.92 HIL Carnegie Medal longlist, Booklist, top 10 biographies, Esquire, Orwell Prize longlist
- In pieces: a memoir. Sally Field. B Field, Large Type B Field, CD B Field, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Amazon top 100, top biography & memoir, New York Times 100 notable, Library Journal, Barnes & Noble
- Inseparable: the original Siamese twins and their rendezvous with American history. Yunte Huang. B Bunker NPR, National Book Critics Circle award finalist
- Jane and Dorothy: a true tale of sense and sensibility: the lives of Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth. Marian Veevers. 823.009 VEE Booklist top 10 biographies
- Just the funny parts: …and a few hard truths about sneaking into the Hollywood boys’ club. Nell Scovell. 791.45 SCO NPR, Amazon top humor & entertainment
- Let’s go (so we can get back): a memoir of recording and discording with Wilco, etc. Jeff Tweedy. 782.4216 TWE NPR, Amazon top humor & entertainment
- A life of my own. Claire Tomalin. B Tomalin NPR, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Wall Street Journal
- Limits of the known. David Roberts. 796.522 ROB, EAudiobook Booklist top 10 literary travel, PEN/ESPN Award for literary sports writing finalist
- Lincoln’s last trial: the murder case that propelled him to the presidency. Dan Abrams, David Fisher. 973.7 ABR, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- The line becomes a river. Francisco Cantú. 363.285 CAN, Spanish Lang. 363.285 CAN, CD 363.285 CAN, Ebook NPR, Booklist, Carnegie Medal shortlist, Publishers Weekly, Amazon top 20, Library Journal, Bookpage #12 nonfiction, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, John Leonard Prize finalist, Washington Post top 10, L.A. Times Book Prize winner, Spur Award winner, Orwell Prize longlist
- Look alive out there: essays. Sloane Crosley. 814 CRO Amazon top 60, top biography & memoir, top humor & entertainment, Esquire, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction
- Looking for Lorraine: the radiant and radical life of Lorraine Hansberry. Imani Perry. B Hansberry Lambda Literary Award winner, New York Times 100 notable, Carnegie Medal longlist, PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography winner, Over the Rainbow List, Judy Grahn Award winner, Booklist top 10 biographies
- The mamba mentality: how I play. Kobe Bryant. 796.323 BRY Barnes & Noble
- The man in the Glass House: Philip Johnson, architect of the modern century. Mark Lamster. 720.92 LAM National Book Critics Circle award finalist
- The monk of Mokha. Dave Eggers. 388.766 EGG, CD 388.766 EGG Amazon top 100, top biography & memoir
- My American dream: a life of love, family, and food. Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. B Bastianich Booklist top 10 food books
- My country, my life: fighting for Israel, searching for peace. Ehud Barak. B Barak Jewish Book Award winner
- My love story. Tina Turner. B Turner Amazon top humor & entertainment, Barnes & Noble
- My own devices: true stories from the road on music, science, and senseless love. Dessa. 782.4216 DES NPR, Amazon top humor & entertainment
- Neruda: the poet’s calling. Mark Eisner. B Neruda PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography finalist
- The new Negro: the life of Alain Locke. Jeffrey C. Stewart. B Locke National Book Award winner, Booklist,top 10 biographies, Amazon top 100, top biography & memoir, Publishers Weekly, NAACP Image Award nominee, Lynton History Prize winner, Boston Globe, Lambda Literary Award finalist, Randy Shilts Award finalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Ninety-nine glimpses of Princess Margaret. Craig Brown. 941.085 BRO New York Times 100 notable, National Book Critics Circle award finalist, Town & Country, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, NPR
- Ninth Street women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: five painters and the movement that changed modern art. Mary Gabriel. 700.411 GAB Booklist top 10 arts, Kirkus Reviews, Time, Boston Globe
- No ashes in the fire: coming of age black & free in America. Darnell L. Moore. B Moore New York Times 100 notable, Over the Rainbow List, Lambda Literary Award winner
- Old in art school: a memoir of starting over. Nell Painter. 700.92 PAI, Ebook National Book Critics Circle award finalist
- On the other side of freedom: the case for hope. DeRay Mckesson. 323.092 MACK Library Journal, NPR, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- Patriot number one: American dreams in Chinatown. Lauren Hilgers. 973.0495 HIL New York Times 100 notable, Kirkus Reviews, PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for Biography finalist, Christian Science Monitor, Lukas Book Prize finalist, Wall Street Journal
- Paul Simon: the life. Robert Hilburn. B Simon, Ebook Publishers Weekly, Amazon top humor & entertainment
- The pope who would be king: the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe. David I. Kertzer. 282.092 KER Booklist top 10 religion & spirituality, Christian Science Monitor
- The prison letters of Nelson Mandela. B Mandela NPR, NAACP Image Award nominee
- Reagan: an American journey. Bob Spitz. B Reagan, CD B Reagan, Ebook Publishers Weekly top 10, Christian Science Monitor, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- Reporter: a memoir. Seymour M. Hersh. B Hersh Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Christian Science Monitor, L.A. Times Book Prize finalist
- The restless wave: good times, just causes, great fights, and other appreciations. John McCain. B McCain, CD B McCain, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- Rising out of hatred: the awakening of a former white nationalist. Eli Saslow. 320.54 SAS Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner, Washington Post 50 notable nonfiction, Christian Science Monitor
- The road not taken: Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam. Max Boot. 959.7043 BOO, EAudiobook Amazon top 80, top biography & memoir, Pulitzer Prize finalist
- Robin. Dave Itzkoff. B Williams Amazon top 80, top biography & memoir, top humor & entertainment, Barnes & Noble
- Room to dream. David Lynch, Kristine McKenna. B Lynch Booklist top 10 arts, Amazon top 100, top biography and memoir, top humor & entertainment
- Rush: revolution, madness, and the visionary doctor who became a founding father. Stephen Fried. B Rush RUSA notable books
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: a life. Jane Sherron de Hart. B Ginsburg Carnegie Medal longlist, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist top 10 biographies
- Schumann: the faces and the masks. Judith Chernaik. B Schumann Kirkus Reviews
- Small fry. Lisa Brennan-Jobs. B Brennan-Jobs, Ebook, EAudiobook NPR, Publishers Weekly, Amazon top 40, top biography and memoir, New York Times 10 best, GQ, People
- The sun does shine: how I found life and freedom on death row. Anthony Ray Hinton. 364.66 HIN, CD 364.66 HIN, Ebook, EAudiobook Carnegie Medal longlist, NAACP Image Award nominee, Bookpage #14 nonfiction, Booklist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist
- Thanks a lot Mr. Kibblewhite: my story. Roger Daltrey. B Daltrey Kirkus Reviews
- There will be no miracles here. Casey Gerald. B Gerald Carnegie Medal longlist, Amazon top 60, top biography and memoir, New York Times 100 notable, Bookpage #2 nonfiction, NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- This is me: loving the person you are today. Chrissy Metz. B Metz, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- This will be my undoing: living at the Intersection of black, female, and feminist in (white) America. Morgan Jerkins. 305.488 JER, EAudiobook PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay longlist
- Tiger Woods. Jeff Benedict, Armen Keteyian. B Woods, Ebook Boston Globe
- Tigerbelle: the Wyomia Tyus story. Wyomia Tyus, Elizabeth Terzakis. B Tyus Booklist top 10 sports
- Tomorrow will be different: love, loss, and the fight for trans equality. Sarah McBride. 306.768 MACB Library Journal, Booklist, Over the Rainbow List
- The tragedy of Benedict Arnold: an American life. Joyce Lee Malcolm. 973.382 MAL Booklist top 10 book group books
- The traveling feast: on the road and at the table with my heroes. Rick Bass. 813 BAS Booklist top 10 literary travel
- The unpunished vice: a life of reading. Edmund White. B White Over the Rainbow List, Lambda Literary Award finalist
- Whiskey in a teacup: what growing up in the South taught me about life, love, and baking biscuits. Reese Witherspoon. 646.7 WIT, CD 646.7 WIT, Ebook, EAudiobook Barnes & Noble
- Why religion? Elaine Pagels. 270.092 PAG, CD 270.092 PAG, Ebook, EAudiobook Publishers Weekly, Booklist top 10 religion & spirituality
- Witness: lessons from Elie Wiesel’s classroom. Ariel Burger. 170 BUR Jewish Book Award winner
- You’re on an airplane: a self-mythologizing memoir. Parker Posey. B Posey NPR, Esquire