# The New York Times' 10 best books of 2018

The ten books picked by the New York Times Book Review as the best of 2018: five novels and five non-fiction titles.

- 3 votes · 10 items
- Jan 28, 2021 · Johanna Winkler
- https://even.best/en/l/1596/the-new-york-times-10-best-books-of-2018

## Top 10

1. **Washington Black — Esi Edugyan** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Novel.
2. **How to Change Your Mind — Michael Pollan** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Non-fiction on psychedelics.
3. **Asymmetry — Lisa Halliday** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Novel.
4. **The Great Believers — Rebecca Makkai** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Novel of the Aids crisis in Chicago.
5. **The Perfect Nanny — Leïla Slimani** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — French novel, 2016 Prix Goncourt.
6. **American Prison — Shane Bauer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Reporting from inside a private prison.
7. **Educated — Tara Westover** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Memoir.
8. **Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom — David W. Blight** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Biography.
9. **Small Fry — Lisa Brennan-Jobs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Memoir by Steve Jobs's daughter.
10. **There There — Tommy Orange** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Debut novel about Native Americans in Oakland.

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