The New York Times' 10 best books of 2018
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: Washington Black — Esi Edugyan · How to Change Your Mind — Michael Pollan · Asymmetry — Lisa Halliday. (Updated Jan 28, 2021.)
The ten books picked by the New York Times Book Review as the best of 2018: five novels and five non-fiction titles.
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Top 10
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1
Washington Black — Esi Edugyan
Novel.
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2
How to Change Your Mind — Michael Pollan
Non-fiction on psychedelics.
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3
Asymmetry — Lisa Halliday
Novel.
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4
The Great Believers — Rebecca Makkai
Novel of the Aids crisis in Chicago.
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5
The Perfect Nanny — Leïla Slimani
French novel, 2016 Prix Goncourt.
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6
American Prison — Shane Bauer
Reporting from inside a private prison.
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7
Educated — Tara Westover
Memoir.
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8
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom — David W. Blight
Biography.
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9
Small Fry — Lisa Brennan-Jobs
Memoir by Steve Jobs's daughter.
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10
There There — Tommy Orange
Debut novel about Native Americans in Oakland.
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Comments (4)
Dort dort von Tommy Orange, sehr stark.
Washington Black, Abenteuerroman vom Feinsten.
Die Optimisten, über die AIDS-Krise, sehr berührend.
Befreit von Tara Westover, unglaubliche Geschichte.