I read — OK, listened to — 45 books in 2018, so a little less than one a week. I started the first one in 2017 and finished the last one in 2019. I’ve omitted any books I started and decided not to finish, so I felt all of these books were worth finishing. I have also omitted unpublished books I read in critique group. The list is chronological, not ranked.
- Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
- Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks
- Artemis by Andy Weir
- Conscience of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return to Principle by Jeff Flake
- Veronica Mars: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas & Jennifer Graham
- Dawn: Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vol.1. by Yoshiki Tanaka
- Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
- Sins of Her Father by Mike Kupari
- Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Writers of the Future Volume 34 by Darci Stone et al.
- Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled by Frank J Fleming
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- Long Dark Night by Janci Patterson
- The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey
- Die Trying: Jack Reacher, Book 2 by Lee Child
- Tripwire: Jack Reacher, Book 3 by Lee Child
- Running Blind: Jack Reacher, Book 4 by Lee Child
- Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan
- Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan
- A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck
- Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics Is Destroying American Democracy by Jonah Goldberg
- The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
- The Singularity Trap by Dennis E. Taylor
- The Buried Giant: A Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro
- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Ubik by Philip K. Dick
- The Fated Sky: Lady Astronaut, Book 2 by Mary Robinette Kowal
- Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
- Level Five by William Ledbetter
- Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw
- Kill Process by William Hertling
- Uncompromising Honor: Honor Harrington, Book 14 by David Weber
- The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
- Dungeon Born by Dakota Krout
- Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
- Primordial Threat by M.A. Rothman
- The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette
- The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
- Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
- A Town Divided by Christmas by Orson Scott Card
- The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
- His Right Hand by Mette Ivie Harrison
- For Time and All Eternities by Mette Ivie Harrison
- Not of This Fold by Mette Ivie Harrison
- Zero G by Dan Wells
I also read a bunch of children’s picture books, but I’m not counting them.
I promised to give away copies of the books I read in 2018. I gave away copies of the first 20 on the list, but after the baby was born in late June, I just got so busy that the Amazon Giveaways fell by the wayside. I will do giveaways for the rest of the books on this list (which is one of the reasons I wanted to make this list).
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