Chicago Public Library Announces Best Books of 2018
The Chicago Public Library has announced their Best Books of 2018, chosen by our very own Chicago librarians. To follow are their choices for the ten best adult titles of the year—including the three finalists for this year’s Andrew Carnegie Award for Fiction—linked to their Booklist reviews when available. For a complete list of their favorite titles for adults, kids, and teens, visit the CPL website.
An American Marriage, by Tayari Jones
Circe, by Madeline Miller
Educated, by Tara Westover
The Great Believers, by Rebecca Makkai
Heavy: An American Memoir, by Kiese Lamon
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, by Michelle McNamara
My Year of Rest and Relaxation, by Ottessa Moshfegh
Severance, by Ling Ma
There There, by Tommy Orange
Washington Black, by Esi Edugyan
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