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October 27, 2018

For the eleventh straight year, I am aggregating every online year-end book list I find in this post. As the lists appear online, I will add them to this master list, updating daily.

Please feel free to e-mail me with a blog, magazine, newspaper, or other online list I have missed.

Daily updates to the master list of online "best books of 2018" lists.

See also: Largehearted Boy's list of essential and interesting 2018 music lists.

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Online "Best of 2018" Book Lists:



10 Daily (best books)

2 Women, So Many Books (top books)

3 Quarks Daily (best books)

52 Insights (favourite non-fiction books)

9Marks (best books for pastors)

The A.V. Club (best comics)

The A.V. Club (favorite books)

Across the Bookiverse (best books)

Acquadimore Books (best books)

Adrik Kemp (best books)

The Advocate (best coffee table books)

The Advocate (best epicurous books)

The Advocate (best LGBTQ novels)

The Advocate (best LGBTQ graphic novels)

The Advocate (best queer history & biographies)

Advocate (best YA books)

The Advocate - Danny Heitman (books)

AEI (best books)

African Arguments (must-read African books)

Ahram Online (best Egyptian books)

Air & Space (best children's books)

AK Reads + Writes (best books)

Akron Beacon Journal (best Akron books)

Al-Fanar Media (notable books from and about the Arab world)

Albertine (favorite children's books)

Alpha Reader (favourite books)

Alyssa Cole (best romance novels)

Amazon (best books)

Amazon (best art and photography books)

Amazon (best biographies and memoirs)

Amazon (best business and leadership books)

Amazon (best children's books)

Amazon (best comics and graphic novels)

Amazon (best cookbook, food, and wine books)

Amazon (best history books)

Amazon (best humor and entertainment books)

Amazon (best literature and fiction)

Amazon (best mysteries and thrillers)

Amazon (best nonfiction)

Amazon (best romance books)

Amazon (best science books)

Amazon (best science fiction and fantasy)

Amazon (best young adult books)

Amazon Book Review (celebrities' favorite book lists)

The American Conservative (best books)

American Indians in Children's Literature (best books)

American Indian Youth Literature Award (best books by and about Native Americans)

The American Interest (best books)

The American Interest (favorite books)

Américas Award (children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States)

amNewYork (best books)

Anchorage Daily News (favorite books)

The Ancient Gaming Noob (books)

Andrew Kissling (top books)

Andrew Merle (top business books)

Another Long Weekend (best books)

Anyaconda (top books)

ANZ LitLovers LitBlog (best Australian and New Zealand books)

AppleInsider (best books about Apple)

Arab American Book Awards (best books by and about Arab Americans)

Arcadia on Books (best books)

The Archive (best history books)

Ars Technica (best space books for kids)

The Art of Reading (favorite books)

The ARTery (best books that ask what it means to be free)

The Arts Desk (global fiction)

ArtsHub (must-read books)

Ashleigh Online (top books)

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (books about Asian/Pacific Americans and their heritage)

Astoria Bookshop (best books)

At the Stroke of the Pen (notable books)

Atlanta Journal Constitution (best Southern books)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (cookbooks)

Atlantic (best books)

Atlantic (best cookbooks)

Atticus Review (best microfiction)

The AU Review (best books)

Auburn Avenue (best books)

Aun Abdi (top books)

Austenprose (favorite books)

Austin Chronicle (best books for American road tripping)

Austin Chronicle (top books for heroine addicts)

Austin Chronicle (top books that make the past present)

Austin360 (Austin author's favorite books)

Australian Financial Review (best books)

Australian Family Therapists’ Award (children's books)

Autostraddle (best feminist books)

Autostraddle (best LGBT books)

Autostraddle (best witchy, astrological, or otherwise woo books)

The Babylon Bee (top books)

Background Extra (favorite books)

The Bad Mommy Diaries (best books)

Baltimore Magazine (favorite Baltimore books)

Banner (favorite books)

Barack Obama (favorite books)

Barbara Vortman (books)

The Bark (best books about dogs)

Barnes and Noble (best books)

Barnes and Noble (best horror books)

Barnes and Noble (favorite science fiction & fantasy books)

Batchelder Award (children's books in translation)

Bay Area Reporter (best books)

BBC Culture (best books)

Beat (best food books)

A Beautiful Plate (favorite cookbooks)

Beauty Is a Sleeping Cat (best books)

Berkeley Place (best comic books)

Berkeleyside (best books)

Berkeleyside (best books by Berkeley authors)

The Berkshire Eagle (great Berkshire County books)

Beth Barron (top books)

Beth Fish Reads (best books)

Bethany Peck (favorite books)

Better Leaders Better Schools (favorite books)

Between the Lines (favourite books)

Beverly Has Read (top books)

Beverly Public Library (favorite books)

BFF with the Chef (top cookbooks)

Biblical Counseling Foundation (top Biblical counseling books)

Big Blue Circus (favorite books)

The Big Issue (best books)

The Big Issue (best books)

The Big Issue (best kids books)

Bill Gates (books)

Billboard (best music books)

The Birdbooker Report (best bird books)

Black Perspectives (best black history books)

Blackout (best books)

The [Blank] Garden (essay collections and memoirs)

Bloody Disgusting (best books for horror fans)

Bloomberg (best books)

Bloomberg Quint (favourite nonfiction books)

The Bluegrass Situation (best music books)

BN Teen Blog (best YA books)

BN Teen Blog (YA authors' favorite books)

Bon Appetit (cookbooks and books)

The Book Bratz (favorite books)

The Book Decoder (best mystery, crime, and thriller books)

Book Depository (best books)

Book Geeks Anonymous (favorite books)

The Book Pilgrim (favorite books)

Book Riot (best book covers)

Book Riot (best books)

Book Riot (best comedy books)

Book Riot (best cookbooks)

Book Riot (best epigraphs)

Book Riot (best food books)

Book Riot (great essay collections)

Book Riot (best queer books)

Book Riot (children's books)

The Book Shopper (best books)

Bookapotamus (top books)

Bookbrowse (top books)

BookBub (biggest book club books)

BookClubbish (best books)

Bookforum (authors' favorite books)

Bookidote (best and worst poetry books)

Bookish Laura (favourite books)

Booklist (top arts books)

Booklist (top arts books for youth)

Booklist (top biographies)

Booklist (top biographies for youth)

Booklist (top biographies on audio)

Booklist (top book-group books)

Booklist (top crafts and gardening books)

Booklist (top crime fiction audiobooks)

Booklist (top diverse nonfiction)

Booklist (top diverse fiction for older and middle graders)

Booklist (top diverse nonfiction for older and middle graders)

Booklist (top diverse novels on audio)

Booklist (top diverse picture books)

Booklist (top first novels)

Booklist (top first novels for youth)

Booklist (top first novels on audio)

Booklist (top food books)

Booklist (top graphic novels)

Booklist (top graphic novels for teens)

Booklist (top graphic novels for youth)

Booklist (top historical fiction)

Booklist (top historical fiction for youth)

Booklist (top horror)

Booklist (top literary travel books)

Booklist (top project books for youth)

Booklist (top reference books)

Booklist (top reference for your circulating collection)

Booklist (top religion & spirituality books)

Booklist (top religion & spirituality books for youth)

Booklist (top romance debuts)

Booklist (top romance fiction)

Booklist (top romance fiction for youth)

Booklist (top series nonfiction)

Booklist (top SF/Fantasy)

Booklist (top SF/fantasy and horror for youth)

Booklist (top sports books for youth)

Booklist (top sports nonfiction)

Booklist (top women's fiction)

Booklist (top women's fiction on audio)

Booklist (top YA books for adults)

BookMarks (best-reviewed science fiction and fantasy)

BookMarks (best-reviewed essay collections)

BookMarks (best reviewed graphic literature)

BookMarks (best reviewed books in translation)

BookMarks (best reviewed mystery, crime, and thriller books)

BookMarks (best reviewed poetry books)

BookMarks (best-reviewed memoir and biography)

BookMarks (best-reviewed nonfiction)

BookMarks (best-reviewed short story collections)

BookPage (best book covers)

BookPage (best children's books)

BookPage (best fiction & nonfiction books)

BookPage (best romance books)

BookPage (best science fiction and fantasy)

BookPage (best young adult books)

BookReviewsByBetsy (best books)

Books & Blends (top books)

Books Are My Bag Readers Awards (books)

Books for Her (best books)

Books. Libraries. Also, cats. (best books)

Bookshelf (best books about books)

The Bookshelf Corner (best manga)

Bookshelves & Paperbacks (top books)

Books Real When Shared (top books)

The Bookworm Chronicles (best books)

bookwormmuse (top standalone books)

BooksZoosandParentingToo (best books)

Boston Globe (best cookbooks)

Boston Globe (best kids books)

Boston Globe (books)

Boston.com (best books)

Bradley Babendir (best books)

Brain Pickings (favorite books)

Brain Pickings (loveliest children's books)

Brandon Colbert (best books)

Brazos Bookstore -Mark (top books)

Break Point (staff favorite books)

Brett McCracken (favorite books)

Bri's Book Nook (top books)

Brightly (middle grade books)

Brightly (must-read picture books)

Brit + Co (best books)

Brit + Co (best feminist fiction)

Brittle Paper (African books)

Broadly (best books)

Broken Teepee (best books)

Brontë Babe Blog (best Brontë books)

Brooklyn Based (best books)

Bug Bug (top books)

Business Insider (best books)

Bustle (best fiction books)

Bustle (best nonfiction books)

Bustle (best true crime books)

Bustle (best young adult books)

Bustle (books you may have overlooked)

Bustle (debut novels)

Bustle (editors' best books)

Bustle (YA authors' favorite YA books)

BuzzFeed (best books)

BuzzFeed (best fiction)

BuzzFeed (best nonfiction books)

BuzzFeed (best YA books)

BuzzFeed (most beautiful book covers)

BuzzFeed (queer YA books)

By Melissa (top books)

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