Goodreads staffers share their favorite books of the year, genre trends, and more!
| Goodreads Employees Share Their Favorite Books of 2018 |
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Have you read any good books lately? Here at Goodreads we certainly have. As the year draws to a close, we asked our Goodreads coworkers a simple yet tough question: What were the top three books you read this year? | |
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| A Look Back at Your Year of Reading |
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It's time to review your 2018 reading journey with a personalized Year in Books infographic that shows all of your bookish milestones. Plus, peek at the reading habits of some other Goodreads members, including Bill Gates, Roxane Gay, Celeste Ng, and Sarah Jessica Parker. | |
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| Once Upon a River Explores the Power of Storytelling |
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Diane Setterfield's Once Upon a River takes readers to the edge of the Thames River in the late 19th century as a stranger arrives at an inn carrying a drowned child. When the girl suddenly awakens, the villagers struggle to interpret what it means. Setterfield talked to Goodreads about how we use stories to make sense of the world. | |
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| The Year's 24 Top Book Club Picks |
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Want to impress your book club with the crowd-pleasing pick? We've got you covered. We looked at Goodreads members' most popular book club selections of the year, in genres including memoir, historical fiction, history, and mystery. | |
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| Modern Takes on Myths Ruled 2018's Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
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A new take on Odysseus' witch and a feminist Rumpelstiltskin were examples of the year's biggest trends in fantasy and sci-fi: the retelling. Readers also loved a new breed of books that blurred the lines between these two genres. | |
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| Women Controlled the Plot Twists this Year |
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Women take over (as men try to blend in) and the new British invasion are two of the trends we detected as we examined the most popular mysteries and thrillers of the year. | |
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- Best Books of the Year (across the interwebs): NPR, Amazon, The Guardian, Real Simple, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Smithsonian, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Vulture, Bustle, and (of course) Goodreads!
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