In Ep. 167, Catherine (@GilmoreGuide) and I are circling back to 2018 in the book world with a special retrospective episode!  We share big bookish highlights for that year, including book news, award winners, and what was going on in the world outside of reading. We also talk about our own 2018 reading and our favorite 2018 releases.  Plus, you’ll hear listener-submitted favorites!  This episode is overflowing with great backlist titles to add to your TBR!  

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Highlights

• The big news going on outside the book world.
• Book stories and trends that dominated 2018.
• Looking back at 2018, we couldn’t help but say, “If only we knew what was coming!”
• The books that have had staying power.⁠
• Titles that now are comps for SO MANY books!⁠
• We explore the early days of this new wave of celebrity book clubs.
• Our personal 2018 reading stats.⁠
• Listener-submitted favorites from 2018.⁠

Circling Back to 2018 in Books [2:05 ]

The World Beyond Books

• Spare by Prince Harry | Amazon | Bookshop.org [5:12 ]
• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R. R. Martin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [5:45 ]
• The Walking Dead (Compendium One) by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore | Amazon | Bookshop.org [5:54 ]

The Book Industry

• Becoming by Michelle Obama | Amazon | Bookshop.org [9:55 ]
• Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:46 ]
• The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13) by Jeff Kinney | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:50 ]
• Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:54 ]
• Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff | Amazon | Bookshop.org [10:56 ]
• Wonder by R. J. Palacio | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:12 ]
• Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:16 ]
• The President Is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton | Amazon | Bookshop.org [11:42 ]

Book Trends

• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:30 ]
• Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman | Amazon | Bookshop.org[14:34 ]
• Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:36 ]
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Amazon | Bookshop.org [14:38 ]
• Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:27 ]
• Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:34 ]
• You Are a Badass® by Jen Sincero | Amazon | Bookshop.org [17:59 ]
• 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [18:08 ]
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson | Amazon | Bookshop.org[18:14 ]

Big Books of 2018

• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:46 ]
• The Reckoning by John Grisham | Amazon | Bookshop.org [20:58 ]
• The President Is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton | Amazon | Bookshop.org  [21:05 ]
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | Amazon | Bookshop.org [21:56 ]
• There There by Tommy Orange | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:25 ]
• The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen | Amazon | Bookshop.org [23:27 ]
• Tell Me Lies by Carola Lovering | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:16 ]
• Normal People by Sally Rooney | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:20 ]
• Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:21 ]
• Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty | Amazon | Bookshop.org [24:33 ]
• Verity by Colleen Hoover | Amazon | Bookshop.org [25:30 ]
• Circe by Madeline Miller | Amazon | <a href="https://bookshop.or