LIST: best books of 2018

It's that time of the year!! I've read 211 books (mostly rereads yikes) this year, but we'll see if I can fit some more in. Here are the books I've read this year, not including all the rereads!

** = released this year
bold = written by an author of color
books that aren't young adult are marked as such

★★★★★

• The Wicked King by Holly Black (2019 release)
• The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken**
• Iron Gold by Pierce Brown** (adult)
• Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi**
• The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco**
• The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang** (adult)
• Jade City by Fonda Lee (adult)
• Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno** (tw: rape)
• A Spark of White Fire by Sangu Mandanna**
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (adult)
• Famous in a Small Town by Emma Mills (2019 release)
• Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan** (tw: sexual abuse and violence)
• The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan** (cw: suicide)

★★★★¾

• The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo**
• Descendant of the Crane by Joan He (2019 release)
• The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang** (adult)
• Heroine's Journey by Sarah Kuhn** (adult)

★★★★½

• Little White Lies by Jennifer Lynn Barnes**
• To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo**
• Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare**
• Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar**
• Royals by Rachel Hawkins**
• For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig**
• Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff**
• The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
• From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon**
• Circe by Madeline Miller** (adult)
• Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh
• Solitaire by Alice Oseman
• This Cruel Design by Emily Suvada**
• Trouble Never Sleeps by Stephanie Tromly**

★★★★¼

• The Curse Workers series by Holly Black
• Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake**
• Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman**
• The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo (adult)
• The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson**
• We Are Okay by Nina Lacour
• Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren** (adult)
• Analee, In Real Life by Janelle Milanes**
• Final Draft by Riley Redgate**
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (adult)
• Barbed Wire Heart by Tess Sharpe** (adult)
• Bring Me Their Hearts by Sara Wolf**

★★★★☆

• Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett**
• Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi** (middle-grade)
• Freshmen by Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison**
• Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway (2019 release)
• Save the Date by Morgan Matson**
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik** (adult)
• Geekerella by Ashley Poston
• The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan** (middle-grade)
• Always Never Yours by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka**
• If I'm Being Honest by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka (2019 release)

★★★¾☆

• Ironside by Holly Black
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
• Mirage by Somaiya Daud**
• The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton** (adult)
• You'd Be Mine by Erin Hahn (2019 release)
• The Matchmaker's List by Sonya Lalli (2019 release) (adult)
• Out of Left Field by Kris Hui Lee**
• Hard Sell by Lauren Layne** (adult)
• Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh**
• The Devil's Thief by Lisa Maxwell**
• Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
• This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

★★★½☆

• Tithe by Holly Black
• An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker**
• Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter**
• Kissing Games by Tara Eglington**
• Crazy Cupid Love by Amanda Heger (2019 release) (adult)
• The Reckoning of Noah Shaw by Michelle Hodkin**
• Grumpy Fake Boyfriend by Jackie Lau** (adult)
• My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren** (adult)
• Hot Asset by Lauren Layne** (adult)
• Furyborn by Claire Legrand**
• Shadow Girl by Liana Liu
• Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi**
• Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough**
• Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes**
• Beneath the Citadel by Destina Soria**
• Outrun the Wind by Elizabeth Tammi**
• Love & Luck by Jenna Evans Welch**
• Love Me Never by Sara Wolf
• Forget Me Always by Sara Wolf