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Books Read in 2018

This is a list of the books that I've read in 2018, broken up into Middle Grade Books, Young Adult Books, and Adult Books. I have not listed picture books, because I read so many of them (though I do review the ones that particularly strike me).

Early Reader to Middle Grade Books

  1. Philip Pullman: The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book 1). Knopf Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fantasy. Completed January 1, 2018, on MP3.
  2. Deron R. Hicks: The Van Gogh Deception. HMH Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed January 2, 2018, review copy. My review.
  3. Martha Freeman: Zap!. Simon & Schuster. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed January 4, 2018.
  4. Russell Ginns: Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans. Delacorte Press. Middle Grade Fantasy. Completed January 22, 2018, print review copy. My review.
  5. J. W. Ocker: Death and Douglas. Sky Pony Press. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed January 28, 2018, print review copy. My review.
  6. Andrew Clements: The Losers Club. Random House Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed January 29, 2018, print review copy. My review.
  7. Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier: The Babysitters Club #2: The Truth About Stacy. GRAPHIX. Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Completed February 2, 2018, read aloud to my daughter.
  8. Ann M. Martin and Raina Telgemeier: The Babysitters Club #3: Mary Ann Saves the Day. GRAPHIX. Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Completed February 6, 2018, read aloud to my daughter.
  9. Kathryn Erskine: Mockingbird. Puffin Books. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed March 11, 2018.
  10. Stacy McAnulty: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. Random House Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed May 27, 2018, print review copy.
  11. Stuart Gibbs: Spy School. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed June 17, 2018.
  12. Laurel Snyder: Orphan Island. Walden Pond Press. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed June 21, 2018, on Kindle.
  13. Robert Beatty: Willa of the Wood. Disney-Hyperion. Middle Grade Speculative Fiction. Completed July 5, 2018, print ARC. My review.
  14. J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Scholastic. Middle Grade Fantasy. Completed July 16, 2018, read aloud to my daughter.
  15. Maryrose Wood: The Long-Lost Home (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book IV). Balzer + Bray. Middle Grade Fantasy. Completed July 19, 2018, on MP3.
  16. Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm: Babymouse: Monster Mash. Random House Children's Books. Early Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Completed July 23, 2018, read aloud to my daughter.
  17. Jarrett Krosoczka: Lunch Lady and the Video Game Villain. Random House Children's Books. Early Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Completed July 24, 2018, read aloud to my daughter.
  18. Jarrett Krosoczka: Lunch Lady and the Schoolwide Scuffle. Random House Children's Books. Early Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Completed July 24, 2018, read aloud to my daughter.
  19. Paul Noth: How To Properly Dispose of Planet Earth. Bloomsbury Children's Books. Middle Grade Speculative Fiction. Completed August 25, 2018, print ARC.
  20. Derek Landy: Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 1. HarperCollins Children's Books. Middle Grade Speculative Fiction. Completed August 26, 2018, print review copy. My review.
  21. Patti Kelley Criswell (ill. Angela Martini): Stand Up for Yourself & Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies & Bossiness and Finding a Better Way. AmericanGirl. Early Middle Grade Nonfiction. Completed August 27, 2018.
  22. Beth McMullen: Power Play (Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls). Aladdin. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed September 21, 2018, library copy.
  23. Jennifer L. Holm: The Third Mushroom. Random House Books for Children. Middle Grade Fantasy. Completed September 22, 2018, print review copy. My review.
  24. Tom Angleberger: The Strange Case of Origami Yoda (Book 1). Harry N. Abrams. Middle Grade Fiction. Completed September 23, 2018, library copy.
  25. Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm: Babymouse: Our Hero. Random House. Early Middle Grade Graphic Novel. Completed September 28, 2018, read aloud to my daughter.

Young Adult Books

  1. Tricia Leaver: The Secrets We Keep. Square Fish. YA Fiction. Completed January 4, 2018, on Kindle.
  2. Adrianne Finlay: Your One and Only. HMH Books for Young Readers. YA Speculative Fiction. Completed January 20, 2018, print review copy. My review.
  3. Maureen Johnson: Truly Devious. Katherine Tegen Books. YA Mystery. Completed January 21, 2018, on Kindle.
  4. Paula Garner: Relative Strangers. Candlewick Press. YA Fiction. Completed January 24, 2018, print ARC. My review.
  5. Tara Altebrando: The Opposite of Here. Bloomsbury USA Children's Books. YA Fiction. Completed February 7, 2018, print ARC.
  6. Jessica Brody: In Some Other Life. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers. YA Fiction. Completed February 20, 2018, on Kindle.
  7. Joelle Charbonneau: Time Bomb. HMH Books for Young Readers. YA Fiction. Completed March 13, 2018, review copy. My review.
  8. Anna Sheehan: A Long, Long Sleep. Candlewick Press. Young Adult Dystopia. Completed May 5, 2018, on Kindle.
  9. Anna Sheehan: No Life But This. Candlewick Press. Young Adult Dystopia. Completed May 20, 2018, on Kindle.
  10. Mike Mullin: Surface Tension. Tanglewood Press. Young Adult Thriller. Completed May 25, 2018, on Kindle.
  11. Sheryl Scarborough: To Catch A Killer (Erin Blake #1). Tor Teen. Young Adult Mystery. Completed May 26, 2018, on Kindle.
  12. April Henry: The Girl I Used To Be. Henry Holt and Co. Young Adult Mystery. Completed June 22, 2018, on Kindle.
  13. Sheryl Scarborough: To Right the Wrongs (Erin Blake #2). Tor Teen. Young Adult Mystery. Completed June 26, 2018, on Kindle.
  14. Scott Westerfeld: Imposters. Scholastic. Young Adult Science Fiction. Completed July 6, 2018, print ARC. My review.
  15. Ally Carter: Not If I Save You First. Scholastic. Young Adult Fiction. Completed July 8, 2018, print review copy. My review.
  16. Jennifer Donaldson: Lies You Never Told Me. Razorbill. Young Adult Fiction. Completed July 31, 2018, on Kindle.
  17. Jennifer Lynn Barnes: Little White Lies (Debutantes, No. 1). Free Form Books (Disney). Young Adult Fiction. Completed September 1, 2018, print ARC.

Adult Books

  1. Scott Adams: Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter. Portfolio. Adult Nonfiction. Completed January 3, 2018, on Kindle.
  2. Thomas Perry: The Bomb Maker. Mysterious Press. Adult Thriller. Completed January 5, 2018, on Kindle.
  3. D.E. Stevenson: Anna and Her Daughters. Rinehart and Co.. Adult Fiction. Completed January 6, 2018, on Kindle.
  4. Pamela Wechsler: Mission Hill (Abby Endicott novels). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed January 7, 2018, on Kindle.
  5. Gin Philipps: Fierce Kingdom. Viking. Adult Thriller. Completed January 8, 2018, on Kindle.
  6. D.E. Stevenson: Vittoria Cottage. Amereon. Adult Fiction. Completed January 9, 2018, on Kindle.
  7. D.E. Stevenson: Music in the Hills. Amereon. Adult Fiction. Completed January 10, 2018, on Kindle.
  8. D.E. Stevenson: Shoulder the Sky. Amereon. Adult Fiction. Completed January 11, 2018, on Kindle.
  9. Margaret Mizushima: Hunting Hour (Timber Creek K-9 Mystery). Crooked Lane Books. Adult Mystery. Completed January 12, 2018, on Kindle.
  10. Charlaine Harris: Sleep Like A Baby (Aurora Teagarden). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed January 13, 2018, library copy.
  11. Pamela Wechsler: The Graves (Abby Endicott novels, Book 2). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed January 14, 2018, on Kindle.
  12. Maia Chance: Bad Housekeeping (Agnes and Effie Mystery, Book 1). Crooked Lane Books. Adult Cozy. Completed January 15, 2018, on Kindle.
  13. Tim Weaver: Fall from Grace (David Raker, #5). Viking. Adult Mystery/Thriller. Completed January 18, 2018, library copy.
  14. Robert Crais: The Wanted (Elvis Cole and Joe Pike). G. P. Putnam's Sons. Adult Mystery. Completed January 19, 2018, on MP3.
  15. Christopher Reich: The Take (Simon Riske, #1). Mulholland Books. Adult Thriller. Completed January 26, 2018, on Kindle.
  16. William Kent Krueger: Mercy Falls (Cork O'Connor, #5). Atria Books. Adult Mystery. Completed January 30, 2018, on MP3.
  17. William Kent Krueger: The Copper River (Cork O'Connor, #6). Atria Books. Adult Mystery. Completed February 4, 2018, on MP3.
  18. Christopher Swann: Shadow of the Lions. Algonquin Books. Adult Mystery. Completed February 10, 2018, on MP3.
  19. Kate Quinn: The Alice Network. William Morrow. Adult Mystery. Completed February 17, 2018, on Kindle.
  20. C. J. Tudor: The Chalk Man. Crown. Adult Mystery. Completed February 19, 2018, on Kindle.
  21. Karen Odden: The Lady in the Smoke. Alibi. Adult Mystery. Completed February 23, 2018, on Kindle.
  22. Kate Saunders: The Secrets of Wishtide (A Laetitia Rodd Mystery). Bloomsbury. Adult Mystery. Completed February 28, 2018, on MP3.
  23. Kristen Welch: Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World. Tyndale. Adult Nonfiction. Completed March 3, 2018.
  24. Lee Goldberg: True Fiction (Ian Ludlow). Thomas & Mercer. Adult Thriller. Completed March 4, 2018, on Kindle.
  25. Laura Lippman: Sunburn. William Morrow. Adult Suspense. Completed March 6, 2018, on Kindle.
  26. Kaye Newton: How to Get Your Screen-Loving Kids to Read Books for Pleasure. Linland Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed March 7, 2018, on Kindle. My review.
  27. Gretchen Rubin: The Happiness Project. Harper. Adult Nonfiction. Completed March 9, 2018, on Kindle.
  28. Emma Seppala: The Happiness Track. HarperOne. Adult Nonfiction. Completed March 11, 2018, on Kindle.
  29. Calene O'Connor: Murder in an Irish Churchyard (An Irish Village Mystery). Kensington. Adult Mystery. Completed March 11, 2018, on MP3.
  30. Dana Stabenow: A Cold Day for Murder. Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed March 15, 2018, on MP3.
  31. Karen E. Olson: Hidden (A Black Hat Thriller). Severn House. Adult Mystery. Completed March 17, 2018, on Kindle.
  32. Peter Clines: The Fold. Broadway Books. Adult Science Fiction. Completed March 19, 2018, on MP3.
  33. Joy Ellis: Buried on the Fens. Joffe Books. Adult Mystery. Completed March 25, 2018, on MP3.
  34. Karen E. Olson: Shadowed (A Black Hat Thriller). Severn House. Adult Mystery. Completed March 25, 2018, on Kindle.
  35. Karen Cleveland: Need to Know. Ballantine Books. Adult Mystery. Completed March 30, 2018, on Kindle.
  36. Susan Furlong: Splintered Silence (A Bone Gap Travellers Novel). Kensington. Adult Mystery. Completed April 2, 2018, on Kindle.
  37. Charles Finch: A Beautiful Blue Death (The First Charles Lenox Mystery). Minotaur. Adult Historical Mystery. Completed April 4, 2018, on Kindle.
  38. Hans Rosling: Factfulness. Flatiron Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed April 7, 2018, on Kindle.
  39. Charles Finch: The September Society (A Charles Lenox Mystery). Minotaur. Adult Historical Mystery. Completed April 13, 2018, on Kindle.
  40. Jo Furniss: All the Little Children. Lake Union. Adult Thriller (Post Apocalypse). Completed April 16, 2018, on Kindle
  41. Elizabeth George: The Punishment She Deserves (Lynley + Havers). Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed April 17, 2018, on MP3.
  42. Charles Todd: A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford, #1). William Morrow. Adult Mystery. Completed April 20, 2018, on Kindle.
  43. Gretchen Rubin: The Four Tendencies. Harmony. Adult Nonfiction. Completed April 21, 2018, on Kindle.
  44. Sir Ken Robinson: You, Your Child, and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education. Viking. Adult Nonfiction. Completed April 22, 2018, on Kindle.
  45. Jessica Lahey: The Gift of Failure. Harper. Adult Nonfiction. Completed April 24, 2018.
  46. Jacqueline Winspear: To Die but Once (Maisie Dobbs). Harper. Adult Historical Mystery. Completed April 26, 2018, on MP3.
  47. Angela Marsons: Silent Scream (D.I. Kim Stone, No. 1) Bonier Zaffre. Adult Mystery. Completed April 28, 2018, on Kindle.
  48. Yong Zhao: Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All Children. Corwin. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 1, 2018, on Kindle.
  49. Dana Stabenow: A Fatal Thaw (Kate Shugak, #2). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed May 2, 2018, on MP3.
  50. Dana Stabenow: Dead in the Water (Kate Shugak, #3). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed May 6, 2018, on MP3.
  51. Victoria Thompson: Murder on Union Square (Gaslight Mysteries). Berkley. Adult Mystery. Completed May 15, 2018, on MP3.
  52. William Stixrud and Ned Johnson: The Self-Driven Child: The Science and Sense of Giving Your Kids More Control Over Their Lives. Viking. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 16, 2018, on Kindle.
  53. Elly Griffiths: The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Adult Mystery. Completed May 23, 2018, on Kindle.
  54. William Kent Krueger: Thunder Bay (Cork O'Connor). Atria Books. Adult Mystery. Completed May 24, 2018, on MP3.
  55. Ken Langone: I Love Capitalism: An American Story. Portfolio. Adult Nonfiction/Memoir. Completed May 25, 2018, on Kindle. I didn't actually read this entire book, but I read the first few chapters, skimmed the middle, and then read the last chapter. I thought that Ken, a now-wealthy co-founder of Home Depot, who came from working class beginnings, had a lot of smart things to say.
  56. Sarah Mackenzie: The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids. Zondervan. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 25, 2018, on Kindle.
  57. Eric Bernt: The Speed of Sound. Thomas & Mercer. Adult SF/Thriller. Completed May 27, 2018, on MP3.
  58. Melissa A. Schilling: Quirky: The Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough Innovators Who Changed the World. PublicAffairs. Adult Nonfiction. Completed May 28, 2018, on Kindle.
  59. S. J. Scott, Barrie Davenport: 10-Minute Mindfulness: 71 Habits for Living in the Present Moment. CreateSpace. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 2, 2018, on Kindle (this was a free selection that I checked out).
  60. Stuart Brown: Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul. Avery. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 10, 2018, on Kindle.
  61. Kelly McGonigal: The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It. Avery. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 14, 2018, on MP3.
  62. Jeff Goins: The Art of Work: A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do. Thomas Nelson. Adult Nonfiction. Completed June 20, 2018, on Kindle.
  63. Victoria Abbott: The Christie Curse (Book Collector Mysteries, Book 1). Berkley Publishing. Adult Mystery. Completed July, 2 2018, on Kindle.
  64. Stephen King: 11/22/63. Gallery Books. Adult Speculative Fiction. Completed July 4, 2018, on MP3.
  65. Mona Charen: Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense. Crown Forum. Adult Nonfiction. Completed July 5, 2018.
  66. Victoria Abbott: The Sayers Swindle (Book Collector Mysteries, Book 2). Berkley Publishing. Adult Mystery. Completed July 12, 2018, on Kindle.
  67. Paul Doiron: Stay Hidden (Mike Bowditch). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed July 13, 2018, on MP3.
  68. Pamela Wechsler: The Fens (Abby Endicott #3). Minotaur Books. Adult Mystery. Completed July 14, 2018, on Kindle.
  69. James Swain: The King Tides (Lancaster and Daniels). Thomas & Mercer. Adult Mystery/Thriller. Completed July 14, 2018, on Kindle.
  70. Victoria Abbott: The Wolfe Widow (Book Collector Mysteries, Book 3). Berkley Publishing. Adult Mystery. Completed July 22, 2018, on Kindle.
  71. Stephen Guise: Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results. Amazon Digital Services. Adult Nonfiction. Completed July 22, 2018, on Kindle.
  72. Susan Wise Bauer: Rethinking School: How to Take Charge of Your Child's Education. W. W. Norton and Company. Adult Nonfiction. Completed July 23, 2018, on Kindle.
  73. Joy Ellis: Thieves on the Fens. Joffe Books. Adult Mystery. Completed July 25, 2018, on MP3.
  74. Marianne Cantwell: Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills. Kogan Page. Adult Nonfiction. Completed July 29, 2018, on Kindle.
  75. Dan Brown: Origin. Anchor. Adult Fiction. Completed August 4, 2018, on Kindle.
  76. Michael Crichton: Jurassic Park. Ballantine Books. Adult Science Fiction. Completed August 5, 2018, on MP3.
  77. Victoria Abbott: The Marsh Madness (Book Collector Mysteries, Book 4). Berkley Publishing. Adult Mystery. Completed August 5, 2018, on Kindle.
  78. Charles Murray: Coming Apart. Crown Forum. Adult Nonfiction. Completed August 18, 2018, on Kindle.
  79. Craig A. Falconer: Not Alone: Second Contact. Amazon. Adult Science Fiction. Completed August 20, 2018, on MP3.
  80. Arne Duncan: How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failure and Success from One of the Nation's Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education. Simon & Schuster. Adult Nonfiction. Completed August 23, 2018, on Kindle.
  81. Ted Dintersmith: What Schools Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers across America. Princeton University Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed August 26, 2018, on Kindle
  82. Justin Lee: Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World. Tarcher/Perigee. Adult Nonfiction. Completed August 29, 2018, on Kindle.
  83. William Kent Krueger: Heaven's Keep (Cork O'Connor). Atria Books. Adult Mystery. Completed August 29, 2018, on MP3.
  84. KJ Dell'Antonia: How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute. Avery. Adult Nonfiction. Competed September 2, 2018, on Kindle. My review.
  85. Scott Adams: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. Portfolio. Adult Nonfiction. Completed September 5, 2018, on MP3.
  86. Kim Brooks: Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear. Flatiron Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed September 10, 2018, on MP3.
  87. Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure. Penguin Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed September 13, 2018, on Kindle.
  88. Catherine Pearlman: Ignore It!: How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction . TarcherPerigee. Adult Nonfiction. Completed September 13, 2018, on Kindle.
  89. Craig Johnson: Depth of Winter: A Longmire Mystery. Viking. Adult Mystery. Completed 9/14/18, on MP3.
  90. Michael Gurian: The Minds of Girls: A New Path for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Successful Women. Gurian Institute. Adult Nonfiction. Completed September 21, 2018, on Kindle.
  91. Rick Hanson: Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence. Harmony. Adult Nonfiction. Completed September 22, 2018, personal copy.
  92. Heather Mac Donald: The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University and Undermine Our Culture. St. Martins Press. Adult Nonfiction. Completed October 3, 2018, on Kindle.
  93. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are. Dey Street Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed October 7, 2018, on Kindle.
  94. Anne Bogel: I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life. Baker Books. Adult Nonfiction. Completed October 8, 2018, personal copy.

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