So, in the manner of a lot of book bloggers, I have compiled a list of my “Best of…” titles that I’ve read last year for both fiction and for non-fiction. In the same vein, titles on these lists are not necessarily published in 2018 – this is just when they made their wending way into my grubby little mitts and off the TBR pile (for some of them)…

To the lists:

Fiction Top Five:

• Native Son– Richard Wright (1940)
• Kindred– Octavia Butler (1979)
• Story-Wallah: Short Fiction from South Asian Writers– Shyam Selvaduri (ed.) (2005)
• The Secret Diary of Hendrick Groen Aged 83 ¾ – Hendrick Groen (2017) – no blog post, but trust me: this was good.
• Convenience Store Woman– Sayaka Marata (2018)

Non-Fiction Top Five:

• The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister’s quest to transform the grisly world of Victorian Medicine – Lindsay Fitzharris (2017)
• The Ravenmaster: My life with the ravens at the Tower of London– Christopher Skaife (2018)
• Moondust: In Search of the Men who Fell to Earth– Andrew Smith (2005)
• Warriors don’t Cry– Melba Padillo Beals (1995)
• Queen Victoria: A Life – Giles Lytton Strachey (1921)

There were some honorable mentions as well, but I’m going to keep it short and sweet. These were my Top Ten Reads of 2018 (for today!)