
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!)
Oh, thank you for reminding me about the Ravenmaster! I had heard about it and then it slipped from my radar.