Throughout the months of December and January, the Vicksburg District Library displayed the top 25 books (that we own) as rated by Amazon, Google Books, NPR, and Goodreads. While the display may be down now, here is the list in the order it was rated for anyone hoping to grab some of 2018’s greatest!
25. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
24. Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward
23. The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
22. The Outsider by Stephen King
21. Calypso by David Sedaris
20. Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
19. The Library Book by Susan Orlean
18. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston
17. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
16. The Overstory by Richard Powers
15. Little by Edward Carey
14. Sadie by Courtney Summers
13. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
12. Still Me by Jojo Moyes
11. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
10. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
9. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
8. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence be Michael Pollan
7. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
6. Circe by Madeline Miller
5. Check, Please! Hockey, Volume 1 by Ngozi Ukazu
4. Educated by Tara Westover
3. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in US Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent
2. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
1. Becoming by Michelle Obama