New York Public Library Best Books of 2018
The New York Public Library has announced its selections for the Best Books of 2018, featuring extensive titles in categories “Best Books for Kids” and “Best Books for Teens,” subcategories for “Best Books for Adults,” and top ten lists for each of the three main categories. Genre titles appear throughout the main categories, and the top tens include several titles and authors of genre interest.
Best Books for Teens: Top 10
- The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo (HarperTeen)
- Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt)
- Fatal Throne, M.T. Anderson, et. al. (Schwartz & Wade)
- Dry, Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman (Simon & Schuster)
- Pride, Ibi Zoboi (Balzer + Bray)
Best Books for Adults: Top 10
- Woman World, Aminder Dhaliwal (Drawn and Quarterly)
- Circe, Madeline Miller (Little, Brown)
- A State of Freedom, Neel Mukherjee (Norton)
- Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
“Escape to Another World” Subcategory
- Semiosis, Sue Burke (Tor)
- The Melody, Jim Crace (Talese)
- Annex, Rich Larson (Orbit)
- Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
- The Lost Queen, Signe Pike (Touchstone)
- The Sky Is Yours, Chandler Klang Smith (Hogarth)
- Space Opera, Catherynne M. Valente (Saga)
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