Best Books of 2018 Year-End Honors by Book Best Books of 2018 Honors by Book - Fiction Ranking (updated apr 15 2019) 04/15/2019: 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalists 02/11/2019: ALA Notable Books - Fiction 01/23/2019: 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists for Fiction 12/04/2018: TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books of 2018 12/04/2018: New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018 11/10/2018: Amazon Top 10 Literature & Fiction of 2018 10/06/2018: 2018 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction 09/09/2018: 2018 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Top 5 Fiction There There by Tommy Orange 953 reviews (304p) June 5, 2018 Amazon Best Books of 2018: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #2 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018 Library Journal Best Books 2018: The Top Ten TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #7 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2018 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 474 reviews (352p) September 18, 2018 Amazon Best Books of 2018: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #1 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018 Man Booker Prize Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #6 ALA Notable Books - Fiction Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2018 Economist Books of the Year: Fiction LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai 461 reviews (432p) June 19, 2018 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018 National Book Award Finalist Library Journal Best Books 2018: The Top Ten Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winner Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Overstory by Richard Powers 1354 reviews (p) April 3, 2018 Library Journal Best Books 2018: The Top Ten Man Booker Prize Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #10 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner ALA Notable Books - Fiction Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner 301 reviews (p) April 3, 2018 Man Booker Prize Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #1 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Milkman by Anna Burns 336 reviews (p) Man Booker Prize Winner National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Winner Economist Books of the Year: Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Notable Fiction A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley 25 reviews (p) National Book Award Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis Johnson 108 reviews (p) National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Everything Under by Daisy Johnson 28 reviews (p) Man Booker Prize Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani 546 reviews (238p) January 9, 2018 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Friend by Sigrid Nunez 308 reviews (224p) February 6, 2018 National Book Award Winner Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday 307 reviews (288p) February 6, 2018 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2018 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #2 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page An American Marriage by Tayari Jones 2984 reviews (320p) February 6, 2018 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #3 ALA Notable Books - Fiction LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Don't Skip out on Me by Willy Vlautin 51 reviews (304p) February 13, 2018 ALA Notable Books - Fiction PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson 52 reviews (288p) February 20, 2018 National Book Award Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Circe by Madeline Miller 2081 reviews (400p) April 10, 2018 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #5 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau 34 reviews (171p) May 1, 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 653 reviews (304p) May 8, 2018 ALA Notable Books - Fiction LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Florida by Lauren Groff 204 reviews (288p) June 5, 2018 National Book Award Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #9 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 390 reviews (304p) July 10, 2018 Amazon Best Books of 2018: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #3 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #4 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman 69 reviews (192p) September 25, 2018 ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea 280 reviews (336p) March 5, 2019 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 91 reviews (156p) April 10, 2019 ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Don't understand the data above? 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