The following are my top ten selections for books read in 2018 in alphabetical order by author. Surprisingly, all my picks are by American authors. I'll have to make a stronger effort to read authors outside the US but this year, the following works compile my favorite picks:
1. LINCOLN at the Bardot by George Saunders (2017 Man Booker Prize)
2. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK - James Baldwin
3. THE NIX - Nathan Hill
4.. WHERE the DEAD SIT TALKING - Brandon Hobson (Nominated for National Book Award)
5. THE MARS ROOM - Rachel Kushner (Finalist for Man Booker Prize)
6. THE FRIEND - Sigrid Nunez (2018 National Book Award)
7. TRAJECTORY - Richard Russo (4 short stories). (Pulitzer Prize winner for EMPIRE FALLS)
8. CALYPSO - David Sedaris (memoir)
9. IMPROVEMENT - Joan Silber
10 ALTERNATE SIDE - Anna Quindlen (Pulitzer Prize winner for commentary)
Special commendation to the non-fiction worK:
A SAINT on DEATH ROW by Thomas Cahill - Capital punishment must be abolished NOW
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