What I Read in 2018 Part 1: The List

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title: “What I Read in 2018 Part 1: The List”
date: 2019-01-01
categories: [2018, book, books, books, goodreads, novels, read, reading, reading challenge]
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I’ve done the Goodreads Reading Challenge every year since 2013, and 2018 was only the second time I didn’t meet my goal. 2018’s goal was an ambitious one: 70 books read over a one-year span. I ended up finishing 63 books in 2018. 

Here’s what I read in 2018. I’m having trouble with the Goodreads widgets this year so I’m going to split my annual what-I-read post into two parts this year. This post for the actual list of books, and a second post for the details.


Melissa's bookshelf: read-in-2018

My Husband the Stranger

by Rebecca Done

Winter Storms

by Elin Hilderbrand

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng

Five Unforgivable Things

by Vivien Brown

Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality

by Jacob Tomsky

Saving Grace

by Jane Green

When Katie Met Cassidy

by Camille Perri

Just the Funny Parts: My 30 Years on the Hollywood Jungle Gym

by Nell Scovell

The Last Mrs. Parrish

by Liv Constantine

Her Pretty Face

by Robyn Harding

Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies

by Michael Ausiello

Before Everything

by Victoria Redel

How to be Famous

by Caitlin Moran

This Will Only Hurt a Little

by Busy Philipps

Dirty Souls

by Karina Halle

Black Hearts

by Karina Halle

We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.

by Samantha Irby

I Almost Forgot About You

by Terry McMillan

The Life Lucy Knew

by Karma Brown

The Perfect Couple

by Elin Hilderbrand

The Wife

by Alafair Burke

Outtakes from a Marriage

by Ann Leary

Summer People

by Elin Hilderbrand

All These Beautiful Strangers

by Elizabeth Klehfoth

We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

Now That You Mention It

by Kristan Higgins

The Sunshine Sisters

by Jane Green

No One Ever Asked

by Katie Ganshert

The God Game

by Jeffrey Round

Sisters Like Us

by Susan Mallery

A Million Little Things

by Susan Mallery

The Friends We Keep

by Susan Mallery

The Girls of Mischief Bay

by Susan Mallery

Class Mom

by Laurie Gelman

This Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications

by Diane Schoemperlen

An American Marriage

by Tayari Jones

I Hear She's a Real Bitch

by Jen Agg

You Think It, I'll Say It

by Curtis Sittenfeld

The Cactus

by Sarah Haywood

Three Secrets

by Clare Boyd

Sorority

by Genevieve Sly Crane

The Perfect Mother

by Aimee Molloy

Nobody Looks That Young Here

by Daniel Perry

Innocence

by Kathleen Tessaro

The Female Persuasion

by Meg Wolitzer

My Name Is Venus Black

by Heather Lloyd

Stay with Me

by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

A Summer Affair

by Elin Hilderbrand

Mrs. Fletcher

by Tom Perrotta

Rosie Colored Glasses

by Brianna Wolfson

The Island

by Elin Hilderbrand

Mrs.

by Caitlin Macy

One Perfect Lie

by Lisa Scottoline

The Senator's Children

by Nicholas Montemarano

What Is Going to Happen Next

by Karen Hofmann

Devoured

by Emily Snow

Ellen in Pieces

by Caroline Adderson

They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock 'n' Roll

by Shep Gordon

The Breaking Words

by Gilaine Mitchell

The Marriage Lie

by Kimberly Belle

The Hate U Give

by Angie Thomas

Sweetbitter

by Stephanie Danler

Mitzi Bytes

by Kerry Clare