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TIME Best Books of the Year 2018

TIME Best Books of the Year 2018 names 20 books across 2 categories. 17 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. 1The Mars Room by Rachel Kushnersource (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2Asymmetry by Lisa Hallidaysource (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3An American Marriage by Tayari Jonessource (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfeghsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Circe by Madeline Millersource (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Washington Black by Esi Edugyansource (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7There There by Tommy Orangesource (opens in a new tab)
  8. 8Gun Love by Jennifer Clementsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. 9Florida by Lauren Groffsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. 10The Overstory by Richard Powerssource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. 1Bad Blood by John Carreyrousource (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurstonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Educated by Tara Westoversource (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4The Order of Time by Carlo Rovellisource (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Cheesource (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6These Truths by Jill Leporesource (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blightsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. 8All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chungsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. 9Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabrielsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. 10How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblattsource (opens in a new tab)

About the TIME Best Books of the Year

Fiction and Nonfiction top 10 lists by year (a single combined top 10 in 2006 and 2025) plus TIME's unranked 100 Must-Read Books, published 2020-2025. Separate YA/children's and genre lists are excluded. 2012-2013 cite entertainment.time.com, TIME's arts site at the time.

Organization: TIME. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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