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Best in Genre Fiction 2018: The Reading List Council

Here are the best 2018 books from eight genres - Adrenaline, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, and Women's Fiction - as selected by the American Library Association's Reading List Council, consisting of a group of librarians from across the United States.

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40 items

  • Safe Houses

    Fesperman, Dan, 1955-
    Adrenaline - Winner
    Book, 2018New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. — FIC FESPERM 2018

  • Barbed Wire Heart

    Sharpe, Tess
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2018. — FIC SHARPE 2018

  • Bearskin

    McLaughlin, James A.
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — FIC MCLAUGH 2018

  • Jar of Hearts

    Hillier, Jennifer
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Minotaur Books, 2018. — FIC HILLIER 2018

  • Star of the North

    a Novel

    John, David, 1966-
    Adrenaline - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Crown, [2018] — FIC JOHN 2018

  • The City of Brass

    Chakraborty, S. A.
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017] — SCI-FIC CHAKRAB 2017

  • The Hazel Wood

    a Novel

    Albert, Melissa
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2018. — YA ALBERT

  • The Poppy War

    Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2018New York, N.Y. : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — SCI-FIC KUANG 2018

  • Trail of Lightning

    Roanhorse, Rebecca
    Fantasy - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Saga Press, 2018. — SCI-FIC ROANHOR 2018

  • Between Earth and Sky

    Skenandore, Amanda
    Historical fiction - Winner
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2018] — FIC SKENAND 2018

  • The Butcher's Daughter

    Glendinning, Victoria
    Historical fiction - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Overlook Duckworth, 2018. — FIC GLENDIN 2018

  • Circe

    a Novel

    Miller, Madeline
    Historical fiction - short list
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2018. — FIC MILLER 2018

  • Dear Mrs. Bird

    a Novel

    Pearce, A. J. (Amanda-Jane)
    Historical fiction - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Scribner, 2018. — FIC PEARCE 2018

  • A Well-behaved Woman

    a Novel of the Vanderbilts

    Fowler, Therese
    Historical fiction - short list
    Book, 2018New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018. — FIC FOWLER 2018

  • The Silent Companions

    Purcell, Laura
    Horror - Winner
    Book, 2018New York : Penguin Books, 2018. — FIC PURCELL 2018

  • Bad Man

    a Novel

    Auerbach, Dathan Kahn, 1984-
    Horror - short list
    Book, 2018New York : Blumhouse Books, Doubleday, [2018] — FIC AUERBAC 2018

  • The Cabin at the End of the World

    a Novel

    Tremblay, Paul
    Horror - short list
    Book, 2018New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — FIC TREMBLA 2018

  • Melmoth

    a Novel

    Perry, Sarah, 1979-
    Horror - short list
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Custom House, 2018. — FIC PERRY 2018

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