The 25 Top Rated Books of 2018

Throughout the months of December and January, the Vicksburg District Library displayed the top 25 books (that we own) as rated by Amazon, Google Books, NPR, and Goodreads. While the display may be down now, here is the list in the order it was rated for anyone hoping to grab some of 2018’s greatest!

25. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

24. Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward

23. The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason

22. The Outsider by Stephen King

21. Calypso by David Sedaris

20. Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee

19. The Library Book by Susan Orlean

18. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston

17. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

16. The Overstory by Richard Powers

15. Little by Edward Carey

14. Sadie by Courtney Summers

13. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

12. Still Me by Jojo Moyes

11. A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey

10. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

9. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

8. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence be Michael Pollan

7. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

6. Circe by Madeline Miller

5. Check, Please! Hockey, Volume 1 by Ngozi Ukazu

4. Educated by Tara Westover

3. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in US Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man by Lynn Vincent

2. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

1. Becoming by Michelle Obama