Hey, everyone! This year I wanted to do something a little different. To look back at what I read in 2018, I wanted to look at the genres of the books I read and recommend some of the top reads from the genre. I still on planning to do a favorites list, but if you are looking for specific genre recommendations, then you can scroll through and look those that I recommend.
Horror
Total: 8
Average Rating: 4.2
stars
5 stars- 4 books
4.5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 2 books
1 star- 1 book
Top Five:
1.
Gerald’s Game
2.
The Shining
3.
The Long Walk
4.
IT
5.
The Cabin at the End of the World
Fantasy
Total: 10
Average Rating: 4.1
stars
5 stars- 3 books
4.75 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars- 2 books
4 stars- 2 books
3 stars- 1 book
1.5 stars- 1 book
Top Five:
1.
Son of the Shadows
2.
Child of the Prophecy
3.
The Mermaid
4.
The Night Circus
5.
Circe
Christian Living /
Self-Help
Total: 4
Average Rating: 4.8
stars
5 stars- 3 books
4.25 stars- 1 book
Top Four:
1.
Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than,
Left Out, and Lonely
2.
Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies
About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
3.
The Pursuit of Holiness
4.
Lady in Waiting: Becoming Your Best While
Waiting for Mr. Right
YA/NA Fantasy
Total: 12
Average Rating: 3.9
stars
5 stars- 3 books
4 stars- 3 books
4.25 stars- 1 book
3.25 stars- 4 books
3 stars- 1 book
Top Five:
1.
Reign the Earth
2.
Tess of the Road
3.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
4.
Prince Caspian
5.
Furyborn
Thriller/Suspense/Psychological/Mystery
Total: 12
Average Rating: 4.2
stars
5 stars- 7 books
4.25 stars- 1 book
3. 5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2.25 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
Top Seven:
1.
You
2.
Pretty Girls
3.
The Lovely Bones
4.
The Last Time I Lied
5.
Big Little Lies
6. The Good Daughter
7.
Pieces of Her
Classics
Total: 2
Average Rating: 4
stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
3.5 stars- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
2. A Passage to India
YA Horror
Total: 4
Average Rating: 4.5
stars
5 stars- 2 books
4.5 stars- 1 book
3.5 stars- 1 book
Top Four:
1.
The Diviners
2.
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
3.
Coraline
4.
Nightingale
YA Sci-Fi
Total: 5
Average Rating: 4
stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars- 2 books
2.5 stars- 1 book
1.25 stars- 1 book
Top Three:
1.
The Last Star
2.
LIFEL1K3
3.
The Infinite Sea
Sci-Fi
Total: 4
Average Rating: 3.1
stars
5 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars - 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
1 star- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
Oryx and Crake
2.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
YA Historical Fiction
Total: 2
Average Rating: 4
stars
5 stars- 2 books
2 stars- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
Salt to the Sea
2.
Between Shades of Gray
Historical Fiction
Total: 5
Average Rating: 3.3
stars
5 stars- 1 book
4.5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 2 books
Top Two:
1.
Rust & Stardust
2.
An American Marriage
Literary Fiction
Total: 3
Average Rating: 3.8
stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
White Teeth
2.
The Mars Room
True Crime
Total: 3
Average Rating: 3.3
stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 1 book
1.25 stars- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
2.
Murder in the Bayou
Short Stories
Total: 8 (counted by anthologies and individual stories read)
Average Rating: 3.4
stars
4.25 stars- 1 story
4 stars- 1 story
3.75 stars- 1 story
3.5 stars- 2 stories
3 stars- 2 stories
2 stars- 1 story
Top Five: (only listing five-star short stories because I've read too many in total)
1.
The Rabbit (in The Merry Spinster)
2.
The Six-Boy Coffin (in The Merry Spinster)
3.
On the Wall (in Starlings)
4.
Fear Not: An Incident Log (in The Merry Spinster)
5.
Royal Beatings (in A Wilderness Station)
Memoir
Total: 3
Average Rating: 4.8
5 stars- 2 books
4.25 stars- 1 book
Top Three:
1.
Anne Frank Remembered
2.
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom
on Death Row
3.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Historical Romance
Total: 4
Average Rating: 3.3
stars
4.5 stars-1 book
3.75 stars-1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
A Devil in Scotland
2.
The Sins of Lord Lockwood
YA Contemporary
Total: 8
Average Rating: 3.1
stars
5 stars 3 books
3.5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 2 books
Top Four:
1.
All the Rage
2.
The Hate U Give
3.
Long Way Down
4.
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Romance
Total: 2
Average Rating: 4.4
stars
4.5 stars- 1 book
4.25 stars- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
Love Story
2.
Crazy Rich Asians
Poetry
Total: 3
Average Rating: 3.3
stars
3.75 stars- 1 book
3.25 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
Recommended:
1. Child of the
Moon
Religion &
Philosophy
Total:4
Average Rating: 4.3
stars
5 stars- 2 books
4 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
Top Three:
1.
The Bible
2.
The Case for Jesus
3.
The Master Plan of Evangelism
Manga
Total: 5
Average Rating: 3.2
stars
5 stars- 1 book
4 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2.75 stars- 1 book
1 star- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
Death Note Volume 1: Boredom
2.
Manga Classics: The Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
YA Paranormal
Total: 4
Average Rating: 3.2
stars
4.25 stars- 1 book
3.5 stars- 1 book
3 stars- 1 book
2 stars- 1 book
Top Two:
1.
The Price Guide to the Occult
2.
Ashes to Ashes
Paranormal
Total: 2
Average Rating: 1.6
stars
1.75 stars- 1 book
1.5 stars- 1 book
No Recommendations :(
YA Suspense &
Thriller
Total: 3
Average Rating: 1.5
stars
2 stars- 1 book
1.5 stars- 1 book
1 star- 1 book
Education
Total: 1
4 stars
Recommend:
1. Is
Everyone Really Equal?
What is your most read genre of 2018? Are you a fan of any of these or interested in picking any up?
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