#Libfaves18 is a Twitter phenomenon in which librarians tweet out their favorite books published in 2018, one a day, for ten days, and someone compiles a list. Librarians love their lists, and in fact we already have a “Favorite of Favorites” list from LibraryReads, but librarians just love talking about books. And also, the year wasn’t over yet when the “Favorite of Favorites” list was published – there’s still more reading time in the year! (By that logic, we should wait till January to make our year-end lists – some of us do.) Another difference is that, to nominate books for Library Reads, you need to get galleys, read, and nominate them ahead of time; with Twitter, anyone can jump in.

Here are my #Libfaves2018:

1. The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (adult fiction)
2. The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (young adult fiction/fantasy)
3. The Witch Elm by Tana French (psychological mystery/suspense)
4. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins (picture book)
5. Transcription by Kate Atkinson (adult fiction/historical/suspense)
6. The Boy From Tomorrow by Camille DeAngelis (middle grade fiction/fantasy)
7. I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell (memoir)
8. Julian Is A Mermaid by Jessica Love (picture book)
9. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll (young adult graphic novel)
10. Call Them By Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit (nonfiction essays)

This list may look quite different from my list (coming soon-ish) of best books I’ve read this year, because many of those were published before this year. For example, I just finished listening to the audiobook of Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver, narrated by Jim Dale, and it was magical, but it’s from 2011 and therefore doesn’t qualify for #Libfaves18.

What are your favorite books that you read this year? Published in 2018 or not?

Updated 12/19/2018: The blog RA for All has a more thorough explanation of #Libfaves18, and past lists are hosted at EarlyWord.