Best Books of 2018 || Top Favorite Books I've Read All Year!
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- 2018 is almost done so it's time for me to share my top favorite books I've read this year! Here are the 10 best books I've read in 2018! I will be posting my Worst, Most Surprising and Most Disappointing videos very soon so don't forget to subscribe! If you're looking for the best books to read and book recommendations you'll find some here! From the best fantasy and sci-fi books I've read to the best historical fiction and chick lit! There are also a bunch of debut authors to discover!
What are your favorite books you've read in 2018?
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What are the best books you’ve read this year?
I would definitely recommend these... The One by John Marr, Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi xx
The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes, which is a fantasy Oceans 11-style heist with sarcastic quips and a WoC as the main character.
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys was one of the best books i read this year. Also loved the Six of Crows duology. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell caught me by surprise. I ended up loving that book. I did not really enjoy the other books I read from her.
I think Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence - it's just so good and better than the first book!
Ilium by Dan Simmons. If you're tired of the repetitiveness of books, I would 100% recommend this one, it's the weirdest and the most unique book I've ever read. You're basically following the events of the Trojan War but it takes place on Mars in the future and it has Greek gods and goddesses, artificial intelligence and dinosaurs :'D
"Let me know if you have read any of these"
Let's be real. I read basically everything you tell me to read.
Emily: this book is amazing!
Me: SOLD
Same! ❤️❤️
This comment just tickled me in the biggest way! 😂😂❤️
"Yeah sure, you invented everything else but that didn't even cross your mind?" Lol so true!
Omg!! I’m only 15% through The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and I’m already in love 😍
Let me know how you end up feeling about it!
This was probably the book I was the most excited to read this year. I saw it here on Emily’s channel first and literally squealed when I finally saw it in a big store. I only have sixty pages to go but it has taken me FOREVERRRRRR to get through. A slow read for me for some reason. I’m hoping the ending blows my mind because I’ve heard there is a big twist.
BookswithEmilyFox Of course, will do 💕
TheSphinx Yeah I picked it up because I saw it on here too! I’m listening to the audible version so it’s a bit easier to get through it quickly 😂 I would really recommend the audio actually, gives you all the feels!
Could you PLEASE do something like BOOKS WITH THE BEST ENDINGS? 😛😛😛
Here's my top 5:
- Brandon Sanderson
- Brandon Sanderson
- Brandon Sanderson
- Brandon Sanderson
- Brandon Sanderson
BookswithEmilyFox 🤣🤗
Yesss you do the best end of year series!!
Thank you!! I'm always excited and nervous about it all!
Just letting you know you're my favorite book AND makeup RUclipsr haha 😬 I've been wanting to buy the poppy war cuz of you. Hopefully sometime soon....
The poppy war and the seven deaths of Evelyn hardcastle are the best things that happened to me this year😊😊💚
I read the 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle thanks to your recommendation earlier this year and really liked it. The same for The Poppy War. I felt the same about Children of Blood and Bone. My pet peeve was the instalove. I think my favorite books this year were The Diviners series, Six of Crows, The Bear and the Nightingale, ACOMAF, and A Darker Shade of Magic. ⭐ I'll be reading The Way of Kings next, which has been intimidating, but I know I will love it.
How did I not know you had a book channel!! omg I have been living under a rock! I am so happy I found it and now I have a list of books to share with my book club! thank you Emily!!
It's always fun when people discover I have a book channel... or the other way around that I have a beauty one haha
Are you planning on making a statistics video on all the books you read in 2018? Like amount of male and female authors you read, standalone and series, genre, etc. I'd love to see that.
Yup! I waiting until the end of the month!
I've read 5 of these and agree completely. The Poppy War blew me away. I recommend it to everyone I know that reads fantasy.
I read Red Sister at your rec when I was in a rut and I LOVED IT SO MUCH, what a refreshing book!!!
I'm about to finish finals week, just barely alive, and I laid down yesterday for a nap while waiting for this video to come out and woke up today lol the good news is that I'm finally getting a break and I'll binge read 3/4 of this list (the other fourth i manage to squeeze in between school reads haha)
Thank you! Ever since I found your channel a couple years ago (you literally just started it) I'd always looked forward to your best of the year videos. You read what you want and you don't always follow hypes so you give unique recommendations. Stay gold
Thanks Ponyboy!
I was so happy to see this video, had quite a shitty day but your videos always cheer me up! Loved all of the books mentioned!
Hope your day gets better :)
I loved loved loved The Fifth Season! Easily one of the best books I read this year!
I'm so happy everyone is loving it too! I feel like I was living under a rock!
This year I've read "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle", "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" and "The Long Walk" and I've really loved them all! It took me some time to read them, since english is not my native language (I'm actually from Spain) but I've really enjoyed them and I want to thank you for your channel, it's such a breath of fresh air.
Typically the booktubers I follow that are around my age tend to read YA (which I love too), but they are all reading the same books all the time and your channel actually introduced me to some amazing books I've never thought I would be reading.
So thank you for being honest, real and actually reading whatever you want to read. I'll continue to watch your channel to discover more gems like the ones I've mentioned. Merry Christmas :)
I'm so happy you enjoyed them too! Merry Christmas :)
I have read The Humans, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, The Poppy War, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, the Fifth Season and Circe because you highly recommend them. I loved them all. Thank you for your awesome recommendations! One of my favorite books this year was Not That Bad: Dispatches From Rape Culture and When Breathe becomes Air.
This year I also read Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Poppy Wars, Fifth Season, and Red Sister and they were also some of my favorites of the year :)
His Dark Materials TV series comes out next year! First season is in post-production. Hopefully it will better than the movie :D
We are all hoping so :P
I legit cried when they told me
Emilija Momčilović h
I read the Red Sister and Poppy War based on your recommendation!! And both were soooo good!! Can't wait for the 3rd book in the ancestors series and second book of poppy war!!! 😍😍😍😍
Evelyn Hugo is definitely definitely one of my favorites of the year. Definitely want to read Evelyn Hardcastle and The Humans soon too! I love all your recommendations so I’m sure that will be a favorite too! Red Sister is also at the top of the list. So many to read, so little time. The Poppy War is also on my shelf AHHHHHH. Also asking for The broken earth trilogy for Christmas hahaha.
You always get me so excited to pick up a book and read!!! Love it!!
Ugh I need to read Evelyn Hugo so so badly
It's really really good. I'm a non fiction reader and have a hard time getting into fiction but I loved it.
Yes!! I thought I wouldn't like it at all, but it was one of my favorite books this year.
@@zoilalulu3798 I am the opposite but I love nonfiction can you recommend me something?
Yeah me too
I see on almost every booktube video!
I've been waiting for this all year I can't believe it's finally here!!!!!!
I have been watching your videos for the past weeks 🥰🤪
I think you are my favorite RUclips’s. I look forward to your end of year best/worst for books and beauty 😊
I just wanted to say I love your videos , reviews and recommendations! You are to the point, speak honestly and just so refreshing to follow. You are unique and to me, that’s the highest compliment I can give you! I’m looking forward to 2019 and all the new books. Merry Christmas Emily 🎅🏻🎄💚❤️
I always love your videos about best books you have read this year❤️❤️
Loved the video as usual ❤ Please make a video on your favorite standalone books/ novels!!
Didn't expect this so soon! You just made perfect the end of my very tiring day!
Can't wait for the whole serieeeeees! XXX
I was actually thinking about starting the 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn hardcastle today, now I definitely will. Thanks 😉
Just started it 2 days ago, it's soooo good!!
I read this comment while she was on the Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and I was like wait wha?? These titles hahaha
I think that's why they changed the title for the US lol I really want more people to read it to hear what they think of it! I read it when there was about 500 ratings on Goodreads and I'm so happy more people are reading it!
I love it
Just want to comment how the way you talk about these are so NOT tiring to hear. These aren’t the books I’d typically pick out since I’m not into sci-fi and haven’t really read anything sci fi since I’ve only gotten into literature this year but after this video I think I might wanna read one. I really appreciate your video.
Very happy to hear it :)
I have a "Beginner's Guide to Sci-fi" which might help start if you're interested: ruclips.net/video/l8UPAUkQIPI/видео.html
I recently read The Humans based on your original recommendation earlier in the year and I really liked it. It was funny and moving.
Yay! SO happy you liked it too :D
You look so so amazing and adored the variation of books you mentioned. I loved 7 deaths so much!
I recently read an amazing dark fantasy set in a magic school and I think you would really like it! Vita Nostra by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. It was very unpredictable and very creative. I don't think I have ever read anything like it
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was my favorite book of 2017, I love it so much too! Also The Humans is at the top of my list this year for favorites of 2018 and I read it off of your recommendation so thank you! :)
oooooo I love how I just found so many book to add to my "to-read" list!
Looooooooved The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I was actually in a huge reading slump over the summer and that's the book that brought me out of it. I actually read it after you mentioned it so, I think I have you to thank for getting me out of that slump! Thanks!
I'm so happy to hear it!!
His Dark Materials is so good, I put it on my favourite list as well. I was so impressed by the whole trilogy and how complex it is, especially the last book. The first is definitely my favourite though.
The Seven Husbands is going to be a priority for 2019, because so many booktubers adored it! Also, The Fifth Season sounds so incredible, I think I need it!
I literally read The Poppy War because of you and though I'm not a huge fantasy reader by any means, I'm glad I picked it up :D
The great thing about your list is that it is a mix of popular books AND underrated books that you found interesting and original. Looking forward to the upcoming videos. :)
I agree with Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Loved that one. Another one I recently read and adored was Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst. Fantasy done differently. Amazing world and not a romance disguised as fantasy. Girls supporting each other and just ... I really loved it!
... adding to my Amazon shopping cart while you speak ... there are a few that I desperately need to read anyways and a few I had on my wishlist until now - sounds like I need to prioritize a few books here! I totally love your recommendation videos most because you seem to love and hate the same tropes that I do :D
Great list. I've read some of these and I have to agree that they're fantastic!
I recently read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and ABSOLUTELY loved it! I'm not much of mystery/thriller fan, but this one was just SO good!
I loved The Humans so much this year that I got into a kind of Matt Haig obsession. That book means so much to me. It's probably my favorite book of the year.
Amazing video as always! I really wanna read The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle but I live in Turkey so I have to buy it on Amazon or Book Depository which is super expensive. I hope it comes to Turkey so I can read it. Also I can 't wait for other end of the year videos!
Thank you for reminding me about His Dark Materials trilogy, I will definitely read it in 2019! Also, my to-read list just changed a liiiiiitle bit :) Happy Holidays!
fun fact: I'm going to buy every single one of the books you mentioned because I trust you so so so much and we have similar taste!
2019 reading challenge? haha I really hope you'll enjoy them!!
Oh wow!! Now i am really interested in “The seven deaths of Evelyn hardcastle” 😊 you made it sound so cool
I love you recommendations because you tend to talk about books no one knows about (: but also: NO BRANDON SANDERSON?
Only read a novella and Mistborn #4 from him this year so nothing that was worth being here...
With that say I just got Skyward and that's one of the first book I'm planning on reading in 2019!!
@@BookswithEmilyFox Are you planning on reading or have you read the stormlight archive?
Keeping the best for last :P
In 2019, I'm planning on reading Skyward then hopefully the rest of Mistborn... and then read Stormlight in 2020 lol
Yes I'm planning my reading for 2020 already!
@@BookswithEmilyFox I was planning to read it in 2020 too (x
BookswithEmilyFox 2020 makes sense because book 4 comes out then. And you won’t have to wait like the rest of us.
And Skyward 2 is next fall.
Haven't even finished watching, but yes to Children of Time 😍 It's one of my favourite books of all time, though I hardly ever see anyone talking about it.
Did you hear about book 2 coming out next year? :D
@@BookswithEmilyFox I did! I've already preordered it 😄
Thank you for suggesting "The Human." Loved it!
So happy to hear it :D
Have you read any of these? What’s your review?
I've read The Fifth Season and really liked it. The majority of the rest of the list is already on my TBR that I hope to get to next year! :)
I actually read all of them save for the Seven Deaths (...)! And all of them were 4 or 5 stars except for Poppy War and Circe which I gave 3 stars. Circe and Children of Blood and Bone were quite disappointing. CoBaB because of the awful instalove (but the world, magic system, and story overall were good, although I don't feel like reading the sequel because of the romance and the twitter drama lol); Circe because the more I got into the book, the less I cared for Circe herself. I also got the vibe that she fell for every man that was nice to her.
Only one I read on this list was the Poppy War, but ended up giving it a 3/5 stars :/ Not sure if it's because I read it as an audiobook, but Rin's character seemed to have a complete personality shift midway. Plot-wise it was great though! I think the second book will be a lot better too now that the world is set up :)
Claudia Robles I gave it 2 stars. Rin’s character is so inconsistent. That plus I read large parts of the novel are basically taken from history and other fiction books. That’s what dropped it from a 3 to a 2.
BookswithEmilyFox Have you read any other books by the author of Red Sister? And if so what did you think of them? You’re making me really want to read it from your description but I’ve been burned by that author before so I’m hesitant.
Gotta suscribe since your favourite read of the year is my favourite book evER 😍🙌 (Also i went back to watch a couple more of your videos and i peeped a carl sagan on the shelf, which actually made me gasp out loud).
I don't mean to be nosey, but are you french? The accent is so cute!
Which one is your fav?
I did actually read Contact this year! Super interesting take on the whole "first contact with alien" trope. I'm actually French Canadian :)
@@BookswithEmilyFox ohh that makes sense! English isn't my first language so i was trying really hard to place your accent haha!
The his dark materials trilogy is my fave since middle grade, nothing can ever top it and everytime i read it i swear it gets better (and i didn't love la belle sauvage either unfortunately).
If you enjoyed sagan's way of thinking i highly highly recommend "the varieties of scientific experience". It's non fiction and if i recall correctly it was published posthumously by his wife based on lectures he gave and notes. It's awe inspiring honestly, he was such a brilliant man
I just ordered The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo yesterday :) So excited :D
oooh I put many of these on my to-read list! Thank you!
I've read The Humans, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Poppy War and would consider them some of the best I've read this year! I just found Children of Time at my library sale, so I'm super excited to read that and also just bought The Fifth Season! My other best books from this year would probably be The Mistborn Trilogy and The Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness!
Children Of Time is on my list! It sounds so good 💕
I really want to read “The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo” now!
Also, I love your make up in this video and that lipstick it’s totally you 🙂
I really loved this year - A discovery of Witches, What if it's us, How to hang a Witch and Vicious
Loved 7 1/2 Deaths! Some of it was not as big of a twist because I read a lot of sci-fi but I loved the mystery so much it didn’t matter.
yesssss! I have been waiting for this ❤
Definitely add The Ember Blade, Rosewater, The Ruin Of Kings and Black Leopard Red Wolf to your list if you haven’t read them already. Amazing!!
Best books...
Obsidio (which is probably my biggest shock considering how the first two books went for me)
City of Brass
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (Thanks for the recommendation)!
Scythe and Thunderhead
... It's funny. My average rating for the year on goodreads is higher than normal, but at the same time I feel like this is the year where I was utterly unimpressed by pretty much everything.
Can I just mention how MAKEUP IS ON FLEEK here? 😍
Thank you! When I film book videos after filming beauty videos, I tend to wear way more makeup haha
I also LOVED Evelyn Hugo!! It was such a surprisingly great book! I read it and then I listened to it a few months later because I just had to read it again. So so good
I want to reread it again too! I hope they make a movie asap!!
I read The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle on your recommendation and I loved it!
Can’t wait to pick up all of these ☺️
Hey 🙋 Watching on my lunch break.
I have tried to read Red Sister several times in the last year. I am not sure if I am just not in the right head space for the story when I pick it up, (which happens a lot with me. I can pick something up more than once and not be interested and later on devour the thing) or if I just really cannot get into Mark Lawrence's writing which I've tried reading more than once as well. My sister is a big fan of his and this is easily one of her favorite ongoing series right now but idk. I usually really like what you have to say about books so perhaps this just means I'll need to give it another try. Also The Fifth Season was amazing. Shout out to black fantasy/Sci-fi writers. We need this!!
thanks Emily for the recommendations!
You probably already know this, but a sequel to Children of Time was recently announced and will be published next year.
I did not!!!
I read The Poppy War on your recommendation and absolutely loved it. Now I don’t know if I should read The Red Sister or Children of Blood and Bone.
Red Sister!!!
BookswithEmilyFox Sold!! Thank you 🙌
Wow you look so different without bangs! :D I didn’t recognize you at first. You could totally be Superman but with bangs instead of glasses :D
I also had jaw surgery so it changes things a bit haha
Ahhh that makes sense now!
I love your end of the year videos! Can you list the books you mentioned in this video in your description box so we can refer back to it? 😊 If it’s not too much trouble. Thank you!!
YES!! my favorite time of the year because I love these videos. I feel like I need to get you a physical copy of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. everyone deserves a copy of it. 💕
also, I NEED to read The Humans sooner than later.
I had one in my basket from BookOutlet but it obviously sold out lol
You need to! I really hope you'll enjoy it :D
Yay an update.... i love these i end up buying all you favourite ones
I've read three of these books and the others are on my TBR list for sure.
His Dark Materials sounds amazing, I need to read it! I really enjoyed Evelyn Hugo too :)
Evelyn Hardcastle has a lot of mixed reviews, but it sounds amazing to me! great video ^^
Yaaay i have been waiting for this 😍
I'm currently listening to the audiobook of The Poppy War and I need to thank you because I'M LOVING IT !
Yayyy! :D
Some of the best books I read in 2018 are: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson, Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig & HorrorStor by Grady Hendrix.
I also have a feeling that the book I'm currently reading, The Green Mile by Stephen King, will also become a favourite.
I've been wanting to read more by Matt Haig! I need to after The Humans!
+BookswithEmilyFox I would highly recommend How to Stop Time as one to pick up next. The way it is written is phenomenal and it deals with a couple of heavy topics that is done so well. I still need to read Humans.
I loved Children of Time despite being terrified of spiders, which in itself is a testament to Tchaikovsky's superior writing! I can't wait for Children of Ruin to come out in May (I might cry if it gets delayed ;__;)
YAY i'm so glad His Dark Materials and Fifth Season made it on this list!!
Girl can you PLEASE do a makeup tutorial for this look?! 🥰
Here it is: ruclips.net/video/ShbpHJh8vlc/видео.html
I just used a different lipstick - its the Fenty Beauty liquid lipstick!
I loove your videos Emily! I can always find new amazing books to read *-* Except for Children of Time, I HATE spiders so not my thing haha
Ahhh you're missing out but I really don't blame you! I hate centipedes and while there aren't any in the book, the mention of the spider legs freaked me out lol
the seven deaths book was my favourite last year. I would love to re read it , was so good!!
The broken earth trilogy was my absolute favorite series of the year, so original. I also loved the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo. I read song of Achilles By Madeline Miller and it was amazing I can’t wait to get to Circe soon. I sadly didn’t enjoy the Poppy War as much as I thought I would, I just wasn’t a fan of the pacing and the contradictory way it dealt with drug use. Hoping to pick up several of the other ones you mentioned next year.
cannot wait to read both evelyn hugo and evelyn hardcastle next year! focusing on more festive books for the end of this year for now but already got such a huge TBR for next year 😅 my favourite reads of the year were The Hoarder by Jess Kidd, We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, The Beginning of the World... by Jen Campbell (magical realism short stories and they're incredible), Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black, Pocketful of Crows by Joanne Harries (novella filled with local, natural magic from the perspective of a 'girl of the woods, a traveller' which deals with love, loss, racism and nature and it's a beautiful book all round), and Peter Pan which is my absolute favourite story ever and it's always going to get 5 stars from me :']
I read the 7 deaths of Evelyn hardcastle when you recommended it and now it’s my favourite book ever 😍
So excited!!
Have you check out The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson? It's not part of his Cosmere. It's set in an alternate universe earth, where magic directly influenced culture and religion from the very beginning. It follows a 16 year old boy in a magical school. I think you would like it!
Also, the Kingfountain series by Jeff Wheeler. I've only read the first two so far, but I LOVED both of those books. Currently, almost the entire series is out, I think we're waiting on one more? They aren't long reads either, but fast-paced and enjoyable, and the magic system is pretty unique as well.
The Rithmatist was so good! 👍
I own it but I haven't read it yet!
As for Kingfountain, I didn't know if it was going to be "another YA fantasy" but now I'll have to check it out!
If you liked the Matt Haig book, I recommend another of his books- "How to Stop Time". It was one of my favorites of 2018.
I loved The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle too :) The Humans is on my wishlist.
As for mine:
- Vicious, by V. E. Schwab. I finally got to read it and loved it. I can't wait to read Vengeful!
- Release, by Patrick Ness. Now I need to get to the Chaos Walking trilogy.
- Clean, by Juno Dawson. I did enjoy Cruel Summer too and have preordered Meat Market.
- The Exact Opposite of Okay, by Laura Steven, was really funny.
- And my biggest surprise this year: Tattoo Atlas, by Tim Floreen. A YA thriller with a touch of Sci-Fi, you might actually like it :)
Read “Winter’s Promise”! It’s amazing and not your typical fantasy :)
this past year i read the maddaddam trilogy by margaret atwood and i highly recommend it!! it's absolutely fantastic, i know the handmaid's tale is her most popular book but i honestly preferred this series more! the worldbuilding is fantastic and the characters are incredibly interesting, it's really unique and something that i think you would enjoy!!
It's been on my TBR for forever!! I love post apocalyptic so hopefully I finally get to it in 2019!
Children of time just made it to my TBR.