Best of 2018 lists

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Book Concierge - NPR
30 Best Books of 2018 - Read It Forward
Best of 2018 - Library Journal
Best of 2018 – Goodreads Readers’ Choice
Top 10 Books of 2018 – The Seattle TImes
Ultimate Best Books List - LitHub
Roundup of 2018 Book Awards - Fantastic Fiction
Staff Picks:  Fiction and Non-Fiction - Powell’s Book Store  (Portland, OR) 
The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2018 - Barnes & Noble editors 
Best of 2018 staff picks - Multnomah County Library staff  (Portland, OR)​
Best Music Books of 2018 - Pitchfork Magazine 
Best Books of 2018 – New York Public Library
Costa Book Awards (outstanding UK/Ireland) 
100 Notable Books of 2018 - NYT Book Review
30 Best Fiction Books of 2018 – Bustle Magazine 
10 Best of 2018 - New York Times
Best Photo Books of 2018 – New York Times
Best Books of 2018 – The Observer (U.K.)
Favourite Books of 2018 – The Guardian readers (U.K.)
Best Fantasy Books of 2018 - Time
Best Books of 2018 – Bloomberg
Favorite Non-Fiction of 2018 - Bloomberg
Best Canadian Fiction of the Year – CBC
Best Canadian Non-Fiction of the Year - CBC
Picks of the Year - Amazon.com
All the Cookbooks and Regular Books We Adored in 2018 – Bon Appetit
Africa’s must-read books of 2018 – African Arguments
Best 17 of 2018 - GQ
Best of 2018 - Publisher's Weekly 
The Economist’s Books of the Year – Economist
Best Graphic Novels of 2018 – Forbes Magazine
Best Books of 2018 – Book Riot
Best Queer Books of 2018 – Book Riot
Best Books of 2018 – The Boston Globe
Best Book Covers of 2018 – Paste Magazine
Best Nonfiction Books of 2018 (So Far) – Esquire
Best Books of 2018 – Esquire
2018 Awards - Pacific Northwest Booksellers Assoc.
Best of Books on Climate Change in 2018 - Chicago Review of Books
The 15 Best Books of 2018 – Glamour
Sports Books of 2018 – Telegraph (U.K.)
Best Food Books of 2018 – New Yorker
Best Comedy Books of 2018 - Vulture
Best YA and Children’s Books of 2018 - Time
Best Kids’ Books of 2018 – Common Sense Media
Best Books of 2018 in many categories - FiveBooks.com