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BKLYN BookMatch: Our Favorite Books from 2018
BookMatch librarians have teamed up to share their 100 favorite reads of 2018, in every genre and age group. Happy browsing!
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Sanpaku
Gavino, Kate, author, artist. |
A funny, heartfelt graphic novel for pre-teens to adults (especially Selena fans).
Monday's not coming
Jackson, Tiffany D., author. |
A gripping tale about a girl gone missing and a community that let it happen.
The Late Bloomers' Club : a novel
Miller, Louise (Chef), author. |
Sisters, a small town diner, a missing dog, baked goods, capable (and nice and handsome) men. :)
The library book
Orlean, Susan, author. |
If you are a fan of Orlean's "Orchid Thief" you will love this book.
Black women who dared
Moyer, Naomi M., 1977- author, illustrator. |
Comprehensive children's resource for information about Black, Indigenous and queer history. Beautiful illos!
Emergency contact
Choi, Mary H. K. |
This book captures the good kind of adolescent/young adult awkwardness you wish you could return to.
In pieces : a memoir
Field, Sally, author. |
This is not your typical celebrity memoir; it will haunt you with its authenticity and sly wit.
Halsey Street
Coster, Naima, author. |
When Penelope returns to Bed-Stuy from PA, everything is different. Except for her past...
And now we have everything : on motherhood before I was ready
O'Connell, Meaghan. |
An insightful, funny, occasionally scary account of childbirth and motherhood. Perfect for book clubs!
If Beale Street could talk : a novel
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. |
Exceptionally well-written book about black life; now a movie!
Lone pilgrim : stories
Colwin, Laurie. |
Short stories about falling in love and cooking delicious meals. Every sentence is a dream.
Jagannath : stories
Tidbeck, Karin, 1977- author, translator. |
Weird tales with a Nordic bent that will leave readers dazed, disturbed and delightfully enchanted.
You'll miss me when I'm gone
Solomon, Rachel Lynn, author. |
A beautiful novel about family, illness and Judaism.
Standard deviation
Heiny, Katherine, author. |
Hilarious, sad and weird. Read this book to meet your new favorite character.
The friend
Nunez, Sigrid. |
A book about grief that will make you laugh. It won the 2018 National Book Award!
A tyranny of petticoats : 15 stories of belles, bank robbers & other badass girls
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The title says it all.
Fight or flight
Young, Samantha, author. |
A fun twist on two tropes: enemies-to-lovers and a chance airport meeting that leads to more!
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood
Noah, Trevor, 1984- author. |
Funny, absurd stories about growing up in South Africa.
Spy of the first person
Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017, author. |
So clean and so true. No frills fiction at its stripped-down best. Sam Shepard, RIP.
Find colors
Shopsin, Tamara, author. |
Use BPL's Culture Pass and take this book to your favorite museum to find color in a new way! Brilliant!
Book
Miles, David, author. |
It's Reading Rainbow in a book. This books shows how reading is liberating and powerful!
Making friends
Gudsnuk, Kristen, author, artist. |
Middle school drama compounded by magic and shojo antics.
American sonnets for my past and future assassin
Hayes, Terrance, author. |
O to buy poetry impromptu, read it on the subway home and feel more hopeful about the last two years.
Call me by your name
Aciman, André, author. |
A sensual coming of age story about a young man who finds and loses love in the 1980s.
Bitter orange
Fuller, Claire, author. |
An abandoned (haunted?) estate, so many biscuits and bottles of wine, plus unreliability galore!
The poet X
Acevedo, Elizabeth, author. |
This incredible novel-in-verse hits you in the gut and inspires you to write your heart out too.
Brazen : rebel ladies who rocked the world
Bagieu, Pénélope. |
A beautifully illustrated, graphic novel-style anthology of badass women throughout history.
All out
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Queer love stories FOR queer teens (and some queer adults). None of the tropes, all of the nuance.
Petra
Coppo, Marianna, author, illustrator. |
A spunky, smartly illustrated shot of optimistic imagination.
One day in December : a novel
Silver, Josie, author. |
This book will make you believe in true love.
Binti : home
Okorafor, Nnedi. |
A marvelous tale quite unlike most of what's out there, told in a truly unique voice.
People who eat darkness : the true story of a young woman who vanished from the streets of Tokyo and the evil that swallowed her up
Lloyd Parry, Richard. |
Excellent longform journalism that puts our justice system into perspective.
More than true : the wisdom of fairy tales
Bly, Robert, author. |
Sleight-of-hand fairy tales that say more than you realize, symbolically, with Bly analyzing charmingly.
La belle sauvage
Pullman, Philip, 1946- author. |
The long-awaited prequel to His Dark Materials does not disappoint.
Crawl space
Jacobs, Jesse, 1981- author, illustrator. |
A stellar short graphic novel with striking psychedelic art and a melancholy, moving story.
Black bird yellow sun
Light, Steve. |
Could this be the first board book to win a Caldecott? It's gorgeous!
How long 'til black future month?
Jemisin, N. K., author. |
This short story collection takes science fiction to a whole new level.
Bedtime for Batman
Dahl, Michael, author. |
Batman! Enjoyed how a young boy's bedtime routine parallels the Dark Knight's superhero mission.
Fake blood
Gardner, Whitney, author, illustrator. |
Teens! Vampires! Love interests! Mistaken identities! Hilarity! Clever visual gags!
The prince and the dressmaker
Wang, Jen, 1984- author, artist. |
Utterly charming story of acceptance.
Hurricane child
Callender, Kheryn, author. |
Root for Caroline in this luminous tale, as she navigates adolescence on a small Caribbean isle!
The darkness
Ragnar Jónasson, 1976- author. |
Never been to Iceland but this novel's chill and deep, shadowy layers make me feel like I have.
Strange the dreamer
Taylor, Laini. |
This book starts with a magical librarian, and somehow only gets more compelling from there.
Blood water paint
McCullough, Joy, author. |
An approachable verse novel about a talented and historically important female artist.
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