Award year

2018 LibraryReads Winners

Browse the 2018 LibraryReads winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

LibraryReads Awarded by LibraryReads 4 categories shown

Hall of Fame

Winner and nominees for the 2018 LibraryReads Hall of Fame category.

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Kingdom of the Blind

Penny, Louise

Chief Inspector Gamache Series · Book 14 · Police Procedural

Dec-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Night of Miracles

Berg, Elizabeth

Mason Missouri Series · Book 2 · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Nine Perfect Strangers

Moriarty, Liane

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Past Tense

Child, Lee

Jack Reacher Series · Book 23 · Mystery

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

A Spark of Light

Picoult, Jodi

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Monthly Pick

Winner and nominees for the 2018 LibraryReads Monthly Pick category.

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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Turton, Stuart

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Adults

Hulse, Caroline

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

All the Beautiful Lies

Swanson, Peter

Standalone · Thriller

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

All We Ever Wanted

Giffin, Emily

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Alternate Side

Quindlen, Anna

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

An American Marriage

Jones, Tayari

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

An Anonymous Girl

Hendricks, Greer; Pekkanen, Sarah

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

As Bright as Heaven

Meissner, Susan

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Au Pair

Rous, Emma

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

Baby Teeth

Stage, Zoje

Standalone · Horror

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Believe Me

Delaney, J.P.

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Bellewether

Kearsley, Susanna

Standalone · Historical Romance

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Beneath the Sugar Sky

McGuire, Seanan

Wayward Children Series · Book 3 · Fantasy

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Best Bad Things

Carrasco, Katrina

Standalone · Historical Mystery

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Bring Me Back

Paris, B.A.

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Burn Bright

Briggs, Patricia

Alpha and Omega Series · Book 5 · Urban Fantasy

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Carnegie's Maid

Benedict, Marie

Standalone · Historical

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Caught in Time

McElwain, Julie

A Kendra Donovan Mystery Series · Book 3 · Historical Mystery

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Circe

Miller, Madeline

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Clock Dance

Tyler, Anne

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Clockmaker's Daughter

Morton, Kate

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Colors of All the Cattle

Smith, Alexander McCall

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series · Book 19 · Cozy Mystery

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Consumed

Ward, J.R.

Firefighters Series · Book 1 · Romantic Suspense

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Current

Johnston, Tim

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen

Bird, Sarah

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Dear Mrs. Bird

Pearce, A.J.

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

Ware, Ruth

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Dinner List

Serle, Rebecca

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Dream Daughter

Chamberlain, Diane

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Dreams of Falling

White, Karen

Standalone · Mystery

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Dreamers

Walker, Karen Thompson

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

Empire of Sand

Suri, Tasha

The Books of Ambha Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Ensemble

Gabel, Aja

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Eternal Life

Horn, Dara

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Every Note Played

Genova, Lisa

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Favorite Sister

Knoll, Jessica

Standalone · Thriller

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Female Persuasion

Wolitzer, Meg

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Fire Will Freeze

Millar, Margaret

A Rainbow Romance Series · Book 29 · Gothic

Feb-1967 2018 LibraryReads *

The Flight Attendant

Bohjalian, Chris

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Force of Nature

Harper, Jane

Aaron Falk Series · Book 2 · Police Procedural

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

Bowen, Rhys

Her Royal Spyness Series · Book 12 · Historical Mystery

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The French Girl

Elliott, Lexie

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Fruit of the Drunken Tree

Contreras, Ingrid Rojas

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Furyborn

Legrand, Claire

The Empirium Trilogy Series · Book 1 · Dark Fantasy

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Girl in the Tower

Arden, Katherine

Winternight Series · Book 2 · Fantasy

Dec-2017 2018 LibraryReads *

Girls Burn Brighter

Rao, Shobha

Standalone · Literary

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Give Me Your Hand

Abbott, Megan

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Good Luck with That

Higgins, Kristan

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Great Alone

Hannah, Kristin

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Hitting the Books

McKinlay, Jenn

A Library Lover's Mystery Series · Book 9 · Cozy Mystery

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

How Hard Can It Be?

Pearson, Allison

Kate Reddy Series · Book 2 · Women's Fiction

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories

Jemisin, N.K.

Standalone · Science Fiction / Fantasy

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

How to Be Safe

McAllister, Tom

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

How to Stop Time

Haig, Matt

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2017 2018 LibraryReads *

The Immortalists

Benjamin, Chloe

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Jar of Hearts

Hillier, Jennifer

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating

Lauren, Christina

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Kingdom of the Blind

Penny, Louise

Chief Inspector Gamache Series · Book 14 · Police Procedural

Dec-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Kinship of Secrets

Kim, Eugenia

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Kiss Quotient

Hoang, Helen

The Kiss Quotient Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

A Ladder to the Sky

Boyne, John

Standalone · Literary

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Lady in the Rain

Heaberlin, Julia

Standalone · Thriller

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Lake Success

Shteyngart, Gary

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Let Me Lie

Mackintosh, Clare

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Lies

Logan, T.M.

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Little Big Love

Regan, Katy

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Love and Ruin

McLain, Paula

Standalone · Historical

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Masterpiece

Davis, Fiona

Standalone · Historical

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Meet Me at the Museum

Youngson, Anne

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

My Favorite Half-Night Stand

Lauren, Christina

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Dec-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

My Lady's Choosing

Curran, Kitty

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Braithwaite, Oyinkan

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Newcomer

Higashino, Keigo

Kyochiro Kaga Series · Book 2 · Police Procedural

Nov-2017 2018 LibraryReads *

Night and Silence

McGuire, Seanan

October Daye Series · Book 12 · Urban Fantasy

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Night of Miracles

Berg, Elizabeth

Mason Missouri Series · Book 2 · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Nine Perfect Strangers

Moriarty, Liane

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

November Road

Berney, Lou

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Once Upon a River

Setterfield, Diane

Standalone · Literary

Dec-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

One Day in December

Silver, Josie

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Other Woman

Jones, Sandie

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Other People's Houses

Waxman, Abbi

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Other Lady Vanishes

Quick, Amanda

Burning Cove Series · Book 2 · Historical Romance

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Our House

Candlish, Louise

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Our Kind of Cruelty

Hall, Araminta

Standalone · Thriller

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Past Tense

Child, Lee

Jack Reacher Series · Book 23 · Mystery

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Perfect Mother

Molloy, Aimee

Standalone · Thriller

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Projectionist

Grove Press

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Promise Not to Tell

Krentz, Jayne Ann

Sons of Anson Salinas Series · Book 2 · Romantic Suspense

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Proposal

Guillory, Jasmine

Wedding Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Red Address Book

Lundberg, Sofia

Standalone · Historical

Jan-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

A River of Stars

Hua, Vanessa

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Romanov Empress

Gortner, C.W.

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Rust & Stardust

Greenwood, T.

Standalone · Literary

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Somebody's Daughter

Bell, David

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Someone to Trust

Balogh, Mary

Westcott Series · Book 5 · Historical Romance

Dec-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Sometimes I Lie

Feeney, Alice

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

A Spark of Light

Picoult, Jodi

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Spinning Silver

Novik, Naomi

Fairytale Retellings: Rumpelstiltskin Series · Fantasy

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Still Me

Moyes, JoJo

Me Before You Series · Book 3 · Romance

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Summer Hours at the Robbers Library

Halpern, Sue

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Sunburn

Lippman, Laura

Standalone · Thriller

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Surprise Me

Kinsella, Sophie

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Suspect

Barton, Fiona

Kate Waters Series · Book 3 · Psychological Suspense

Feb-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

Tangerine

Mangan, Christine

Standalone · Thriller

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Tarnished City

James, Vic

Dark Gifts Series · Book 2 · Action Adventure

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Then She Was Gone

Jewell, Lisa

Standalone · Thriller

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

There There

Orange, Tommy

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Tin Man

Winman, Sarah

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2017 2018 LibraryReads *

Transcription

Atkinson, Kate

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Unbury Carol

Malerman, Josh

Fairytale Retellings: Sleeping Beauty Series · General Fiction

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Unmarriageable

Kamal, Soniah

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Series · Contemporary Romance

Jan-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

Unsheltered

Kingsolver, Barbara

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Us Against You

Backman, Fredrik

Beartown Series · Book 2 · Literary

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Vox

Dalcher, Christina

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Watching You

Jewell, Lisa

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jan-2019 2018 LibraryReads *

The Wedding Date

Guillory, Jasmine

Wedding Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

When the Lights Go Out

Kubica, Mary

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Wife Between Us

Hendricks, Greer; Pekkanen, Sarah

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Witch Elm

French, Tana

Standalone · Law Enforcement

Oct-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Woman in the Window

Finn, A.J.

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Word Is Murder

Horowitz, Anthony

Detective Daniel Hawthorne Series · Book 1 · Amateur Sleuth

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories

Sittenfeld, Curtis

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Top Pick

Winner and nominees for the 2018 LibraryReads Top Pick category.

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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Turton, Stuart

Standalone · Thriller

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Bring Me Back

Paris, B.A.

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Circe

Miller, Madeline

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Furyborn

Legrand, Claire

The Empirium Trilogy Series · Book 1 · Dark Fantasy

May-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Great Alone

Hannah, Kristin

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Immortalists

Benjamin, Chloe

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Let Me Lie

Mackintosh, Clare

Standalone · Thriller

Mar-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Braithwaite, Oyinkan

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Nov-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Proposal

Guillory, Jasmine

Wedding Series · Book 2 · Contemporary Romance

Sep-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Spinning Silver

Novik, Naomi

Fairytale Retellings: Rumpelstiltskin Series · Fantasy

Jul-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Vox

Dalcher, Christina

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Aug-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Year-End Favorite

Winner and nominees for the 2018 LibraryReads Year-End Favorite category.

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An American Marriage

Jones, Tayari

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

Circe

Miller, Madeline

Standalone · Fantasy

Apr-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Death of Mrs. Westaway

Ware, Ruth

Standalone · Thriller

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Great Alone

Hannah, Kristin

Standalone · Historical

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Immortalists

Benjamin, Chloe

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Kiss Quotient

Hoang, Helen

The Kiss Quotient Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

There There

Orange, Tommy

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Wedding Date

Guillory, Jasmine

Wedding Series · Book 1 · Contemporary Romance

Feb-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

The Woman in the Window

Finn, A.J.

Standalone · Thriller

Jan-2018 2018 LibraryReads *

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