My favorite books for 2018

This is my current stack of books that I want to read. This stack prompted me to want to post about by favorite books from 2018.

For 2018 I set myself a reading challenge through goodreads to read 50 books, and I ended up reading 57. I finally gave in to listening to audiobooks and this really helped me enjoy more books on my to read list than any other recent years. I also finally gave myself permission to not finish a book if I really wasn't in to it. I used to think I should always finish a book, but this year decided that was silly. I have over 200 books on my want to read list and am always adding to it, so what is the point of taking up my valuable reading time with books I don't like.

Another thing I really made an effort to do this year was too diversify my reading list. How often do you look at a book list and it's mostly if not all white writers and mostly male? I really noticed this when one of my friends asked people to list their favorite books. So this year I read a lot more books written by people other than white men, and because of this I discovered some great writers.

If you want to keep your book budget under control I definitely recommend using thriftbooks.com and the libby app.

Today I'm sharing my top 10 books for 2018.

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Inward by Yung Pueblo

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

The Art of Communicating by Thich Nhat Hanh