I read a lot of books in 2018. Most of them were pretty good, some were great, and a few were amazing (there were a couple of stinkers, too, but I’m not here for that).
Books are made to be read and then shared—who am I to hoard so many great books? Let’s spread the wealth! In no particular order, I present to you the seven best books I read last year.
Take a look at the other books I read this year, and see if you find something you like. Happy trails, my fellow readers!
- The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War—H. W. Brands
- The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World—ed. Peter Clayton and Martin Price
- The Life & Times of the Thunderbolt Kid—Bill Bryson
- The First Man in Rome—Colleen McCullough
- Leviathan Wakes—James S. A. Corey
- American Dreams—John Jakes
- Norse Mythology—Neil Gaiman
- The Roosevelts: An American Saga—Peter Collier and David Horowitz
- The Age of Zeus—James Lovegrove
- The Last Wish—Andrzej Sapkowski
- Avengers vs. the X-Men: VS—Kathryn Immonen, Mark Waid, and Jason Aaron (authors), Stuart Immonen and Laura Martin (illustrators)
- Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 2: Side Pieces—Scott Aukerman, Gerry Duggan, Penn Jillette, Paul Scheer, Nick Giovannetti, and Joshua Corin (authors), Reilly Brown, Scott Koblish, Todd Nauck, Tigh Walker, and Mike Del Mundo (illustrators)
- Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith (Vol. 2: Legacy’s End)—Charles Soule (author), Giuseppe Camuncoli (illustrator)
- World War Hulk: X-Men (Vol. 1)—Christos Gage, Robert Kirkman, Dan Slott, and Daniel Way (authors), Stefano Caselli, Butch Guice, Javier Saltares, Andrea Di Vito, and Ed McGuinness (illustrators)
- Final Crisis—Grant Morrison (author), Doug Mahnke and J. G. Jones (illustrators)
- Dictator—Robert Harris
- The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet—Becky Chambers
- Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West—Christopher Knowlton
- John Quincy Adams—Robert V. Remini
- Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome—Anthony Everitt
- Old Man’s War—John Scalzi
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker & the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History—S. C. Gwynne
- America Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America to Victory in World War II—Jonathan W. Jordan