Tune in to our Bests & Worsts of 2018 episodes to hear us discuss these titles and read excerpts from our favorites! Please note:
- We counted things that we read in 2018, regardless of publication year.
- We didn’t count anything that we read specifically for this podcast, so our worst books are aside from those.
- For that reason, we picked top 5 favorites and only 1 least favorite–we have this whole podcast to talk about bad books, so for these episodes we’re choosing to focus on the positive!
- Some of our “worsts” are really just “least best.” Listen to the podcast to hear more detail!
Children’s/Middle Grade
Kait’s Top 5 Best
5.) Thornhill, written and illustrated by Pam Smy (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
4.) The Aviary by Kathleen O’Dell (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
3.) City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
2.) Hello Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
1.) Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
Kait’s Worst
A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
Renata’s Top 5 Best
5.) The Backstagers and the Ghost Light written by Andy Mientus, illustrated by Rian Singh (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
4.) Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
3.) Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
2.) Front Desk by Kelly Yang (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
1.) Assassination of Brangwain Spurge written by M. T. Anderson, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
Renata’s Worst
Black Panther: The Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
Young Adult
Kait’s Top 5 Best
5.) The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
4.) All Out, edited by Saundra Mitchell (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
3.) Here to Stay by Sara Farizan (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
2.) Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
1.) Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
Kait’s Worst
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
Renata’s Top 5 Best
5.) Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
4.) The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
3.) The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
2.) Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
1.) Sadie by Courtney Summers (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
Renata’s Worst
Runaways by Christopher Golden (Amazon | Trident Booksellers)
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