My Year in Books: 2018

I think this yearly list of “books I read” has always been more for me than any audience, but it’s a full-blown habit now, so…

Here we go again!

(All my previous Year In Books posts, if you’re so inclined: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.)

GRAPHIC NOVELS/*Completed Miniseries

FEBRUARY

Emily and the Strangers: Road To Nowhere Tour [Dark Horse]

Astrid: Cult of the Volcanic Moon [Dark Horse]

 

APRIL

The Infinity Gauntlet [Marvel]

 

MAY

Kennel Block Blues [Boom! Studios]

Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 1 [DC Comics]

New Mutants Classic Vol. 4 [Marvel]

 

JUNE

X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Prelude [Marvel]

New Mutants Vol. 1: Return of Legion [Marvel]

Manifest Destiny Vol. 1: Flora & Fauna [Image/Skybound]

 

JULY

The Filth [DC/Vertigo]

 

OCTOBER

Superman for All Seasons [DC Comics]

Crisis on Infinite Earths [DC Comics]

Infinite Crisis [DC Comics]

Aquaman Vol. 1: The Trench [DC Comics]

Aquaman Vol. 2: The Others [DC Comics]

Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis [DC Comics]

Aquaman Vol. 4: Death of a King [DC Comics]

 

NOVEMBER

Identity Crisis [DC Comics]

Batman: Arkham Asylum — A Serious House on Serious Earth [DC Comics]

Herc: The Complete Series [Marvel]

 

DECEMBER

Death of Wolverine [Marvel]

Iron Fist Vol. 1: The Trial of the Seven Masters [Marvel]

Fame and Misfortune [Self-Published]

The Better to Find You With [Self-Published]

Elements: Fire [Beyond Press]

 

NOVELS/PROSE

JANUARY

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry [Washington Square Press]

It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences: A Writer’s Guide to Crafting Killer Sentences [Ten Speed Press]

A Sense of Where You Are: Bill Bradley at Princeton [Farrar, Straus and Giroux]

 

FEBRUARY

The Golden Compass [Laurelleaf Books]

Instant Happy: 10-Second Attitude Makeovers [Ten Speed Press]

The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes: Because Your Dad Thinks He’s Hilarious [Portico]

The Subtle Knife [Laurelleaf Books]

 

MARCH

A Technique for Producing Ideas [McGraw-Hill Education]

 

APRIL

The Amber Spyglass [Laurelleaf Books]

 

MAY

La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Part 1 [Alfred A. Knopf]

 

JUNE

Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year [Anchor]

 

JULY

The King in Yellow [Public Domain]

Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World [Ten Speed Press]

No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind [Bantam]*

 

AUGUST

Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen [HarperCollins]*

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life [Harper]*

 

OCTOBER

The Death and Life of the Great Lakes [W.W. Norton]*

 

NOVEMBER

The Haunting of Hill House [Blackstone Media]*

The Dharma Bums [Penguin Classics]

 

DECEMBER

The Lathe of Heaven [Scribner]

Nighty-Nightmare [Avon Camelot]

Tribes [Portfolio]

The Christmas Hirelings [Audible]*

Grendel [Vintage/Random House]

Bunnicula [Aladdin Paperbacks]

*Audiobook

christmas books from out of print
Book-related 2018 Christmas haul.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

JANUARY

Mr. Bump [Price Stern Sloan]

If I Were A Kitty [Jellycat]

Kitty Tails [Jellycat]

Duck & Goose: It’s Time for Christmas [Schwartz & Wade]

Everywhere Babies [HMH]

Where is Baby’s Belly Button? [Little Simon]

Where is Maisy’s Panda? [Candlewick Press]

Where is Maisy? [Candlewick Press]

Hair [Candlewick]

XO, OX: A Love Story [Roaring Brook Press]

Rocket Science for Babies [Sourcebooks Jabberwocky]

Beach Baby [Orca Book Publishers]

Rory the Dinosaur Wants a Pet [Little, Brown Young Readers]

Cleo on the Move [Barefoot Books]

Everyone Poops [Kane/Miller Book Publishers]

Witzy’s Halloween Ghost [Dalmatian Press]

Baby: Woof Woof! [DK Publishing]

Mille Moo [Priddy Books]

Yummy Yucky [Candlewick]

Fox in Socks [Harper Collins]

 

FEBRUARY

My “b” Book [The Child’s World]

Baby’s Shapes [Little Simon]

Mary Had a Little Lamb [Andersen]

Big Red Barn [Balzer + Bray]

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse; The Fox and the Crow; The Dog and His Bone [Little Golden Book/Western Publishing]

Weigh It! Fun with Weight [SandCastle]

Measure It! Fun with Length & Distance [SandCastle]

Bright Baby: Happy Thanksgiving [Priddy Books]

Madeline [Puffin Books]

Potty [Candlewick]

 

MARCH

The Best Nest [Random House]

Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! [Random House]

A Fly Went By [Random House]

A Fish Out of Water [Random House]

Are You My Mother? [Random House]

Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet! [Random House]

The King, the Mice, and the Cheese [Harper Collins]

The Feelings Book [LB Kids]

The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone [Random House]

The Birthday Box [Candlewick]

The Crayons’ Book of Numbers [Grosset & Dunlap]

Tough Guys Have Feelings Too [Flying Eye Books]

Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself [Golden Books]

 

MAY

Hello, World! Weather [Doubleday]

Harold’s Fairy Tale [HarperCollins]

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs [HarperFestival]

 

JUNE

Llama Llama Trick or Treat [Viking]

The Sasquatch and the Lumberjack [Little Bigfoot]

dad skills use duct tape to repair board books
Dad skill: Use duct tape to repair much-loved books!

JULY

Animals in Underwear ABC [LB Kids]

Maisy Goes to a Wedding [Candlewick]

One Day on Our Blue Planet… in the Rainforest [Flying Eye Books]

Maisy Goes to the Movies [Candlewick]

The Runaway Bunny [HarperCollins]

Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? [HarperCollins]

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb [Random House Books for Young Readers]

Barnyard Dance [Workman Publishing]

Pajama Time! [Workman Publishing]

The Foot Book: Dr. Seuss’s Wacky Book of Opposites [Random House Books for Young Readers]

Little Blue Truck Leads the Way [HMH Books for Young Readers]

Good Night Oregon [Good Night Books]

The Lady with the Alligator Purse [LB Kids]

The Body in Art: Feet [Sourcebooks]

Maisy’s Bedtime [Candlewick]

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? [Henry Holt and Co.]

Policeman Small [Random House Books for Young Readers]

Peanuts: A Scanimation Book [Workman Publishing]

I Love Hugs [Little Hippo]

Green Eggs and Ham [Random House Books for Young Readers]

Three Little Pigs (Night, Night, Sleep Tight!) [Make Believe Ideas]

 

AUGUST

A Trip to Busy Town [Top That]

Do Princesses Wear Hiking Boots? [Cooper Square]

Bunny’s Noisy Book [Disney-Hyperion]

Curious George Goes Fishing [HMH Books for Young Readers]

Olivia [Atheneum Books for Young Readers]

A Potty for Me! [Little Simon]

Gossie [HMH Books for Young Readers]

Nothing-to-Do Puppy [Sterling]

Cozy Classics: Moby Dick [Simply Read Books]

Cozy Classics: War and Peace [Simply Read Books]

Cozy Classics: Tom Sawyer [Simply Read Books]

Cozy Classics: Oliver Twist [Simply Read Books]

 

OCTOBER

If the Dinosaurs Came Back [HMH Books for Young Readers]

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site [Chronicle Books]

Little Bear’s Little Boat [Clarion Books]

Like Likes Like [DK Publishing]

Black Dog Red House [Little Brown]

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel [HMH Books for Young Readers]

Mouse Mess [Blue Sky Press]

The Monster at the End of the Book [Golden Books]

Another Monster at the End of the Book [Golden Books]

 

NOVEMBER

Oh Say Can You Say Di-No-Saur? [Random House Books for Young Readers]

The Princess Who Saved Herself [Self-Published]

Who Are You? [Barefoot Books]

Where the Wild Things Are [Harper Collins]

Hush, Little Baby [Tiger Tales]

I Love You Through and Through [Cartwheel]

A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo [Chronicle Books]

Merry Christmas, Santa Claus! [Grosset & Dunlap]

 

DECEMBER

Olive, the Other Reindeer [Chronicle Books]

Elmo’s Countdown to Christmas [Random House Books for Young Readers]

The Night Before Christmas: A Bedtime Shadow Book [Peter Pauper Press]

Black Bird Yellow Sun [Candlewick Press]

Madeline’s Christmas [Viking Press]

Cookiesaurus Rex [Disney-Hyperion]

Goodnight Krampus [Hazy Dell Press]

Lift-the-Flap Tab: Santa’s Workshop [Priddy Books]

 

Shout out to all the folks who gave us children’s book for reading with my son! He loved them and I loved getting to read some new stuff—as almost every one of these books gets read aloud at least 20+ times. Variety is nice. (Also, I’m destroying my GoodReads yearly reading challenges thanks to logging all these children’s books. So, that’s an added bonus!)

 

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