2018 Top Titles
See what your fellow Belmont patrons were reading in 2018!
1. Little fires everywhere by Celeste Ng 2. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley-Thank you to everyone who participated in One Book One Belmont 2018! 3. The woman in the window by A. J. Finn 4. The great alone by Kristin Hannah 5. A gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 6. Educated: a memoir by Tara Westover 7. The rooster bar by John Grisham 8. Sing, unburied, sing: a novel by Jesmyn Ward 9. Manhattan Beach: a novel by Jennifer Egan 10. An American marriage: a novel by Tayari Jones 11. The president is missing: a novel by Bill Clinton and James Patterson 12. The fallen by David Baldacci 13. Fire and fury: inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff 14. Clock dance by Anne Tyler 15. Origin: a novel by Dan Brown 16. The perfect couple: a novel by Elin Hilderbrand 17. Two kinds of truth by Michael Connelly 18. A higher loyalty: truth lies, and leadership by James Comey 19. Still me by Jojo Moyes 20. Mrs. Fletcher: a novel by Tom Perrotta 21. The midnight line: a Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child 22. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson 23. The power: a novel by Naomi Alderman 24. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 25. Before we were yours: a novel by Lisa Wingate 26. Alternate side: a novel by Anna Quindlen 27. Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward 28. The burning girl: a novel by Claire Messud 29. All we ever wanted: a novel by Emily Giffin 30. Crazy rich Asians by Kevin Kwan-While you’re waiting for the DVD check out the book that inspired the movie about a Chinese American woman meeting her fiancé’s wealthy disapproving Chinese family. 31. The punishment she deserves: a Lynley novel by Elizabeth George 32. The wife between us by Greer Hendricks 33. The perfect nanny: a novel by Leila Slimani 34. Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman 35. Camino Island by John Grisham 36. The ninth hour by Alice McDermott 37. Glass houses: a novel by Louise Penny 38. Anything is possible by Elizabeth Strout 39. The identicals: a novel by Elin Hilderbrand 40. The immortalists by Chloe Benjamin 41. After Anna by Lisa Scottoline 42. The temptation of forgiveness by Donna Leon 43. The death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware 44. End game by David Baldacci 45. Lethal white by Robert Galbraith 46. The Alice network by Kate Quinn 47. Surprise me: a novel by Sophie Kinsella-After a couple is told by their doctor they should expect to live another 68 years together they start Project Surprise Me in attempt to keep their relationship fresh for their predicted seven decades together. 48. The flight attendant: a novel by Chris Bohjalian 49. Enlightenment now by Steven Pinker 50. Don’t let go by Harlan Coben
51. Smitten kitchen every day: triumphant and unfussy new favorites by Deb Perelman 52. Why we sleep: unlocking the power of sleep and dreams by Matthew Walker-The neuroscientist explains the science of sleep and why it’s so essential to our mental and physical well-being. 53. Into the water by Paula Hawkins 54. A legacy of spies by John Le Carré 55. Night moves by Jonathan Kellerman 56. The wanted by Robert Crais 57. A house among the trees by Julia Glass 58. The female persuasion by Meg Wolitzer 59. Circe by Madeline Miller 60. A column of fire by Ken Follett 61. The people vs. Alex Cross by James Patterson 62. Red alert by James Patterson 63. The 17th suspect by James Patterson 64. Robert B. Parker’s old black magic by Ace Atkins 65. Calypso by David Sedaris 66. In the midst of winter: a novel by Isabel Allende 67. The house of unexpected sisters by Alexander McCall Smith 68. White houses: a novel by Amy Bloom 69. To die but once Jacqueline Winspear 70. The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner 71. Rick Steves’ Spain by Rick Steves 72. Since we fell by Dennis Lehane 73. The stars are fire: a novel by Anita Shreve-In Shreve’s last novel published before her March 2018 death a pregnant woman is left to protect her two toddlers after her husband signs up for the volunteer firefighters during the 1947 fire that ravaged the Maine coast. 74. Crime scene: a novel by Jonathan Kellerman 75. Y is for yesterday by Sue Grafton
76. Every breath you take by Mary Higgins Clark 77. Fifty fifty by James Patterson 78. Tangerine by Christine Mangan 79. Accidental heroes: a novel by Danielle Steel 80. Lilac girls: a novel by Martha Hall Kelly 81. Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of family and culture in crisis by J. D. Vance 82. The girl at the baggage claim: explaining the East-West culture gap by Gish Jen 83. The ministry of utmost happiness Arundhati Roy 84. The late show by Michael Connelly 85. The cutting edge: a Lincoln Rhyme novel by Jeffrey Deaver 86. The disappeared: a Joe Pickett novel by C. J. Box 87. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 88. When life gives you lululemons: a novel by Lauren Wesberger 89. The other woman by Daniel Silva 90. Bad blood: secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup by John Carreyrou 91. Less: a novel by Andrew Sean Greer 92. The rules of magic by Alice Hoffman 93. Deep freeze by John Sandford 94. Macbeth by Jo Nesbø 95. Small great things: a novel by Jodi Picoult 96. The women in the castle by Jessica Shattuck 97. The story of Arthur Truluv: a novel by Elizabeth Berg 98. Uncommon type: some stories by Tom Hanks-A collection of short stories that all involve a typewriter from the Oscar winner and typewriter collector.
99. Meditation for fidgety skeptics: a 10% happier how-to book by Dan Harris 100. The underground railroad: a novel by Colson Whitehead
Keep an eye out for our March Bracket of Books that will pit the top 16 books on this list in a month long tournament where votes from Belmont patrons will determine our champion.