San Diego Public Library Recommended Books2018

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25 Works 34,348 Books 1,771 Reviews 4.1
San Diego Public Library staff write short book reviews of their favorite titles for the San Diego Union Tribune, which are published every other Sunday. Here is a selection of the titles we've show more recommended. Checkout information may be found in the library catalog. show less
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All, 2023 (24), 2022 (25), 2021 (26), 2020 (26), 2019 (26), 2018 (25), 2017 (25), 2016 (26), 2015 (26)
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey
2018
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
2018
First in Line: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and the Pursuit of Power by Kate Andersen Brower
2018
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
2018
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
2018
The Bookshop on the Corner: A Novel by Jenny Colgan
2018
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro by Henry Louis Jr Gates
2018
The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon
2018
The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream by Jacob S. Hacker
2018
Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
2018
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
2018
The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness by Jennifer Latson
2018
Roughneck by Jeff Lemire
2018
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
2018
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right by Angela Nagle
2018
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
2018
The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman
2018
The Common Good by Robert B. Reich
2018
Congratulations, by the way: Some Thoughts on Kindness by George Saunders
2018
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Stelson
2018
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
2018
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
2018
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
2018
The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order by Paul Vigna
2018
Cherry by Nico Walker
2018

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