I got quite a bit behind in my reading in 2018. I only managed to finish my reading challenge by reading a lot of picture books and comics (most of which I would have read anyway, but maybe not all at once). So it's not surprising that I didn't add ten books to my all-time favorites list. It's not the first time that's happened, and I still have a pretty solid list. I don't love that this is a top 9 list instead of a top 10 list, but I guess that's just how things worked out! These nine books, though, were incredible. I am so happy that I read them all, and I think that these made it a really great reading year. It's an interesting assortment of books, and most of them are ones that I have strong feelings about that I struggle to put into words, so prepare for me to say mostly "it was GREAT PLEASE READ IT." Honorable mentions: other books that I gave 5 stars to this year (alphabetical order) Children of Blood and Bone - The Day the Cra