Call us a little biased, but we believe that 2018 was the year of the book.

Sure, it was agreat 12 months for television.

The music world has"thank u, next.

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“But, dare we say, we’re at Peak Book.

Cherry, by Nico WalkerThere There, by Tommy OrangeThe Incendiaries, by R.O.

YA good Enough for everyone

Young-adult fiction doesn’t always get its proper due.

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Our favorite YA titles were socially relevant and progressive.

(Read favorite YA books of the year.)

Political pages

Lastly, 2018 was a year of political memoirs.

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The Trump presidency begat all sorts of tell-alls stories we asked for and stories we definitely did not.

Read the rest if you dare; we can’t promise you’ll come out unscathed.