WhatKamilReads 10.6K subscribers · Dec 29, 2018

2018 The Best Novels | Top Ten Books of 2018

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DemonsFyodor Dostoevsky
Loved it

probably the most sarcastic humorous yet as always with him a dark and very political novel inspired by the political unrest of 1860 in Russia caused by students conspiracies that were fueled by political ideas of Western Europe especially the nihilism I cannot refuse his genius and his strong moral grounds

FlightsOlga Tokarczuk
Mixed

I found that flights to be quite a bit overrated that was a good book don't get me wrong but there are quite a few better books not only generally modern polish literature but also in her own portfolio

Go, Went, GoneJenny Erpenbeck
Loved it

it's human asking quite timeless questions on the boundaries of solidarity placing the whole situation in a more in wider socio-political context I really loved it

MilkmanAnna Burns
Loved it

she creates the brilliant historical novel set in the northern island during the IRA unrest narrated by a young woman a girl who is trapped by police state and a society watching her every move this is brilliant in every way

The OverstoryRichard Powers
Loved it

it's a gripping fascinating story about brilliantly developed group of people fighting for what's important to them it really reads as pleasantly as David Mitchell's full of characters novels

The only storyJulian Barnes
Loved it

binds with seductively elegant prose draws a portrait of a doomed relationship of a very young man and much older woman this relationship develops further than we would expect it to considering the time and the place that was quite unusual and I loved that he went that way it's a beautiful and a very sad story

WarlightMichael Ondaatje
Loved it

I found this book pretty brilliant and seriously I totally don't understand what people mean saying that it's hard to get myself immersed in his writing style I loved every minute

When I Hit YouMeena Kandasamy
Loved it

a beautiful poetic very personal and claustrophobic and brutal account of a woman in a violent relationship Minik and Asami Indian poet and writer base it on her short marriage but it's a monument to all women struggling to get out of those type of relationships it's fantastically written moving and smart I loved it

Wild Sheep ChaseH. Murakami
Loved it

this is a great tale of a friendship and the love of music but on the deeper level this is a discussion about are Americans and their culture and how those are still being exploited