Happy New Year everyone.  I hope everyone had a fantastic year and I hope that 2019 is just as good if not better.  It’s that time of year again where I look at my books from last year and at the same time look forward to the books that are due out in the next few months.  By the way, I’ve already seen some lovely lists of forthcoming books.  Check out this great post from Way Too Fantasy   Last year I read 104 books – I still have to catch up with my December reviews but hopefully I’ll soon be back on track.

So, my favourite reads of 2018.  I have cheated slightly and included 12 books but what can I say, it was difficult to narrow it down any further:

1. Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
2. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
3. The Poppy War by R F Kuang
4. The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
5. Age of Assassins and Blood of Assassins by RJ Barker
6. The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams
7. The Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark
8. You Die When you Die by Angus Watson
9. Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
10. The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
11. Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer