We made it! Thanks for everything you've given us, 2018, but we're moving on. Before we do, though, we've compiled our own end-of-year list to share with our listeners. What were your favorite books this year?\xa0 Annie's favorite books of the year: +\xa0Hey Ladies! by Caroline Moss and Michelle Markowitz+\xa0Waiting for Eden by Elliot Ackerman + My Sister the Serial Killer\xa0by\xa0Oyinkan Braithwaite + Fire Sermon\xa0by Jamie Quatro + Educated by Tara Westover\xa0 +\xa0The Female Persuasion by Meg Woltizer +\xa0The Ensemble\xa0by Aja Gabel +\xa0Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver +\xa0There There by Tommy Orange +\xa0A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Chris's favorite books of the year: +\xa0The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce +\xa0There There by Tommy Orange +\xa0Calypso by David Sedaris +\xa0The Oracle Year by Charles Soule +\xa0The Western Wind by Samantha Harvey Chris's unofficial aggregate of the internet's favorite books: +\xa0The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai +\xa0There There by Tommy Orange +\xa0Educated by Tara Westover +\xa0Circe by Madeline Miller +\xa0The Incendiares by R. O. Kwon +\xa0A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza +\xa0That Kind of Mother by Rumaan Alam +\xa0Florida by Lauren Groff +\xa0How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee +\xa0Melmoth by Sarah Perry Thanks, as always, to Forlorn Strangers for the use of our theme music. Learn and listen more\xa0here. Listen to a full back catalogue of our show\xa0here, and, if you're interested in some exclusive content like Chris and Annie's\xa0Unpopular Opinions, consider supporting us on Patreon\xa0here.