TheBookchemist | Top 20 Books I Read in 2018 @TheBookchemist | Uploaded January 2019 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
My Patreon page, where you'll find books 30 to 21, and my least favorite book this year. If you enjoyed my videos in 2018, or if I helped you discover some great books, please consider supporting my channel on Patreon:
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My review of Auster's New York Trilogy, mentioned early in the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=v4IcQWfywJI&t

My review of Gravity's Rainbow [coming soon!]

Lethem's article on debut novels:
jonathanlethem.com/my-first-novels

The books in the list, in alphabetical order, together with links to my review, to buy them on The Book Depository (yep I'm an affiliate), or to buy them on IndieBound (also an affiliate):

Auster - Leviathan
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=grBcwytOpu4
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780571276561/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780140178135?aff=TheBookchemist
Auster - Man in the Dark
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=8v0ob7oewYQ&t
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780571240753/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9789573327592?aff=TheBookchemist
Bolano - The Savage Detectives
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=8J3qVNBqRHU
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780330509527/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780312427481?aff=TheBookchemist
Broder - The Pisces
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=vCfcoyODgK4
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9781408890950/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9781524761561?aff=TheBookchemist
Eco - Foucault's Pendulum
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=LhFP9_B0ptk
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780099287155/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780156032971?aff=TheBookchemist
Egan - Look at Me
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=43JmoZ0dW1I
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9781780330990/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9781780330990?aff=TheBookchemist
Ferrante - My Brilliant Friend
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=_VcyI6K82ZE
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9781609450786/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9781609450786?aff=TheBookchemist
Greer - Less
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=m9TB4Iy8XDI
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780349143590/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780316316132?aff=TheBookchemist
Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=xefQJtNPzEU
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780141029542/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780156034029?aff=TheBookchemist
Halliday - Asymmetry
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=RcmEBLbEcqA
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9781783783625/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9781501166785?aff=TheBookchemist
Heller - Catch-22
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=lk5tvFVbZ5o&t
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780099470465/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9781451626650?aff=TheBookchemist
Kiesling - The Golden State
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=5yXGfOK2koU
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780374164836/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780374164836?aff=TheBookchemist
Lethem - As She Climbed Across the Table
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=CRDvp5ghJYY
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780375700125/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780375700125?aff=TheBookchemist
Lethem - Chronic City
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=Pspw1C8bXkA
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780571235674/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780307277527?aff=TheBookchemist
Lethem - Dissident Gardens
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=tFNbTquUsBI
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780307744494/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780307744494?aff=TheBookchemist
Lethem - Gun, With Occasional Music
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=lL0XwTkW0jo
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780571225040/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780156028974?aff=TheBookchemist
Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=_cxcQX0E164
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780340822784/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780375507250?aff=TheBookchemist
Vance - The Eyes of the Overworld
My review of its prequel, The Dying Earth: youtube.com/watch?v=oLpKnU602a0
VanderMeer - Annihilation
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=X0yEBHVHoP4&t
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780008139100/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780374104092?aff=TheBookchemist
Walker - The Color Purple
RV: youtube.com/watch?v=dXeP3OEV_xI
BD: bookdepository.com/book/9780156031820/?a_aid=TheBookchemist
IB: indiebound.org/book/9780156028356?aff=TheBookchemist