As usual, here is the list of books I read in 2018 with my favorites in bold.

Kim Stanley Robinson was a real highlight this year. (The first two Mars books were in 2017.)

1. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
2. Tracks by Robyn Davidson
3. Boy Kings of Texas by Domingo Martinez
4. Mirrors of the Unseen by Jason Elliot
5. Alburquerque by Rudoldfo Anaya
6. Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
7. Good News by Edward Abbey
8. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
9. Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
10. Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha
11. Walking Meditation by Nguyen Anh-Huong and Thich Nhat Hanh
12. Border Walk by Mark Hainds
13. Zen Under Fire by Marianne Elliott
14. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
15. Cutting for Sign by  William Langewiesche
16. Home by Harlan Coben
17. The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantu
18. Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
19. Caught by Harlan Coben
20. Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
21. The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
22.  The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson
23. Camino Island by John Grisham
24. Pacific Edge by Kim Stanley Robinson
25. Sellers in the Kitchen by Betsy Foster Breault
26. A Land of Hard Edges by Peg Bowden
27. Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
28. Seconds Away by Harlan Coben
29. Living on Wilderness Time by Melissa Walker
30. The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
31. Love, Africa by Jeffrey Gettleman
32. Where the Past Begins by Amy Tan
33. How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen
34. Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller
35. New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
36. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
37. Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
38. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
39. Shaman by Kim Stanley Robinson
40. Dear America by Jose Antonio Vargas
41. A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
42. Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson
43. Gathering the Desert by Gary Paul Nabhan
44. Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson
45. Sixty Days and Counting by Kim Stanley Robinson
46. Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson
47. Digging to America by Anne Tyler
48. The Beginner’s Goodbye by Anne Tyler
49. Bleachers by John Grisham
50. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham

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Unrelated bonuses: a bobcat that walked by our front door last week…

and a picture from a hike in Portal last week…(there was snow at the top)