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Books Read in 2018

20. The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

19. The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley

18. Spell Sword by Marion Zimmer Bradley

17. Rediscovery by Marion Zimmer Bradley

16. Two to Conquer by Marion Zimmer Bradley

15. Darkover Landfall by Marion Zimmer Bradley

14. Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart

13. The Stormy Petrel by Mary Stewart

12. The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart

11. The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata

10. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsberg

9. Touch Not the Cat by Mary Stewart

8. The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark

7. The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney

6. This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

5. Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart

4. Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff

3. 10% Happier by Dan Harris

2. Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart

1. Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

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