They're always a big part of the holidays in my home, as gifts, or enjoyed by a roaring fire, with friends and family close at hand. As always, BookLoons has recommendations for you, based on the best of our 2018 reading. These are mainly hardcovers - find rave reads most likely published in paperback in 2018 in our Recommended Reads 2017.

Contemporary	Fantasy	Historical
Edgar & Lucy Rush The Washington Decree	A Brightness Long Ago Good Guys The Queens of Innis Lear	City of Ink This Scorched Earth War of the Wolf
Mystery	Mystery-Cozy	Mystery-Historical
Alter Ego Dark Sacred Night The Day of the Dead	Deck the Hounds The Pope of Palm Beach Wild Fire	The Lost Order Saboteur The Shadow Killer
Mystery-International	Mystery-Thriller	Romance
A Dangerous Crossing Eighteen Below Strangers	Hellbent Into the Black Nowhere This Fallen Prey	Solace Island Too Far Gone
SF	Non-Fiction
Head On The Moons of Barsk Restless Lightning	Kings of the Yukon Shelved You Can Stop Humming Now
YA Fiction	YA Fantasy/SF
Aftermath Stars at Oktober Bend That Night	Fourth Dimension Sweep The Wolves of Winter
Chapter Books	Picture Books
Not-So-Lucky Lefty Start Now! Games on the Go!	Dreamers Kate, Who Tamed the Wind Llama Llama Loves to Read
Find more book gift suggestions in our many previous Holiday Columns.
All of us at BookLoons wish you and yours the best of times, the kindest of holidays, and a joyous, healthy, prosperous and (especially) peaceful 2019!!