Brain Pickings Best of 2018:
- Bear and Wolf by Daniel Salmieri
- Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto, illustrated by Olivier Tallec
- A Velocity of Being, edited by Maria Popova and Claudia Bedrick
- The Forest by Riccardo Bozzi, illustrated by Violeta Lopiz and Valerio Vidali
- Be Still, Life by Ohara Hale
- So Far So Good by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Call Them By Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit
The Advocate Best “Books We Read in 2018”:
- The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
- Little Fish by Casey Plett
Boston Globe Best of 2018:
- We All Loved Cowboys by Carol Bensimon, translated by Beth Fowler
- One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver
- We Matter: Athletes and Activism by Etan Thomas
Huffington Post Best Fiction of 2018:
- Comemadre by Roque Larraquy, translated by Heather Cleary
Publishers Weekly Graphic Novels Critics Poll:
- Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts
The Comics Beat Best of 2018:
- Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts
- One Dirty Tree by Noah Van Sciver
Hyperallergic Best Graphic Novels of 2018:
- Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts
World Literature Today 75 Notable Translations of 2018:
- Poso Wells by Gabriela Alemán, translated by Dick Cluster
- The Joyous Science: Selected Poems of Maxim Amelin by Maxim Amelin, translated by Derek Mong & Anne O. Fisher
- Empty Set by Verónica Gerber Bicecci, translated by Christina MacSweeney
- The Bottom of the Sky by Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden
- Bride and Groom by Alisa Ganieva, translated by Carol Apollonio
- We, Day by Day by Jin Eun-young, translated by Daniel Parker & YoungShil Ji
- River by Esther Kinsky, translated by Iain Galbraith
- Comemadre by Roque Larraquy, translated by Heather Cleary
- Revenge of the Translator by Brice Matthieussent, translated by Emma Ramadan
- La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, translated by Lawrence Schimel
- Transparent City by Ondjaki, translated by Stephen Henighan
- Malva by Hagar Peeters, translated by Vivien Glass
- Mephisto’s Waltz by Sergio Pitol, translated by George Henson
- Öræfi: The Wasteland by Ófeigur Sigurðsson, translated by Lytton Smith
- What’s Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos, translated by Karen Emmerich
- My Little Small by Ulf Stark, illustrated by Linda Bondestam, translated by Annie Prime
- The Invisible Valley by Su Wei, translated by Austin Woerner
- Fox by Dubravka Ugresic, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac and David Williams
A.V. Club 10 Favorite Books of 2018:
- Comemadre by Roque Larraquy, translated by Heather Cleary
Library Journal Best Books 2018:
- Death of a Rainmaker by Laurie Loewenstein
- Zolitude by Paige Cooper
- The Dream of Reason by Jenny George
- Post Traumatic Hood Disorder by David Tomas Martinez
- Indecency by Justin Phillip Reed
- Alpha: Abidjan to Paris by Bessora and Barroux
School Library Journal Best Books 2018:
- They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems by David Bowles
- Not My Idea by Anastasia Higginbotham
- Snails Are Just My Speed! by Kevin McCloskey
- We Matter: Athletes and Activism by Etan Thomas
- Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
- Alpha: Abidjan to Paris by Bessora and Barroux
Entropy Best of 2018:
- Betwixt-and-Between: Essays on the Writing Life by Jenny Boully
- Raymond Carver’s What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Brian Evenson
- Beyond Measure by Rachel Z. Arndt
- Idiophone by Amy Fusselman
- To Float in the Space Between by Terrance Hayes
- Not Here by Hieu Minh Nguyen
- Cruel Futures by Carmen Giménez Smith
- Cruel Fiction by Wendy Trevino
- Holy Moly Carry Me by Erika Meitner
- Isako Isako by Mia Ayumi Malhotra
- Terrible Blooms by Marissa Stein
LitHub Best Books of 2018:
- The Naked Woman by Armonía Somers, translated by Kit Maude
- Restless Souls by Dan Sheehan
- This Little Art by Kate Briggs
- Transparent City by Ondjaki, translated by Stephen Henighan
Autostraddle Best LGBT Books of 2018:
- Little Fish by Casey Plett
- Paper is White by Hilary Zaid
- Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn
- The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2018:
- The Right Intention by Andrés Barba, translated by Lisa Dillman
- Mourning by Eduardo Halfon, translated by Lisa Dillman and Daniel Hahn
- Fox by Dubravka Ugresic, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac and David Williams
- The Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown
- The Truly Brave Princesses by Dolores Brown, illustrated by Sonja Wimmer
- Koko & Bo by Lisen Adbåge, translated by Annie Prime
- 3×4 by Ivan Brunetti
- Jerome by Heart by Thomas Scotto, illustrated by Olivier Tallec
- The Dragon Slayer: Tales from Latin America by Jaime Hernandez
- Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky by David Bowles
- Iron River by Daniel Acosta
- Call Them By Their True Names by Rebecca Solnit
- A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice by William E. Glassley
Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2018:
- Comemadre by Roque Larraquy, translated by Heather Cleary
- Fox by Dubravka Ugresic, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac and David Williams
- A Song for the River by Philip Connors
- Chlorine Gardens by Keiler Roberts
- The Elephant by Jenni Desmond
Washington Post Best Books of 2018:
- So Far So Good by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Alien Virus Love Disaster: Stories by Abbey Mei Otis
- Still Life with Monkey by Katharine Weber
NPR’s Book Concierge: Best Books of 2018:
- Cenzontle by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
- Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman
- Half-Witch by John Schoffstall
- Not My Idea by Anastasia Higginbotham
- Sketchtasy by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
- The Dragon Slayer: Tales from Latin America by Jaime Hernandez
- Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
- Death of a Rainmaker by Laurie Loewenstein
A.V. Club Best Comics of 2018:
VICE/Broadly 10 Best Books We Read in 2018:
- Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- All We Know of Pleasure: Poetic Erotica by Women edited by Enid Shomer
Shelf Awareness 2018 Best Children’s and Teen Books of the Year:
- They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems by David Bowles
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2018:
- The Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown
- 3×4 by Ivan Brunetti