“The first use of good literature,” wrote G.K. Chesterton in his essay “On Reading” (found in the 1950 Sheed & Ward collection The Common Man), “is that it prevents a man from being merely modern. To be merely modern is to condemn oneself to an ultimate narrowness…”
I'm happy to say that this edition of “Best Books I Read in 2018″—the 14th such collection, dating back to this much shorter list posted on the Insight Scoop blog for books read in 2005—does not suffer from narrowness, nor does it hew to anything “merely modern.” You'll find ancient books about timeless truths and newer books about ancient truths, including (but not limited to) works of history, literature, theology, philosophy, biography, and commentary.
In a way, this online list, which has long been a reader favorite, is a bit like wandering through an eclectic bookstore filled with new and old books—preferably with many of them overflowing the shelves and stacked on the floor. (My personal belief is that you shouldn't trust a bookstore that doesn't have books on the floor.) And I'll readily confess I've already bought a few books based on reading the entries.
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