Everything I Know About Love
by Dolly Alderton
★ Top 25 book of 2018 · #19 on Best Books of 2018
Journalist Dolly Alderton looks back on growing up, from romance and dating mishaps to jobs, loss and close female friendships. Her funny, sometimes moving memoir mixes stories, lists and recipes, and lands on the idea that you are enough.
Best for: Women navigating early adulthood who want a funny read about friends and love
Everything I Know About Love is #19 on BookWard's Best Books of 2018, out of 59 2018 books that cleared our data bar.
What Everything I Know About Love is about
Dolly Alderton, a journalist and former Sunday Times columnist, writes about growing up in this funny and occasionally heartbreaking memoir, her debut. She covers falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, and getting dumped, and she gives her best girlfriends the loving credit they deserve. There is also Ivan from the corner shop, who may be the only reliable man in her life.
Rather than a straight run of chapters, it mixes personal stories with satirical observations, lists, recipes, and other short pieces. It has been compared to Bridget Jones's Diary, except that all of it is true. Candid and warm, it will suit anyone who is figuring out adult life, and anyone who wants a reminder that friendship often matters as much as romance.
Everything I Know About Love on the Best Books of 2018
Everything I Know About Love came out in 2018. Of the 59 books first published in 2018 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #19 on our Best Books of 2018 list.
Why it made the list: 766 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.5 out of 5 (15 ratings); 21 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2018 list
- Front Desk Kelly Yang, #17
- The Kiss Quotient Helen Hoang, #18
- The Priory of the Orange Tree Samantha Shannon, #20
- 21 Lessons for the 21St Century Yuval Noah Harari, #21
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 724 want to read it, 21 are reading it now and 21 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.5 out of 5 from 15 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 81 | 55% |
| Reader love | 12 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 75 | 20% |
Questions about Everything I Know About Love
When was Everything I Know About Love published?
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton was first published in 2018.
Was Everything I Know About Love one of the best books of 2018?
Everything I Know About Love is #19 on BookWard's Best Books of 2018, out of 59 2018 books that cleared our data bar. 766 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.5 out of 5 (15 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
Why is Everything I Know About Love on the Best Books of 2018 list?
766 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.5 out of 5 (15 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2018
- Heartstopper, Volume 1 Alice Oseman, #1
- Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, #2
- The Laws of Human Nature Robert Greene, #3
- Atomic Habits James Clear, #4
- Five Feet Apart Rachael Lippincott, #5
- Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell, #6
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How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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