Best Books 2019

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Shafak, Elif FIC SHAFAK, E. Man Booker Shortlist
Agent Running in the Field Le CarrÃ©, John FIC LE CARRE, J. Vogue
All This Could Be Yours Attenberg, Jami FIC ATTENBERG, J. Vogue
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century Callahan, Maureen 364.152 CAL Goodreads
Ask Again, Yes: A Novel Keane, Mary Beth FIC KEANE, M. Amazon, Goodreads, Vogue
Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America Poniewozik, James 324.730973 PON PW
Axiomatic Tumarkin, Maria 304.23 TUM New Yorker
Black Leopard, Red Wolf James, Marlon FIC JAMES M. NBA Finalist, Vogue, WaPo
Black Light: Stories Parsons, Kimberly King FIC PARSONS, K. NBA Longlist
The Bride Test Hoang, Helen FIC HOANG, H. Marie Claire
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 Atkinson, Rick 973.3 ATK PW
Bunny Awad, Mona FIC AWAD, M. Vogue
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls Gray, Anissa FIC GRAY, A. Vogue
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators Farrow, Ronan 331.41330973 FAR Goodreads
City of Girls Gilbert, Elizabeth FIC GILBERT, E. Amazon, Marie Claire
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age Damrosch, Leo 941.073 DAM NYT
Daisy Jones & the Six: A Novel Reid, Taylor Jenkins FIC REID, T. Goodreads Winner, Marie Claire
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life Wong, Ali 792.7602 WON Goodreads Winner
Death Is Hard Work Khalifa, Khaled FIC KHALIFA, K. LJ, NBA Finalist
The Disappearing Earth Phillips, Julia FIC PHILLIPS, J. LJ, NBA Finalist, NYT
Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style Dreyer, Benjamin 808.02 DRE Oprah
Ducks, Newburyport Ellmann, Lucy FIC ELLMANN, L. Man Booker Shortlist, New Yorker
The Dutch House: A Novel Patchett, Ann FIC PATCHETT, A. Amazon, NPR, Oprah, Vogue
The End of Loneliness Wells, Benedict FIC WELLS, B. Vogue
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope Manson, Mark 158.1 MAN Goodreads
Exhalation Chiang, Ted FIC CHIANG, T. NYT
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? McKibben, Bill 909.83 MCK WaPo
The Farm: A Novel Ramos, Joanne FIC RAMOS, J. Marie Claire
Find Me Aciman, AndrÃ© FIC ACIMAN, A. Vogue
Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel Brodesser-Akner, Taffy FIC BRODESSER-AKNER, T. NBA Longlist, Marie Claire, Vogue
FrankisssteinWinterson, JeanetteFIC WINTERSON, J.LJ, Man Booker Longlist
GingerbreadOyeyemi, Helen FIC OYEYEMI, H. Marie Claire,Vogue
Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals Hollis, Rachel 158.1082 HOL Goodreads Winner
Girl, Woman, Other Evaristo, Bernadine FIC EVARISTO, B. Man Booker Winner, New Yorker, Vogue, WaPo
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest Willis-Abdurraqib, Hanif 782.421649092 WIL Kirkus Finalist
A Good Provider Is One who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century DeParle, Jason 305.899 DEP WaPo
Grace After Henry Shortall, Eithne FIC SHORTALL, E. Marie Claire
Grand Union: Stories Smith, Zadie FIC SMITH, Z. Oprah
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS Moaveni, Azadeh 363.325 MOA PW
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present Treuer, David 970.00497 TRE NBA Finalist
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Jones, Saeed BIO JONES, S. Kirkus Winner, New Yorker, NPR
Inland: A Novel Obreht, TÃ©a FIC OBREHT, T. LJ
The Institute King, Stephen FIC KING, S. Goodreads Winner
The Island of Sea Women: A Novel See, Lisa FIC SEE, L. Marie Claire
Know My Name: A Memoir Miller, Chanel BIO MILLER, C. WaPo
Lost and Wanted: A Novel Freudenberger, Nell FIC FREUDENBERGER, N. NPR, Vogue
Lost Children Archive Luiselli, Valeria FIC LUISELLI, V. Kirkus Finalist, Man Booker Longlist, NYT
The Lost Night: A Novel Bartz, Andrea FIC BARTZ, A. Marie Claire
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone Gottlieb, Lori 616.89 GOT Amazon, Goodreads
The Memory Police Ogawa, Yoko FIC OGAWA, Y. LJ, NBA Finalist
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster Higginbotham, Adam 363.1799 HIG NYT
The Moment of Lift Gates, Melinda 305.42 GAT Goodreads, Marie Claire
The Most Fun We Ever Had Lombardo, Claire FIC LOMBARDO, C. Goodreads
Mrs. Everything: A Novel Weiner, Jennifer FIC WEINER, J. Marie Claire
My Lovely Wife Downing, Samantha FIC DOWNING, S. Marie Claire
My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel Braithwaite, Oyinkan FIC BRAITHWAITE, O. Man Booker Longlist
The Need: A Novel Phillips, Helen FIC PHILLIPS, H. NBA Longlist, Oprah
The Nickel Boys: A Novel Whitehead, Colson FIC WHITEHEAD, C. Amazon, Kirkus Winner, LJ, NBA Longlist, NPR PW
Ninth House Bardugo, Leigh FIC BARDUGO, L. Amazon, Goodreads Winner
Normal People: A Novel Rooney, Sally FIC ROONEY, S. Oprah, Goodreads, Marie Claire, Vogue
Olive, Again Strout, Elizabeth FIC STROUT, E. Goodreads, Oprah, Vogue
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel Vuong, Ocean FIC VUONG, O. Amazon, Goodreads, Kirkus Finalist, LJ, NBA Longlist, New Yorker, NPR, WaPo
On the Come Up Thomas, Angie YA FIC THOMAS, A. Kirkus Finalist
Orange World and Other Stories Russell, Karen FIC RUSSELL, K. NPR
An Orchestra of Minorities Obioma, Chigozie FIC OBIOMA, C. Man Booker Shortlist
The Other Americans Lalami, Laila FIC LALAMI, L. Kirkus Finalist, NBA Finalist
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love Van Ness, Jonathan BIO VAN NESS, J. Goodreads Winner
Patsy: A Novel Dennis-Benn, Nicole FIC DENNIS-BENN, N. Oprah
Queenie: A Novel Carty-Williams, Candice FIC CARTY-WILLIAMS, C. Goodreads, Marie Claire
Quichotte: A Novel Rushdie, Salman FIC RUSHDIE, S. Amazon, Man Booker Shortlist
Recursion: A Novel Crouch, Blake FIC CROUCH, B. Goodreads Winner
Red at the Bone Woodson, Jacqueline FIC WOODSON, J. Amazon, LJ, Oprah
Red, White & Royal Blue McQuiston, Casey FIC MCQUISTON, C. Goodreads Winner, Vogue
Rules for Visiting: A Novel Kane, Jessica Frances FIC KANE, J. Oprah
Sabrina & Corina: Stories Fajardo-Anstine, Kali FIC FAJARDO-ANSTINE, K. NBA Finalist
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Keefe, Patrick Radden 364.1523092 KEE Kirkus Finalist, NPR, NYT, WaPo
Searching for Sylvie Lee: A Novel Kwok, Jean FIC KWOK, J. Marie Claire
The Shadow King: A Novel Mengiste, Maaza FIC MENGISTE, M. LJ
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement Kantor, Jodi 305.420973 KAN Goodreads
The Silent Patient Michaelides, Alex FIC MICHAELIDES, A. Amazon, Goodreads Winner
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement Woodfox, Albert BIO WOODFOX, A. NBA Finalist, PW
Sontag: Her Life and Work Moser, Benjamin BIO SONTAG, S. Oprah
The Starless Sea Morgenstern, Erin FIC, MORGENSTERN, E. Amazon
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-to Guide Kilgariff, Karen 155.3 KIL Goodreads, Marie Claire
Stay Up with Hugo Best Somers, Erin FIC SOMERS, E. Vogue
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Gladwell, Malcom 302 GLA Goodreads
The Testaments Atwood, Margaret FIC ATWOOD, M. Amazon Winner, Goodreads Winner, Man Booker Winner
Three Women Taddeo, Lisa 306.7082 TAD Amazon, Goodreads
The Topeka School Lerner, Ben FIC LERNER, B. NYT, Vogue, WaPo
Trust Exercise: A Novel Choi, Susan FIC CHOI, S. Marie Claire, NBA Winner, New Yorker, NPR, PW
The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You Nayeri, Dina 305.906914 NAY Kirkus Finalist
The Water Dancer Coates, Ta-Nehisi FIC COATES, T. Amazon, LJ, Oprah
When the Plums Are Ripe Nganang, Patrice FIC NGANANG, P. LJ
Where the Forest Meets the Stars Vanderah, Glendy FIC VANDERAH, G. Goodreads
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death Doughty, Caitlin 306.9 DOU Goodreads Winner
A Woman Is No Man Rum, Etaf FIC RUM, E. Goodreads
The World That We Knew Hoffman, Alice FIC, HOFFMAN, A. Amazon
The Yellow House Broom, Sarah M. BIO BROOM, S. NBA Winner, NPR, NYT, WaPo