As always, I wait until after the new year to create this list so that I can include every single book I’ve read through the 31st. Some years I choose the list by genre, while other years I pay no heed to genre; I just select titles that have immensely entertained, moved or blown me away with their orginality and/or writing. This year I chose the latter.

Overall, 2019 was a fabulous year in books. Many debut authors made their mark and I discovered several veteran authors that were new to me. Again, there were a plethora of  domestic, phsychological, crime and mystery thrillers, as well as a continued increase of both WWI and WWII historical fiction to hit the shelves. I’ve also noticed that rom-coms and spectrum fiction are gaining in popularity.

I rounded out the year with 129 books read. Honestly, I was shocked at that number; I felt as if I had very little time to read this year. Perhaps it was the audio books that tipped the scale for me. For the record, I do not make reading goals or resolutions. (I always get asked that question.)

The new year is filled with even more literary promise. Of the ten 2020 releases I’ve read so far, I think it’s going to be a great year; I was quite impressed by the fresh voices, compelling storylines and excellent writing. 

My Best of 2019

A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane 

Beartown by Fredrik Backman 

Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain 2020 

Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera 

Chariot on the Mountain by Jack Ford

Circe by Madeline MillerAUDIO

Feast Your Eyes by Myla Goldberg

Finding Dorothy by Eliazabeth Letts

Gateway to the Moon by Mary Morris

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

Haunting Paris by Mamta Chaudhry

If You Want to Make God Laugh by Bianca Marais

In Another Time by Jillian Cantor

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Williams

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare 2020

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See

The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo

The Nine by Jeanne Blasberg

The Secret of Clouds by Alyson Richman

The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke

The Unbreakables by Lisa Barr

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

The Wide Circumference of Love by Marita Golden

The Wildlands by Abby Geni

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

This is Not How it Ends by Rochelle Weinstein 2020

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley 2020

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