The Best Books of 2019

2019: the year of big things. The year of quitting our jobs, spending the summer in Europe, and sailing our boat to Mexico. The year that I read forty books.

It’s been a treat, having so much time to read. I set out with the goal of reading twenty-four books in 2019, and with the completion of The Wicked Redhead (fitting title to end my year, eh?) by Beatriz Williams, am glad to have surpassed my goal by sixteen!

Below is the list of books that I read this year in order of favorite to least favorite, with links to my reviews, and links to buy. Happy Holidays, and happy reading! May your 2020 be filled with good books.

1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (review | purchase)

2. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes (review | purchase)

3. The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman (review | purchase)

4. The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary (review | purchase)

5. Normal People by Sally Rooney (review | purchase)

6. Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (review | purchase)

7. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reed (review | purchase)

8. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (review | purchase)

9. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal (review | purchase)

10. Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney (review | purchase)

11. One Day in December by Josie Silver (review | purchase)

12. You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane (purchase)

13. The Wicked Redhead by Beatriz Williams (purchase)

14. Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman (review | purchase)

15. Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand (review | purchase)

16. Nomad: Designing a Home for Escape and Adventure by Emma Reddington (review | purchase)

17. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (purchase)

18. Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (purchase)

19. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (review | purchase)

20. The Bellwether by Susanna Kearsley (purchase)

21. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han (review | purchase)

22. P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han (review | purchase)

23. Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han (review | purchase)

24. What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon (review | purchase)

25. Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane (review | purchase)

26. The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley (review | purchase)

27. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda (review | purchase)

28. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (review | purchase)

29. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton (review | purchase)

30. The Kennedy Debutante by Kerri Maher (review | purchase)

31. The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams (review | purchase)

32. Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman (review | purchase)

33. Someone We Know by Shari Lapena (review | purchase)

34. Nine Perfect Strangers by Lianne Moriarty (purchase)

35. Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness (review | purchase)

36. The Gown by Jennifer Robson (review | purchase)

37. Carnegie’s Maid by Marie Benedict (review | purchase)

38. Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes (review | purchase)

39. The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck (purchase)

40. The Night Circus by Erin Morgensten (review | purchase)

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