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hermetic

(8,727 posts) Wed Jan 2, 2019, 02:18 PM Jan 2019

What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2019? [View all]

This is a traditional thread for you to use to list the most outstanding books you read during the year of 2019. They don't have to be books that were published in 2019, just whatever books you've read in 2019 that strike you as particularly noteworthy - the kind of book that will stick in your mind for a long time to come.

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What are the BEST BOOKS you've read in 2019? [View all] hermetic Jan 2019 OP

Last night the whole family read "Goodnight Trump" after dinner. woodsprite Jan 2019 #1

I really liked "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" but that was last year! japple Jan 2019 #3

My favorites were Ohiogal Jan 2019 #2

OMG, Watership Down is a favorite of my from eons ago... japple Jan 2019 #4

All The Light We Cannot See pscot Jan 2019 #5

An American Marriage mainstreetonce Jan 2019 #6

I think it's one of our book club selections... Phentex Jun 2019 #13

So far.. Ohiya Jan 2019 #7

A Man Called Ove--absolutely delightful. It's a library book, but it's going on my hostalover Feb 2019 #8

Absolutely hermetic Feb 2019 #9

The movie was also good. Ohiya Apr 2019 #10

Over the Plain Houses by Julia Franks japple Apr 2019 #11

I really liked The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle More_Cowbell May 2019 #12

Zadie Smith and Gregory Mankiw lounge_jam Aug 2019 #14

Colson Whitehead's book, The Nickel Boys japple Aug 2019 #15

I define best as books which stay with me for a while yellowdogintexas Dec 2019 #16

I really enjoyed The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See. I couldn't put it down! sueh Jan 2020 #17

The Overstory by Richard Powers was one of the best books I've ever read. japple Jan 2020 #18