Favorites from 2019…

Books, books, books: Merry, Happy Everything! Below are a few of my favorites books of the year (some were published before 2019- it just took me until now to read them). They are in no particular order.

Young Adult

–Shout: Laurie Halse Anderson

–Poet X: Elizabeth Acevedo

Middle Grade

     -The War That Saved My Life: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

     -To Night Owl From Dogfish: Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer

     -Eventown: Corey Ann Haydu

     -Benefits of Being and Octopus: Ann Braden

Adult Fiction

     -The Water Dancer: Ta-Nehisi Coates

     -Circe: Madeline Miller

     -The Great Alone: Kristin Hannah

     -The Friend: Sigrid Nunez

     -The Nickel Boys: Colson Whitehead

     -A Gentleman in Moscow: Amor Towles

Non-fiction and Memoir

     -The Honey Bus: Meredith May

     -The Distance Between Us: A Memoir: Reyna Grande

     -The New Jim Crow: Michelle Alexander

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