Year-End Lists

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2019
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Wild Game - Adrienne Brodeur

Slate: Dan Kois The 10 Best Books of 2019

Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli The 10 Best Books of 2019

New Yorker: Katy Waldman The Best Books of 2019

The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broom

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2019

Smithsonian Favorite Books of 2019

American Spy - Lauren Wilkinson

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019

Say Nothing - Patrick Radden Keefe

Time The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

New York Times The 10 Best Books of 2019

Washington Post Best Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

National Book Award Fiction 2019

The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broom

National Book Award Nonfiction 2019

The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Library Journal Best Literary Fiction of 2019

Vogue The Best Novels of 2019

Ducks, Newburyport - Lucy Ellmann

Goldsmiths Prize Best Fiction of 2019

The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates

O Magazine The Best Books of 2019

The Most Fun We Ever Had - Claire Lombardo

She Reads The Best Books of 2019

How We Fight for Our Lives - Saeed Jones

Kirkus Prize Nonfiction 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Kirkus Prize Fiction 2019

Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo

The Booker Prize 2019 Award

No Visible Bruises - Rachel Louise Snyder

Esquire The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Women's Prize Fiction 2019

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