Year-End Lists

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Girl, Woman, Other - Bernardine Evaristo

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2019

Normal People - Sally Rooney

Entertainment Weekly The 10 Best Books of 2019

Eve's Hollywood - Eve Babitz

KCRW: Michael Silverblatt Best Books of 2019

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

Vulture: Molly Young The Best Books of 2019

In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan Favorite Books of 2019

Trust Exercise - Susan Choi

Slate: Laura Miller The 10 Best Books of 2019

Fleishman Is in Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2019

Wild Game - Adrienne Brodeur

Slate: Dan Kois The 10 Best Books of 2019

American Spy - Lauren Wilkinson

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli The 10 Best Books of 2019

New Yorker: Katy Waldman The Best Books of 2019

Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Esquire The Best Books of the 2010s

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

Chicago Public Library Top Ten Books of 2019

For Reading Addicts The 20 Best Books of the Decade 2010-2019

Smithsonian Favorite Books of 2019

A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan

Entertainment Weekly Top 10 Fiction Books of the 2010s

The Topeka School - Ben Lerner

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

Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

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 Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen

Lit Hub The 20 Best Novels of the 2010s

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