Reading Group Choices has sorted through the numerous best book lists out there to compile our annual “best of the best” reads!
Did you read all of the books that you wanted to in 2019? If the year passed too quickly, not to worry. We searched for the fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles we recommended in 2019 that also appeared on one (or more) of the favorite lists from:
BookRiot, Indiebound, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Parnassus Books, Powell’s, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Washington Post
Check out these best of the best books below! And consider it a short guide for the overwhelmed reader…
Best of the Best… FICTION
The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay
Appears on the “best of” list from Publishers Weekly
Lanny by Max Porter
Powell’s
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Kirkus Reviews, New York Times
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Kirkus Reviews
Today We Go Home by Kelli Estes
Library Journal
Best of the Best… NONFICTION
The Yellow House by Sarah Broom
Appears on “best of” lists from Parnassus Books, Powell’s, New York Times
Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl
Parnassus Books
Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur
Library Journal
Becoming by Michelle Obama
Indiebound
The Club by Leo Damrosch
Publishers Weekly
Best of the Best… YA
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
Appears on the “best of” list from Publishers Weekly
Internment by Samira Ahmed
BookRiot
Becoming Beatriz by Tami Charles
Kirkus Reviews
The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin
Publishers Weekly
Black Enough by Ibi Zoboi
School Library Journal
Curious about the most popular books on the Reading Group Choices site in 2019? We’ve got the top two books from each month listed here!