What a year for reading!
I read a lot of great titles this year. It was so hard narrowing it down to just one winner for each category that I had to include a runner-up, as well.
Below are my favorites for the year. (Fun fact: My least favorite book I read this year was The River by Peter Heller, yet I chose Celine, also by Peter Heller, as the runner-up to my favorite backlist title read. It just proves that if you don’t like a particular work by an author doesn’t mean you’ll dislike them all!)
Favorite Book of the Year
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Runner-up: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Favorite Contemporary or Literary Fiction
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Runner-up: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Favorite Thriller
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth
Runner-up: Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Favorite Nonfiction Memoir
Inheritance by Dani Shapiro
Runner-up: Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur
Favorite Nonfiction
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Runner-up: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Favorite Historical Fiction
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Runner-up: The Gown by Jennifer Robson
Favorite Romance
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Runner-up: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Favorite Backlist Title
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
Runner-up: Celine by Peter Heller
Favorite Book I Listened to on Audio
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Runner-up: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman
Share your favorite reads of 2019 in the comments below!
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