56: Best Books of 2019

Published: Dec. 23, 2019, 10:30 a.m.

Renee's top books of 2019

KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller

I AM YOURS: A SHARED MEMOIR by Reema Zaman (interview)

THE STATIONERY SHOP by Marjan Kamali

THE BEEKEEPER OF ALEPPO by Christy Lefteri

THINGS WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A GIRL by Jeannie Vanasco

A WOMAN IS KNOW MAN by Etaf Rum (interview)

DISAPPEARING EARTH by Julia Phillips (interview)

SABRINA & CORINA by Kali Fajado-Anstine (interview)

GOOD TALK by Mira Jacob (interview)

THE AFFAIRS OF THE FALCÓNS by Melissa Rivero (interview)

ORDINARY GIRLS by Jaquira Díaz (interview)

 

Honorable mentions

THE STARLESS SEA by Erin Morgenstern

A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING by Ruth Ozeki

PACHINKO by Min Jin Lee

BECOMING by Michelle Obama

HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi

SALVAGE THE BONES by Jesmyn Ward

FOLLOWERS by Megan Angelo

THE BEAUTY OF YOUR FACE by Sahar Mustafah

 

 

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