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Book List 2019

Book List 2019

Another wonderful year of reading gone. I really got after it this year, embracing my inner nerd, and owning the fact that I LOVE TO READ. There’s nothing quite like waking up, pouring a cup of coffee and loosing myself in a good book. My ideal morning. Keep scrolling for all the books I read in 2019, and my top 5 at the end!

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Book List 2019 (Click on any book’s front cover and it will take you straight to Amazon to purchase!)

One Day in December by Jodie Silver 9/10

Becoming by Michelle Obama 9/10

The Other Woman by Sandie Jones 2/10

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 10/10

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones 8/10

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal 6/10

Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan 5/10

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 6/10

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 10/10

Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis 9/10

Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison 6/10

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 3/10

Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 7/10

Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult 4/10

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin 9/10

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 10/10

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 10/10

Hey Ladies! by Michelle Markowitz and Caroline Moss 5/10

Pure by Linda Kay Klein 8.5/10

Life Will Be the Death of Me by Chelsea Handler 5/10

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 9/10

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 10/10

The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo 7.5/10

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert 9/10

Normal People by Sally Rooney 8.5/10

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 9/10

Trust Exercise by Susan Choi 4/10

The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan 7.5/10

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 10/10

The Farm by Joanne Ramos 6/10

The Cactus by Sarah Haywood 7.5/10

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda 8/10

The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates 10/10

The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell 10/10

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley 8.5/10

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood 10/10

Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan 8/10

The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory 5/10

I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O’Farrell 3/10

The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames 9/10

Light is the New Black by Rebecca Campbell 10/10

The Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante 6/10

The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes 8.5/10

The Hideaway by Lauren K. Denton 7/10

Conviction by Denise Mina 7.5/10

Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong 8.5/10

Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday 6/10

A Life in Parts by Bryan Cranston 9/10

WHOA. 48 books in one year?! That’s a new record, and one I’m willing to try and beat for 2020…

Brenna Darling holding a book
loose yourself in a good book

My Top 5 books for the year:

  1. The Goldfinch

  2. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

  3. Daisy Jones & The Six

  4. The Testaments

  5. This Is How It Always Is

Cheers to ringing in the new DECADE with style and continuing to celebrate storytelling from around the world!

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