Best Books of 2019

There's a ton of best lists out there - here's a few book ones. Did you have a favorite this year?

Here's a few random lists:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/131403.Best_books_of_2019

I did read #57 on this list - The Good Wife - easy read - very entertaining.

From Oprah Mag (and Maplewoodian - Leigh Haber)

https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/g25335565/2019-best-book-releases/

This one has top five in many different genres:

https://fivebooks.com/books/best-books-of-2019/

From some of the Times critics:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/books/times-critics-top-books-of-2019.html

100 notable books from the Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/books/notable-books.html

Has anyone read the latest Atwood novel - seems to be on a few lists.

Obama lists his favorite books:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/28/politics/barack-obama-2019-favorite-books-list-trnd/index.html

• "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power" by Shoshana Zuboff
• "The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company" by William Dalrymple
• "Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee" by Casey Cep
• "Girl, Woman, Other" by Bernardine Evaristo
• "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present" by David Treuer
• "How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy" by Jenny Odell
• "Lost Children Archive" by Valeria Luiselli
• "Lot: Stories" by Bryan Washington
• "Normal People" by Sally Rooney
• "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson
• "The Yellow House" by Sarah M. Broom
• "Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe
• "Solitary" by Albert Woodfox
• "The Topeka School" by Ben Lerner
• "Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion" by Jia Tolentino
• "Trust Exercise" by Susan Choi
• "We Live in Water: Stories" by Jess Walter

Obama also listed two "for the sports fans." Those books are:

• "A Different Way to Win: Dan Rooney's Story from the Super Bowl to the Rooney Rule" by Jim Rooney
• "The Sixth Man" by Andre Iguodala

Really enjoyed Ladder To The Sky.  I think it was 4.2 on Goodreads, for what it’s worth.