It’s the end of another year, and a new year is upon us! 2019 was a good year for me. My nephew was born, my husband and I remodeled one of our bathrooms (we’re now working on the other bathroom), and I got to travel a bit to Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Disneyland. Throughout the year I read some amazing books, and here are my favorite reads of the year!
This year I’ve organized the list by genre, except for my most favorite read of the year, and I also have to mention a couple reads that didn’t quite hit the mark. So, here’s the list of my Favorite Reads of 2019! (Note: These are books that I read in 2019 regardless of publication date. Some released in 2019, others came out much earlier. And no links in this post this time around. I haven’t gotten to writing my reviews of all my faves yet!)
Favorite Science Fiction
Favorite Non Fiction
Favorite Historical Fiction
Favorite Fiction / Literary Fiction
Favorite YA
Favorite Mysteries
Favorite Fantasy
Favorite Classics
And here is my Favorite Read of the Year!
Simply amazing. I loved every minute of this retelling of the Circe myth.
And because not everything is wonderful, here’s a read that is by far my least favorite of the year:
I didn’t even get past 9% in this read. This was far too depressing and the characters were all so unlikable. After numerous abuses suffered by one of the characters in a span of several pages, I just couldn’t with this read.
Another read I disliked that I actually did finish was:
This is a contemporary chick-lit read, and it had so many issues that I didn’t enjoy it. I actually wrote a review of this one, but blasted it so hard that I ended up not posting the review. I think contemporary chick-lit reads are just not my thing.
So there you have it! Twenty of my Best Of the Year and my two Worst Reads of the Year. Here’s to another amazing year of books!
luvtoread 
Sounds like you read some great historical fiction this year! And other stuff too, obviously.
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Yes! I love historical fiction so much – I think it’s my favorite genre 🙂
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It’s one of my favorite genres, but it’s been a while since I’ve found a book I really *love*
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I’ve heard so much good stuff about Invisible Women, I hope to get to that one soon. The Disappearing Spoon sounds great too.
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Invisible Women is SO good. It’s a real eye-opener! Disappearing Spoon is a lot of fun 🙂
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I’ve only read two of these, so, thanks for the book list for 2020!!!
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Ooh – which two? Did you like/dislike them? There are so many great books out there! Can’t wait to see what 2020 holds!
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A few of these books you list were added to my TBR thanks to your reviews. And I’m so glad you liked Bleak House. That’s a novel that really helped me understand why law in Britain was such a big deal (it sounds dumb phrasing it that way, but understanding the legal system of Victorian London really changed my understanding of the time period).
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Bleak House is the reason I ended up doing my “Favorites” by genre this year! I couldn’t figure out where to put it in my list 🙂 And can I honestly compare it to current releases? Nope! So by genre it was this time around – and I think I like that better.
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Evelyn Hugo and The Great Alone are great reads!
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I loved them so, so much and look forward to reading them again. They both had fascinating characters and I couldn’t put the books down!
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I also read Circe in 2019 and thoroughly enjoyed it! I have to pick something else from that author because I know it won’t disappoint.
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I also really enjoyed her earlier book The Song of Achilles. She’s become one of my auto-buy authors!
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So glad to see my favourite book of all time made your list – Bleak House! Happy New Year – may it be filled with even more great reads! 😀
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Happy New Year to you too! 🙂 Bleak House is such a wonderful read. I can’t wait to dive into it again! 🙂
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