Anticipated 2019 Literary Fiction

1.
Miracle Creek
Miracle Creek
by: Angie Kim
3.87 avg rating β€” 75,765 ratings
2.
We Cast a Shadow
We Cast a Shadow 3.62 avg rating β€” 5,089 ratings
3.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating β€” 30,280 ratings
4.
If, Then
If, Then 3.31 avg rating β€” 4,161 ratings
5.
The Last Book Party
The Last Book Party 3.27 avg rating β€” 9,879 ratings
6.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,755,931 ratings
7.
Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth 3.83 avg rating β€” 56,367 ratings
8.
The DNA of You and Me
The DNA of You and Me 2.86 avg rating β€” 1,248 ratings
9.
The Bird King
The Bird King 3.73 avg rating β€” 9,856 ratings
10.
Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love
Dear George, Dear Mary: A Novel of George Washington's First Love 3.49 avg rating β€” 1,060 ratings
11.
An Orchestra of Minorities
An Orchestra of Minorities 3.69 avg rating β€” 6,159 ratings
12.
Women Talking
Women Talking 3.62 avg rating β€” 65,259 ratings
13.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating β€” 154,545 ratings
14.
The Dreamers
The Dreamers 3.63 avg rating β€” 42,685 ratings
15.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating β€” 375,045 ratings
16.
Ghost Wall
Ghost Wall 3.72 avg rating β€” 28,353 ratings
17.
American Spy
American Spy 3.49 avg rating β€” 30,287 ratings
18.
Cape May
Cape May 2.97 avg rating β€” 5,728 ratings
19.
Holding On to Nothing
Holding On to Nothing 3.84 avg rating β€” 1,017 ratings
20.
The Night Tiger
The Night Tiger 3.86 avg rating β€” 65,362 ratings
21.
The White Book
The White Book
by: Han Kang
3.81 avg rating β€” 29,843 ratings
22.
Mouthful of Birds
Mouthful of Birds 3.72 avg rating β€” 14,865 ratings
23.
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers 3.79 avg rating β€” 2,806 ratings
24.
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3) 4.49 avg rating β€” 86,238 ratings
25.
The Girls at 17 Swann Street
The Girls at 17 Swann Street 3.97 avg rating β€” 11,596 ratings
26.
The Age of Light
The Age of Light 3.57 avg rating β€” 13,160 ratings
27.
Territory of Light
Territory of Light 3.59 avg rating β€” 9,667 ratings
28.
Famous Men Who Never Lived
Famous Men Who Never Lived
by: K. Chess
3.54 avg rating β€” 1,699 ratings
29.
The Farm
The Farm 3.49 avg rating β€” 40,387 ratings
30.
When All Is Said
When All Is Said 4.02 avg rating β€” 44,275 ratings
31.
White Elephant
White Elephant 3.19 avg rating β€” 2,271 ratings
32.
Naamah
Naamah 3.25 avg rating β€” 1,351 ratings
33.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating β€” 74,720 ratings
34.
Ask Again, Yes
Ask Again, Yes 3.93 avg rating β€” 201,747 ratings
35.
Golden State
Golden State 3.47 avg rating β€” 8,006 ratings
36.
Clover Blue
Clover Blue 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,917 ratings
37.
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Searching for Sylvie Lee
by: Jean Kwok
3.64 avg rating β€” 39,826 ratings
38.
The Binding
The Binding 3.86 avg rating β€” 85,343 ratings
39.
Black Light
Black Light 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,675 ratings
40.
Vacuum in the Dark
Vacuum in the Dark 3.64 avg rating β€” 4,868 ratings
41.
The Hollow Bones
The Hollow Bones 3.33 avg rating β€” 475 ratings
42.
The Heavens
The Heavens 3.25 avg rating β€” 5,574 ratings
43.
The Bobcat
The Bobcat 4.08 avg rating β€” 295 ratings
44.
Fallen Mountains
Fallen Mountains 3.72 avg rating β€” 1,942 ratings
45.
If Cats Disappeared from the World
If Cats Disappeared from the World 3.79 avg rating β€” 113,335 ratings
46.
True Places
True Places 3.95 avg rating β€” 22,261 ratings
47.
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2) 4.12 avg rating β€” 106,820 ratings
48.
The Year Marjorie Moore Learned to Live
The Year Marjorie Moore Learned to Live 4.20 avg rating β€” 123 ratings
49.
The Dutch House
The Dutch House 4.10 avg rating β€” 527,331 ratings
50.
Spring (Seasonal Quartet, #3)
Spring (Seasonal Quartet, #3)
by: Ali Smith
4.06 avg rating β€” 16,514 ratings
51.
The Test
The Test 3.82 avg rating β€” 23,051 ratings
52.
Lanny
Lanny 4.05 avg rating β€” 29,502 ratings
53.
Elsewhere, Home
Elsewhere, Home 3.67 avg rating β€” 881 ratings
54.
The Plotters
The Plotters
by: Un-Su Kim
3.57 avg rating β€” 7,312 ratings
55.
The Tenth Muse
The Tenth Muse 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,414 ratings
56.
The Island of Sea Women
The Island of Sea Women
by: Lisa See
4.32 avg rating β€” 154,780 ratings
57.
Woman of the Ashes (Sands of the Emperor, #1)
Woman of the Ashes (Sands of the Emperor, #1)
by: Mia Couto
3.83 avg rating β€” 1,516 ratings
58.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating β€” 116,573 ratings
59.
The Other's Gold
The Other's Gold 3.20 avg rating β€” 4,954 ratings
60.
Here and Now and Then
Here and Now and Then
by: Mike Chen
3.77 avg rating β€” 11,145 ratings
61.
The Cassandra
The Cassandra 3.31 avg rating β€” 1,055 ratings
61.
Adèle
Adèle 3.40 avg rating — 18,787 ratings
63.
Machines Like Me
Machines Like Me 3.59 avg rating β€” 33,938 ratings
64.
Sugar Run
Sugar Run 3.24 avg rating β€” 2,874 ratings
65.
The Glovemaker
The Glovemaker 3.82 avg rating β€” 2,859 ratings
66.
Deep River
Deep River 4.21 avg rating β€” 5,800 ratings
67.
Gingerbread
Gingerbread 3.05 avg rating β€” 15,465 ratings
68.
Mother Country
Mother Country 3.45 avg rating β€” 445 ratings
69.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Fleishman Is in Trouble 3.65 avg rating β€” 89,463 ratings
70.
Hark
Hark 3.15 avg rating β€” 970 ratings
71.
How Fires End
How Fires End really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 412 ratings
72.
Lie With Me
Lie With Me 4.27 avg rating β€” 58,643 ratings
73.
Sabrina & Corina
Sabrina & Corina 4.18 avg rating β€” 14,680 ratings
74.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating β€” 27,642 ratings
75.
Stay Up with Hugo Best
Stay Up with Hugo Best 2.89 avg rating β€” 2,871 ratings
76.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating β€” 124,207 ratings
77.
The Patient
The Patient 3.69 avg rating β€” 2,783 ratings
78.
Home Remedies
Home Remedies 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,441 ratings
79.
Early Riser
Early Riser 3.87 avg rating β€” 16,863 ratings
80.
Instructions for a Funeral: Stories
Instructions for a Funeral: Stories 3.02 avg rating β€” 496 ratings
81.
Dead Astronauts (Borne, #2)
Dead Astronauts (Borne, #2) 3.36 avg rating β€” 8,784 ratings
82.
Sea Monsters
Sea Monsters 3.34 avg rating β€” 1,946 ratings
83.
Before She Knew Him
Before She Knew Him 3.86 avg rating β€” 66,232 ratings
84.
What You Don't Know
What You Don't Know 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,567 ratings
85.
In the Blink of an Eye
In the Blink of an Eye 3.85 avg rating β€” 1,255 ratings
86.
The Last Train to London
The Last Train to London 4.13 avg rating β€” 16,643 ratings
87.
The Man Who Couldn't Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being
The Man Who Couldn't Die: The Tale of an Authentic Human Being 3.12 avg rating β€” 86 ratings
88.
This Tender Land
This Tender Land 4.39 avg rating β€” 210,440 ratings
89.
Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1)
Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, #1) 3.83 avg rating β€” 26,813 ratings
90.
All This Could Be Yours
All This Could Be Yours 3.35 avg rating β€” 10,984 ratings
91.
Last Night in Nuuk
Last Night in Nuuk 3.58 avg rating β€” 4,451 ratings
92.
The Need
The Need 3.15 avg rating β€” 16,925 ratings
93.
Talk to Me
Talk to Me 3.74 avg rating β€” 915 ratings
93.
Wunderland
Wunderland 4.06 avg rating β€” 6,101 ratings
95.
The Psychology of Time Travel
The Psychology of Time Travel 3.70 avg rating β€” 15,298 ratings
96.
Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill 3.25 avg rating β€” 1,270 ratings
97.
The Falconer
The Falconer 3.92 avg rating β€” 3,680 ratings
98.
The Paper Wasp
The Paper Wasp 3.32 avg rating β€” 2,317 ratings
99.
The Only Woman in the Room
The Only Woman in the Room 3.87 avg rating β€” 102,840 ratings
100.
Campusland
Campusland 3.67 avg rating β€” 956 ratings
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