TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2019

1.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,755,670 ratings
2.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating β€” 374,978 ratings
3.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 4.37 avg rating β€” 385,652 ratings
4.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating β€” 290,949 ratings
5.
In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating β€” 153,014 ratings
6.
The Water Dancer
The Water Dancer 4.06 avg rating β€” 116,569 ratings
7.
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators 4.40 avg rating β€” 101,059 ratings
8.
Know My Name
Know My Name 4.69 avg rating β€” 243,427 ratings
9.
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland 4.47 avg rating β€” 148,992 ratings
10.
Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here 3.96 avg rating β€” 213,756 ratings
11.
Queenie
Queenie 3.85 avg rating β€” 154,539 ratings
12.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating β€” 82,537 ratings
13.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating β€” 256,262 ratings
14.
Miracle Creek
Miracle Creek
by: Angie Kim
3.87 avg rating β€” 75,757 ratings
14.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating β€” 118,327 ratings
16.
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)
Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2) 4.12 avg rating β€” 106,815 ratings
17.
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 400,403 ratings
18.
Recursion
Recursion 4.17 avg rating β€” 290,695 ratings
19.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion 4.03 avg rating β€” 76,743 ratings
20.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by: Casey Cep
3.77 avg rating β€” 25,708 ratings
21.
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays 4.13 avg rating β€” 19,777 ratings
22.
The Other Americans
The Other Americans 3.90 avg rating β€” 18,888 ratings
23.
Searching for Sylvie Lee
Searching for Sylvie Lee
by: Jean Kwok
3.64 avg rating β€” 39,823 ratings
24.
Quichotte
Quichotte 3.81 avg rating β€” 10,423 ratings
25.
It Would Be Night in Caracas
It Would Be Night in Caracas 3.71 avg rating β€” 7,566 ratings
26.
China Dream
China Dream
by: Ma Jian
3.43 avg rating β€” 1,933 ratings
27.
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
Bunny (Bunny, #1)
by: Mona Awad
3.48 avg rating β€” 288,302 ratings
28.
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
by: Ali Wong
3.84 avg rating β€” 98,545 ratings
29.
The Dutch House
The Dutch House 4.10 avg rating β€” 527,238 ratings
30.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating β€” 24,773 ratings
30.
The Man Who Saw Everything
The Man Who Saw Everything 3.67 avg rating β€” 11,147 ratings
32.
The Mueller Report
The Mueller Report 4.04 avg rating β€” 3,094 ratings
33.
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow
Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow 4.16 avg rating β€” 4,105 ratings
34.
A Warning
A Warning
by: Anonymous
3.93 avg rating β€” 11,820 ratings
35.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Fleishman Is in Trouble 3.65 avg rating β€” 89,455 ratings
36.
Trust Exercise
Trust Exercise 3.13 avg rating β€” 38,005 ratings
37.
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3.95 avg rating β€” 137,634 ratings
38.
Inland
Inland 3.43 avg rating β€” 13,651 ratings
39.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating β€” 27,641 ratings
40.
The Old Drift
The Old Drift 3.73 avg rating β€” 7,422 ratings
41.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) 3.45 avg rating β€” 30,279 ratings
42.
Women Talking
Women Talking 3.62 avg rating β€” 65,252 ratings
43.
An Orchestra of Minorities
An Orchestra of Minorities 3.69 avg rating β€” 6,159 ratings
44.
Where Reasons End
Where Reasons End
by: Yiyun Li
3.76 avg rating β€” 5,899 ratings
45.
Stalingrad
Stalingrad 4.28 avg rating β€” 3,489 ratings
46.
American Spy
American Spy 3.49 avg rating β€” 30,285 ratings
47.
Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir
Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir 4.17 avg rating β€” 10,374 ratings
48.
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love 4.19 avg rating β€” 67,697 ratings
49.
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1)
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 379,957 ratings
50.
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 4.34 avg rating β€” 19,532 ratings
51.
Sing to It: New Stories
Sing to It: New Stories 3.64 avg rating β€” 3,036 ratings
52.
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 29,325 ratings
53.
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement 4.34 avg rating β€” 43,154 ratings
54.
The Undying
The Undying 4.16 avg rating β€” 5,455 ratings
55.
Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport 3.97 avg rating β€” 5,703 ratings
55.
Mostly Dead Things
Mostly Dead Things 3.37 avg rating β€” 20,770 ratings
57.
Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir
Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl: A Memoir 3.91 avg rating β€” 3,104 ratings
58.
All This Could Be Yours
All This Could Be Yours 3.35 avg rating β€” 10,983 ratings
59.
Doxology
Doxology
by: Nell Zink
3.46 avg rating β€” 2,080 ratings
60.
The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness 3.64 avg rating β€” 12,199 ratings
61.
The Chain
The Chain 3.79 avg rating β€” 148,757 ratings
62.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating β€” 227,408 ratings
63.
The Capital
The Capital 3.59 avg rating β€” 4,268 ratings
64.
The Unpassing
The Unpassing 3.66 avg rating β€” 2,081 ratings
65.
Lot
Lot 3.75 avg rating β€” 10,178 ratings
66.
Magical Negro
Magical Negro 4.31 avg rating β€” 2,769 ratings
66.
Oculus: Poems
Oculus: Poems 4.18 avg rating β€” 834 ratings
68.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating β€” 124,179 ratings
68.
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations 4.45 avg rating β€” 26,180 ratings
70.
The Tradition
The Tradition 4.23 avg rating β€” 10,004 ratings
71.
The Farm
The Farm 3.49 avg rating β€” 40,386 ratings
72.
The Need
The Need 3.15 avg rating β€” 16,923 ratings
73.
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations 4.30 avg rating β€” 4,083 ratings
74.
How We Fight For Our Lives
How We Fight For Our Lives 4.27 avg rating β€” 22,734 ratings
75.
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster 4.37 avg rating β€” 60,993 ratings
76.
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power 4.06 avg rating β€” 12,764 ratings
77.
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language 4.05 avg rating β€” 12,271 ratings
78.
The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After
The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After 4.10 avg rating β€” 10,960 ratings
79.
How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment―The Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life
How to Hold a Grudge: From Resentment to Contentment―The Power of Grudges to Transform Your Life 3.35 avg rating β€” 793 ratings
80.
Edison
Edison 3.54 avg rating β€” 2,773 ratings
81.
Three Women
Three Women 3.71 avg rating β€” 168,015 ratings
82.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present 4.23 avg rating β€” 6,453 ratings
83.
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World 4.27 avg rating β€” 63,638 ratings
84.
My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress
My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress 3.47 avg rating β€” 34,492 ratings
85.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Underland: A Deep Time Journey 4.23 avg rating β€” 20,150 ratings
86.
Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2)
Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2) 3.25 avg rating β€” 83,331 ratings
86.
Thick: And Other Essays
Thick: And Other Essays 4.43 avg rating β€” 18,144 ratings
88.
Patsy
Patsy 3.91 avg rating β€” 11,851 ratings
89.
Supper Club
Supper Club 3.44 avg rating β€” 12,293 ratings
90.
The Revisioners
The Revisioners 3.77 avg rating β€” 7,116 ratings
91.
The Shadow King
The Shadow King 3.66 avg rating β€” 14,621 ratings
92.
This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto
This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,725 ratings
93.
Everything Inside
Everything Inside 3.69 avg rating β€” 11,974 ratings
94.
Exhalation
Exhalation 4.27 avg rating β€” 106,296 ratings
95.
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family 3.77 avg rating β€” 1,289 ratings
96.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House 3.89 avg rating β€” 25,002 ratings
97.
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning 4.14 avg rating β€” 799 ratings
98.
Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business
Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business 3.66 avg rating β€” 337 ratings
99.
Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race
Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,645 ratings