New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019

1.
Normal People
Normal People 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,756,624 ratings
2.
Becoming
Becoming 4.44 avg rating β€” 1,160,704 ratings
3.
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€” 149,097 ratings
4.
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 400,636 ratings
5.
The Dutch House
The Dutch House 4.10 avg rating β€” 527,443 ratings
6.
Exhalation
Exhalation 4.27 avg rating β€” 106,333 ratings
7.
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€” 25,719 ratings
8.
The Grammarians
The Grammarians 3.58 avg rating β€” 8,746 ratings
9.
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Be an Antiracist 4.37 avg rating β€” 118,334 ratings
10.
Night Boat to Tangier
Night Boat to Tangier 3.62 avg rating β€” 21,164 ratings
11.
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal. 4.04 avg rating β€” 5,468 ratings
12.
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion 4.03 avg rating β€” 76,750 ratings
13.
Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation
Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation 4.20 avg rating β€” 3,049 ratings
14.
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations 4.45 avg rating β€” 26,180 ratings
15.
Lost Children Archive
Lost Children Archive 3.81 avg rating β€” 24,777 ratings
16.
Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone 3.96 avg rating β€” 82,545 ratings
17.
The Nickel Boys
The Nickel Boys 4.26 avg rating β€” 291,087 ratings
17.
Spring (Seasonal Quartet, #3)
Spring (Seasonal Quartet, #3)
by: Ali Smith
4.06 avg rating β€” 16,518 ratings
19.
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€” 43,157 ratings
19.
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Underland: A Deep Time Journey 4.23 avg rating β€” 20,158 ratings
21.
American Spy
American Spy 3.49 avg rating β€” 30,290 ratings
22.
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom 4.42 avg rating β€” 7,196 ratings
23.
Cherokee America
Cherokee America 3.51 avg rating β€” 1,565 ratings
24.
Disappearing Earth
Disappearing Earth 3.83 avg rating β€” 56,378 ratings
25.
The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century
The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century 3.99 avg rating β€” 611 ratings
25.
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir 4.34 avg rating β€” 19,533 ratings
27.
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,381 ratings
28.
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Fleishman Is in Trouble 3.65 avg rating β€” 89,475 ratings
29.
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell 3.58 avg rating β€” 19,660 ratings
30.
The Heavens
The Heavens 3.25 avg rating β€” 5,576 ratings
31.
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive 3.86 avg rating β€” 109,543 ratings
32.
Know My Name
Know My Name 4.69 avg rating β€” 243,519 ratings
33.
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation 4.06 avg rating β€” 1,699 ratings
34.
The Man Who Saw Everything
The Man Who Saw Everything 3.67 avg rating β€” 11,147 ratings
35.
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America 4.31 avg rating β€” 3,407 ratings
36.
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€” 61,018 ratings
37.
Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here 3.96 avg rating β€” 213,831 ratings
38.
The Old Drift
The Old Drift 3.73 avg rating β€” 7,423 ratings
39.
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€” 12,766 ratings
40.
Women Talking
Women Talking 3.62 avg rating β€” 65,268 ratings
41.
The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War
The War Before the War: Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America's Soul from the Revolution to the Civil War 4.33 avg rating β€” 1,070 ratings
42.
Ducks, Newburyport
Ducks, Newburyport 3.97 avg rating β€” 5,702 ratings
43.
The Topeka School
The Topeka School 3.51 avg rating β€” 27,649 ratings
44.
The Gone Dead
The Gone Dead 3.44 avg rating β€” 4,553 ratings
45.
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 4.44 avg rating β€” 7,772 ratings
45.
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€” 6,454 ratings
47.
The Institute
The Institute 4.20 avg rating β€” 322,134 ratings
48.
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS
Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS 4.03 avg rating β€” 2,465 ratings
49.
Lot
Lot 3.75 avg rating β€” 10,180 ratings
49.
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves 4.21 avg rating β€” 5,466 ratings
51.
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone 4.42 avg rating β€” 278 ratings
52.
Mostly Dead Things
Mostly Dead Things 3.37 avg rating β€” 20,774 ratings
53.
Last Day
Last Day 3.22 avg rating β€” 652 ratings
53.
The Memory Police
The Memory Police 3.71 avg rating β€” 124,279 ratings
55.
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century 4.38 avg rating β€” 2,265 ratings
56.
Maggie Brown & Others: Stories
Maggie Brown & Others: Stories 3.80 avg rating β€” 452 ratings
56.
The Octopus Museum
The Octopus Museum 3.71 avg rating β€” 919 ratings
58.
Rusty Brown
Rusty Brown 4.29 avg rating β€” 3,605 ratings
59.
Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve 3.92 avg rating β€” 7,159 ratings
60.
Mrs. Everything
Mrs. Everything 3.85 avg rating β€” 93,356 ratings
61.
The Need
The Need 3.15 avg rating β€” 16,927 ratings
62.
The Tradition
The Tradition 4.23 avg rating β€” 10,005 ratings
63.
The Yellow House
The Yellow House 3.89 avg rating β€” 25,004 ratings
64.
The Parisian
The Parisian 3.62 avg rating β€” 5,663 ratings
65.
Audience of One: Television, Donald Trump, and the Fracturing of America
Audience of One: Television, Donald Trump, and the Fracturing of America 4.19 avg rating β€” 914 ratings
66.
Bangkok Wakes to Rain
Bangkok Wakes to Rain 3.59 avg rating β€” 3,426 ratings
67.
The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father
The Beneficiary: Fortune, Misfortune, and the Story of My Father 3.49 avg rating β€” 1,302 ratings
68.
The Body in Question
The Body in Question 3.59 avg rating β€” 11,896 ratings
69.
The Conservative Sensibility
The Conservative Sensibility 4.11 avg rating β€” 1,004 ratings
70.
Deaf Republic
Deaf Republic 4.39 avg rating β€” 9,323 ratings
70.
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
72.
Thick: And Other Essays
Thick: And Other Essays 4.43 avg rating β€” 18,145 ratings
73.
Full Throttle
Full Throttle
by: Joe Hill
really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 18,438 ratings
74.
Girl
Girl 3.53 avg rating β€” 8,142 ratings
75.
The Godmother
The Godmother 3.73 avg rating β€” 5,355 ratings
76.
Westside
Westside 3.29 avg rating β€” 1,960 ratings
77.
Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness
Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness 4.46 avg rating β€” 1,728 ratings
78.
Grand Union
Grand Union 3.26 avg rating β€” 9,591 ratings
79.
Growing Things and Other Stories
Growing Things and Other Stories 3.49 avg rating β€” 6,885 ratings
80.
The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America
The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America 4.05 avg rating β€” 870 ratings
81.
Horizon
Horizon 4.17 avg rating β€” 1,897 ratings
82.
How We Fight For Our Lives
How We Fight For Our Lives 4.27 avg rating β€” 22,737 ratings
83.
If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years
If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years 3.61 avg rating β€” 162 ratings
84.
In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter Annabella Milbanke & Ada Lovelace
In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter Annabella Milbanke & Ada Lovelace 3.75 avg rating β€” 204 ratings
85.
In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth
In Hoffa's Shadow: A Stepfather, a Disappearance in Detroit, and My Search for the Truth 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,201 ratings
86.
The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life
The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life 4.01 avg rating β€” 858 ratings
87.
Lost Art of Scripture
Lost Art of Scripture 4.03 avg rating β€” 718 ratings
88.
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us 4.50 avg rating β€” 8,102 ratings
89.
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free 3.89 avg rating β€” 4,031 ratings
90.
The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars
The Problem with Everything: My Journey Through the New Culture Wars 3.54 avg rating β€” 1,468 ratings
91.
Rabbits for Food
Rabbits for Food 3.58 avg rating β€” 4,675 ratings
92.
The Revisioners
The Revisioners 3.77 avg rating β€” 7,116 ratings
93.
Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation
Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America's Journey from Slavery to Segregation 4.18 avg rating β€” 550 ratings
94.
The Shadow King
The Shadow King 3.66 avg rating β€” 14,623 ratings
95.
She Was Like That: New and Selected Stories
She Was Like That: New and Selected Stories 3.02 avg rating β€” 323 ratings
96.
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement
Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement 4.42 avg rating β€” 4,018 ratings
97.
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 29,328 ratings
98.
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
99.
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance 4.42 avg rating β€” 3,266 ratings
100.
Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home
Women's Work: A Reckoning with Work and Home 3.78 avg rating β€” 1,339 ratings