It’s been a great reading year and the perfect time to share the books I’ve enjoyed. I’m ready to curl up with a good book, are you?
Fiction
Leaving the Beach by Mary Rowen
The story of a young woman and her search for happiness. Set in the working class town of Winthrop, Massachusetts, readers get to know her in alternating time periods—in the 1970s and ‘80s as an awkward teenager and college student, and in the 1990s as a young adult.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Highly recommend this terrific story of complicated family dynamics. You’ll want to read it all at once to know how it works out!
Lot: Stories by Bryan Washington
Debut collection of 13 coming-of-age stories, set in Houston, and told mainly by one character. An uncensored look at a struggling population with a hopeful finish. One of Barack Obama’s Top Picks of 2019.
Nonfiction
The Beneficiary – Fortune, Misfortune, and the
Story of my Father by Janny Scott
Interesting biography of Robert Montgomery Scott, written by his daughter Janny Scott. A history, spanning four generations of a wealthy family that settled on what’s called the Main Line outside of Philadelphia.
Honor Girl – A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash
Young Adult graphic memoir about the author’s coming-out experience at a summer camp in the mountains of Kentucky.
How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in
Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery
The more Sy Montgomery studies animals and nature, the more she knows that humans have a lot to learn about the creatures that share our world. In this book, she describes her unique relationships with 13 animals and what they have taught her.
What good books did you read in 2019?
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