2019 books in review

I've read an amazing amount of great literature this year. It was a treat to look back and reminisce about each book on my GoodReads account and it is my hope that I can inspire one reader to pick up at least one of these fabulous books.  I prefer fiction over nonfiction so I surprised myself with three fantastic memoirs this year.  Leonard Pitts has an excellent article "This is the Year of Reading Women" in order to push himself to read more works by women. I am glad to say looking through my lists women authors continue to take a lead for me. 


Nonfiction:



Becoming by Michelle Obama



Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg



Educated by Tara Westover



The gifts of imperfection by Brene Brown



Better than carrots or sticks; restorative practices for positive classroom management by Dominique Smith

Fiction:



Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid



Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens



Salvage the bones by Jesmyn Ward



Heads of the colored people by Nafissa Thompson-Spires



The Bar Harbor retirement home for Famous Writers (and their muses) by Terri-Lynne DeFino



The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg



Helen Hoang's book's  The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test



Sally Rooney's Normal People and Conversations with friends



Less by Andrew Sean Greer


Young Adult/Children's Fiction:



Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky



Front Desk by Kelly Yang



Scar Island by Dan Gemeinhart



Louisiana's Way home by Kate DiCamillo



Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds



Summoner Series by Taran Matharu



Wishtree by Katherine Applegate



Here Lies the librarian by Richard Peck



Walking with Miss Millie by Tamara Bundt



Aru Shah and the end of time by Roshani Chokshi



Amina's voice by Hena Khan



Merci Suarez changes gears by Meg Medina



Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed



Ban this book by Alan Gratz

I'm so gratefully to work in a field where I enjoy the homework very much.  There are so many fantastic diverse authors out there now and I loved what I read in Amal Unbound, Are Shah, and Merci Suarez, Amina's Voice, Ami Polonsky for Grayson, and Kelly Yang!  I hope 2020 brings as much joy reading.