2019 book update.

In doing a little comparison with 2017 and 2018, I see that my reading efforts dipped a bit in 2019, and that’s OK. Especially because going back and looking at some of those earlier lists, I don’t even remember much of what I consumed. This last year, thanks in part to reading so much more electronically, I became more selective. So beyond what’s below, there were probably a dozen or more other books that I started and couldn’t finish. Either way, here’s a look at what I completed, with links to my favorites:

1. Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood by Karina Longworth 

2. Tell Me More: Stories About the 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning to Say by Kelly Corrigan 

3. The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce

4. The Subway Girls by Susie Orman Schnall

5. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 

6. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah 

7. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou 

8. Crazy, Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan

9. The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai 

10. I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff by Abbi Jacobson 

11. Christodora: A Novel by Tim Murphy

12. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe 

13. The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner 

14. Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr. 

15. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan

16. Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl 

17. The Taster by V.S. Alexander 

18. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

19. Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan

20. Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

21. The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James

22. The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

23. No One Tells You This: A Memoir by Glynnis Macnicol

24. Whisper Network by Chandler Baker

25. Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World by Hugh Brewster 

26. Grow with Your Plants by Lynn & Joel Rapp

27. Heart of a Soldier by James B. Stewart

28. All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth

29. The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig

30. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

31. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

32. Tinderbox: The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation by Robert Feiseler

33. Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg

34. Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino 

35. Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

36. Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way by Tanja Hester

37. In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

No real surprise that memoirs, biographies, and non-fiction topped my faves, including that last read, which got me out of nowhere. After hearing the buzz around it, I wasn’t sold initially but decided to give it another 20 pages, and I’m glad I did. Next up on my list, Acid for the Children by Flea (I’ll report back).

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