{"id":10101,"date":"2020-01-14T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=10101"},"modified":"2020-01-14T15:15:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T23:15:41","slug":"the-books-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=10101","title":{"rendered":"The Books of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.<\/p><\/div>\n

So many books, so little time\u2014part 13.<\/p>\n

My son started keeping a reading list in third grade, so I did too. This is the 13th\u00a0year we\u2019ve done this.<\/p>\n

My favorite books of 2019 were probably Save Me the Plums<\/a>, An American Marriage<\/a>, Daisy Jones and the Six<\/a><\/em> (with a bonus that the author, Taylor Jenkins Reid, was super entertaining at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference<\/a> in June), Normal People<\/em><\/a> and Conversations with Friends<\/em> <\/a>(Sally Rooney is one of my new favorite authors).<\/p>\n

Anyway, I\u2019d love to hear about other people\u2019s favorite books this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Precious One<\/td>\nMarisa<\/td>\nDe Los Santos<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This Beautiful Life<\/td>\nHelen<\/td>\nSchulman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holly Freakin’ Hughes<\/td>\nKelsey<\/td>\nKingsley<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Outliers<\/td>\nMalcolm<\/td>\nGladwell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jane of Austen<\/td>\nHilary<\/td>\nManton Lodge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Not So Perfect Plan to Save Friendship House<\/td>\nLilly<\/td>\nBartlett<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Rogue Lawyer<\/td>\nJohn<\/td>\nGrisham<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An American Marriage<\/td>\nTayari<\/td>\nJones<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Heart My Little A-Holes<\/td>\nKaren<\/td>\nAlpert<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ll Be Your Blue Sky<\/td>\nMarisa<\/td>\nDe Los Santos<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
See Me<\/td>\nNicholas<\/td>\nSparks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Boyfriend Thief<\/td>\nShana<\/td>\nNorris<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Siracusa<\/td>\nDelia<\/td>\nEphron<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Airhead 3: Runaway<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\nCabot<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smart Blondes<\/td>\nSonia<\/td>\nKosio<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Elizas<\/td>\nSara<\/td>\nShepherd<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Domestic Affairs<\/td>\nEileen<\/td>\nGouge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Family Trust<\/td>\nKathy<\/td>\nWang<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Royal Wedding: The Princess Diaries<\/td>\nMeg<\/td>\nCabot<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Infinite Pieces of Us<\/td>\nRebekah<\/td>\nCrane<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Save the Date<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Burning Girl<\/td>\nClaire<\/td>\nMessud<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Becoming<\/td>\nMichelle<\/td>\nObama<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leaving Time<\/td>\nJodi<\/td>\nPicoult<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accidental Heroes<\/td>\nDanielle<\/td>\nSteel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Perfect Mother<\/td>\nAimee<\/td>\nMolloy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last Romantics<\/td>\nTara<\/td>\nConklin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl<\/td>\nCarrie<\/td>\nBrownstein<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Let You Go<\/td>\nClare<\/td>\nMackintosh<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Things We Wish Were True<\/td>\nMarybeth<\/td>\nMayhew Whalen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My (Not So) Perfect Life<\/td>\nSophie<\/td>\nKinsella<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Made For Me<\/td>\nKathryn R.<\/td>\nBiel<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Everything I Never Told You<\/td>\nCeleste<\/td>\nNg<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Hate U Give<\/td>\nAngie<\/td>\nThomas<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Attachments<\/td>\nRainbow<\/td>\nRowell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beach House Reunion<\/td>\nMary Alice<\/td>\nMonroe<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Come With Me<\/td>\nHelen<\/td>\nSchulman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Every Note Played<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nGenova<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rumor Has It<\/td>\nTami<\/td>\nHoag<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seating Arrangements<\/td>\nMaggie<\/td>\nShipstead<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Running From the Law<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\nScottoline<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Friends Like These<\/td>\nHannah<\/td>\nEllis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore<\/td>\nRobin<\/td>\nSloan<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Center of Everything<\/td>\nLaura<\/td>\nMoriarty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Educated<\/td>\nTara<\/td>\nWestover<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Family Next Door<\/td>\nSally<\/td>\nHepworth<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daisy Jones and the Six<\/td>\nTaylor<\/td>\nJenkins Reid<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More Than Friends<\/td>\nMonica<\/td>\nMurphy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clock Dance<\/td>\nAnne<\/td>\nTyler<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The House of Impossible Beauties<\/td>\nJoseph<\/td>\nCassara<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Normal People<\/td>\nSally<\/td>\nRooney<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Lovely Wife<\/td>\nSamantha<\/td>\nDowling<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Circe<\/td>\nMadeline<\/td>\nMiller<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If Looks Could Kill<\/td>\nKaren<\/td>\nWhite<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last Seen Alive<\/td>\nClaire<\/td>\nDouglas<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mrs. Everything<\/td>\nJennifer<\/td>\nWeiner<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Case for Jamie<\/td>\nBrittany<\/td>\nCavallaro<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Panic: The Story of Modern Financial Insanity<\/td>\nMichael<\/td>\nLewis<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift<\/td>\nEleanor<\/td>\nLipman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Gifted School: A Novel<\/td>\nBruce<\/td>\nHolsinger<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Flight Attendant<\/td>\nChris<\/td>\nBohjalian<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Good Byline<\/td>\nJill<\/td>\nOrr<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No Plot, No Problem<\/td>\nChris<\/td>\nBlaty<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kindred Spirits<\/td>\nRainbow<\/td>\nRowell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Better Sister<\/td>\nAlafair<\/td>\nBurke<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Little French Bistro<\/td>\nNina<\/td>\nGeorge<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir<\/td>\nRuth<\/td>\nReichl<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
This Year You Write Your Novel<\/td>\nWalter<\/td>\nMosley<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Wife<\/td>\nAlafair<\/td>\nBurke<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
And When She Was Good<\/td>\nLaura<\/td>\nLippman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Favorite Half-Night Stand<\/td>\nChristina<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Bad Break<\/td>\nJill<\/td>\nOrr<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deep Dish<\/td>\nMary Kay<\/td>\nAndrews<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Ugly Truth<\/td>\nJill<\/td>\nOrr<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dreamland<\/td>\nSarah<\/td>\nDessen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Magic<\/td>\nElizabeth<\/td>\nGilbert<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conversations With Friends<\/td>\nSally<\/td>\nRooney<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Falling<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\nGreen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
On Writing<\/td>\nStephen<\/td>\nKing<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sisterland<\/td>\nCurtis<\/td>\nSittenfeld<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Most Fun We Ever Had: A Novel<\/td>\nClaire<\/td>\nLombardo<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Ex: A Novel<\/td>\nAlafair<\/td>\nBurke<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Among the Ten Thousand Things<\/td>\nJulia<\/td>\nPierpont<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy<\/td>\nHelen<\/td>\nFielding<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Girl Before<\/td>\nJP<\/td>\nDelaney<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Children’s Crusade<\/td>\nAnn<\/td>\nPacker<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Overstory<\/td>\nRichard<\/td>\nPowers<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Great Gasbag<\/td>\nJoy<\/td>\nBehar<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You<\/td>\nCourtney<\/td>\nMaum<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places<\/td>\nLisa<\/td>\n\n
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Scottoline & Francesca Serritella<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Just Breathe<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nWiggs<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What Would Lizzy Bennet Do?<\/td>\nKatie<\/td>\nOliver<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Magnolia Inn<\/td>\nCarolyn<\/td>\nBrown<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Just One Day<\/td>\nGayle<\/td>\nForeman<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
How to Write Killer Fiction<\/td>\nCarolyn<\/td>\nWheat<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Just One Kiss<\/td>\nSusan<\/td>\nMallery<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Giver of Stars<\/td>\nJoJo<\/td>\nMoyes<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Wife Between Us<\/td>\nGreer<\/td>\n\n
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Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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How Could She<\/td>\nLauren<\/td>\nMechling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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