books read in 2019

1. Maggie O’Farrell/THE HAND THAT FIRST HELD MINE
2. Adriana Trigiani/TONY’S WIFE
3. Julie Langsdorf/THE WHITE ELEPHANT
4. Sheri S. Tepper/THE GATE TO WOMEN’S COUNTRY
5. Chris Pavone/THE ACCIDENT
6. Stephanie Barron/THAT CHURCHILL WOMAN
7. Erika Swyler/LIGHT FROM OTHER STARS
8. Chris Pavone/THE TRAVELERS
9. Camille Acker/TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NEGRO GIRLS
10. Peter S. Beagle/IN CALABRIA
11. James Sallis/THE LONG-LEGGED FLY*
12. Amor Towles/RULES OF CIVILITY
13. Catherine Chung/THE TENTH MUSE
14. Lisa See/THE ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN
15. Angie Kim/MIRACLE CREEK
16. Sally Rooney/CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS
17. Susan Choi/TRUST EXERCISE
18. Delia Owens/WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
19. Esi Edugyan/WASHINGTON BLACK
20. Juliet Escoria/JULIET THE MANIAC
21. Sigrid Nunez/THE FRIEND
22. Lisa Taddeo/THREE WOMEN
23. Ruth Reichl/SAVE ME THE PLUMS
24. Emily Bernard/BLACK IS THE BODY
25. Alex Perry/THE GOOD MOTHERS: THE TRUE STORY OF THE WOMEN WHO TOOK ON THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL MAFIA
26. Amber Phillips/CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ‘NDRANGHETA
27. Ann Cornelisen/VENDETTA OF SILENCE
28. Tina Cassidy/MR. PRESIDENT, HOW LONG MUST WE WAIT?
29. Natalia Ginzburg, translated by Frances Frenaye/THE DRY HEART
30. Morris West/THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
31. Linda Holmes/EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER
32. Corrado Alvaro, translated by Frances Frenaye/REVOLT IN ASPROMONTE*
33. Nancy Pearl/GEORGE AND LIZZIE
34. Saverio Montalto, translated Archibald Colquhoun/A VOICE FROM THE CELL
35. Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer/THE MASK COLLECTORS
36. Ocean Vuong/ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS
37. Colson Whitehead/NICKEL BOYS
38. Melissa Rivero/THE AFFAIRS OF THE FALCONS
39. Miciah Bay Gault/GOODNIGHT, STRANGER
40. George Orwell/ANIMAL FARM*
41. Susan Elia MacNiel/MR. CHURCHULL’S SECRETARY
42. Edward Lear/JOURNALS OF A LANDSCAPE PAINTER IN SOUTHERN CALABRIA
43. Steph Cha/YOUR HOUSE WILL PAY

*denotes a reread