In 2019, I read a lot. Not as much as I wanted to but definitely more than I have in other years. I read all sorts of books. Mainly fiction. But on all different kinds of topics. The following is a list of the books I have read in 2019, they are in no particular order. (And I am certain that I am forgetting a few).
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- Girl, Wash Your Face! by Rachel Hollis
- One Day In December by Josie Silver
- this is how it always is by Laurie Frankel
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
- The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
- The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkah
- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
- After You by Jojo Moyes
- Still Me by Jojo Moyes
- The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
- Park Avenue Summer by Renee Rosen
- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- The Color of Our Sky by Amrita Trasi
- small great things by Jodi Picoult
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester
- A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles
- The Shape of Family by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
- The Paris Orphan by Natasha Lester
- Never Tell by Lisa Gardner
- Something In The Water by Catherine Steadman
- The Other Woman by Sandie Jones
- The Cactus by Sarah Haywood
- The Woman in the Window by A.j. Finn
- The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
- Scoot Over and Make Some Room by Heather Avis
- Secret Daughter by Thrity Umrigar
- Forever Beach by Shelley Noble
- The Girl on The Train by Paula Hawkins
- All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
- The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
- Trail of Broken Wings by Sejal Badani
- Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love, And Loss by Stephanie Wittels Wachs
- The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
I loved 98% of the books I read this year. There were a couple that were an absolute waste of my time (yes, they’re included on the list)… I am embarrassed to have even read them or wasted my time on them. And that is in no way me being disrespectful to the authors, it’s just my opinion. The above books brought characters into my life that made me think, cry, yell, laugh, and feel every other emotion possible. There are several books on the list that absolutely changed my life and are more than deserving of their own reviews (which I hope to get to soon).
Have you read any of the books above? What did you think of them?
Do y’all have any book recommendations that I should add to my reading list for 2020?!
Casey Joshi 