2019 Books

Happy New Year!

This post is for anyone with a resolution related to reading...

My goal for 2019 was 12 books. This has been my resolution the past few years and usually I hit my goal, but in 2018 I bombed. I think I only read 8 books in 2018 so I was really motivated to read 12 in 2019. 

I actually read 18 books this year! The thing that helped the most was downloading the Libby app on my iPad. I don't have to purchase books or physically go to the library anymore. I can download books for free (using my library card) and this gets rid of every barrier. 

Here are my 2019 reads ranked best to worst:

1. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

2. The Lilac Girls by Martha Kelley

3. French Exit by Patrick deWitt

4. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 

6. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton

7. The American Marriage by Tayari Jones

8. Normal People by Sally Rooney

9. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 

10. Calypso by David Sedaris
11. The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
12. The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand

13. The Ghostwriter by Alessandra Torre

14. Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict

15. Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand

16. Florida by Lauren Groff

17. The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

18. The Mothers by Brit Bennett