From riveting reads to fun films and everything in between, we present to you: our Best of 2019! Find these titles and more on our Spotlight display in December.
FICTION:
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
- Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
- The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin
- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
- Normal People by Sally Rooney
- Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
MYSTERY/THRILLER:
- An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
- Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
- Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
- My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
- Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
- American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson
- Conviction by Denise Mina
- Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
- Lady In The Lake by Laura Lippman
- Red Metal by Mark Greaney and H. Ripley Rawlings IV
- The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
- Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
ROMANCE:
- Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
- Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore
- Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
- Meet Cute by Helena Hunting
- Pretty Reckless by L. J. Shen
- The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
- The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
- Well Met by Jen DeLuca
- Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center
- The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
SCI–FI/FANTASY/HORROR:
- The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neal
- Full Throttle by Joe Hill
- The Institute by Stephen King
- Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
- Middle-Game by Seanan McGuire
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
- Recursion by Blake Crouch
- Exhalation by Ted Chiang
- Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
GRAPHIC NOVELS:
- Die by Kieron Gillen
- I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation by Natalie Nourigat
- Nancy: a Comic Collection by Olivia Jaimes
- Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists by Mikki Kendall
- Grace: The Jeff Buckley Story by Tiffanie DeBartolo
- The Twilight Man by Koren Shadmi
- Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman
- Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn
HISTORICAL FICTION:
- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
- The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
- Meet Me In Monaco: a Novel Of Grace Kelly's Royal Wedding by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
- Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
- The Huntress by Kate Quinn
- The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand
NONFICTION:
- Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark
- Furious Hours by Casey Cep
- She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
- Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
- Parkland by Dave Cullen
- Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- Dear Girls by Ali Wong
BIOGRAPHY:
- The Contender: the Story of Marlon Brando by William J. Mann
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Me by Elton John
- Inheritance: a Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
- From Scratch: a Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
- Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
- Home Work: a Memoir of My Hollywood Years by Julie Andrews with Emma Walton Hamilton
- In the Dream House: a Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
- More Than Enough: Claiming Space For Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth
- Educated: a Memoir by Tara Westover
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: a Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
HISTORY:
- The British are Coming: the War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson
- The Pioneers: the Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough
- Midnight in Chernobyl: the Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
- Spearhead: an American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II by Adam Makos
- Say Nothing: a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- A Woman of No Importance: the Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
- How to Hide an Empire: a History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
- The Five: the Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
- The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
- Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond
TELEVISION:
- Good Omens
- Stranger Things
- Chernobyl
- Barry
- Succession
- Killing Eve
- Veep
- Billions
- The Good Fight
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- The Kominsky Method
- Mrs. Wilson
- Castle Rock
FILM:
- Avengers: Endgame
- John Wick 3
- Apollo 11
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- The Farewell
- Spiderman: Far From Home
- Rocketman
- US
- First Man
- Tolkien
- A Star is Born
- Shoplifters
- The Old Man and the Gun
- Long Shot