Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Staff Favorites of 2019: Adult Fiction

As the year comes to a close, library staff members and volunteers reflect on the best books they've read in 2019. A complete list of titles in all genres from Staff Favorites of 2019 is available in the library's online catalog.


Here are our favorites from the library’s Adult Fiction collection:
  • A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • After the End by Clare Mackintosh
    Recommended by Amy Weiler
  • After the Fall by Noah Hawley
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt and Jeanne McMahan
  • As Long As We Both Shall Live by JoAnn Chaney
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt and Amy Weiler
  • A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
    Recommended by Amy Weiler
  • Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson
    Recommended by Amy Weiler
  • Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
  • Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto
    Recommended by Kim Tomblin
  • Chaotic Good by Whitney Gardner
    Recommended by Kayla Bolton
  • Conviction by Denise Mina
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
    Recommended by Trina Schlecht
    Trina says, "I listened to the full cast audiobook version of Daisy Jones and the Six. It's not the type of book I would normally read, but the audiobook was wonderful and I ended up really enjoying it."
  • Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
    Recommended by Beth Moore
  • Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
    Recommended by anonymous
  • Force of Nature by Jane Harper
    Recommended by Jeanne McMahan
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
  • Glimpse by Jonathan Mabarry
    Recommended by Alica Cavitt
  • Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
    Recommended by Holly Raus
  • Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
    Recommended by Zoey Fleck
  • Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen
    Recommended by Brooke Heflin
  • How Hard Can It Be by Allison Pearson
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
  • Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood
    Recommended by Beth Moore
  • Lie with Me by Philippe Besson
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • Miracle Creek by Angie Kim
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt and Amy Weiler
  • My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
    Recommended by Jane Elizabeth Sewell
  • My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
    Recommended by Zoey Fleck
  • Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt and Meredith Causey
  • Night Market by Jonathan Moore
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • Normal People by Sally Rooney
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • Nothing More Dangerous by Allen Eskens
    Recommended by Beth Moore
  • Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
    Recommended by Beth Moore
  • On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • Our Stop by Laura Williams
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • Passing by Nella Larsen
    Recommended by Holly Raus
  • Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
    Recommended by Kayla Bolton
  • Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh
    Recommended by Alica Cavitt
  • Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
    Recommended by Trina Schlecht
  • Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
    Recommended by Brooke Heflin
  • Horseman, Pass By from Thalia: A Texas Trilogy by Larry McMurtry
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • The Echo Killing by Christina Daugherty
    Recommended by Lola Nichols
  • The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
    Recommended by Kim Tomblin
  • The First Bad Man by Miranda July
    Recommended by Zoey Fleck
  • The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore
    Recommended by LeAnne Craig
  • The Gown by Jennifer Robson
    Recommended by Holly Raus
  • The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
    Recommended by LeAnne Craig and Stephani Lindsey
  • The Huntress by Kate Quinn
    Recommended by Trina Schlecht and Amy Weiler
  • The Institute by Stephen King
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt and Beth Moore
  • The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
    Recommended by Meredith Causey and Trina Schlecht
  • The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter
    Recommended by Beth Moore
  • The Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard
    Recommended by Trina Schlecht
  • The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
    Recommended by Kayla Bolton
  • The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff
    Recommended by Trina Schlecht
  • The Lost Man by Jane Harper
    Recommended by Beth Moore and Jane Elizabeth Sewell
  • The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
    Recommended by Zoey Fleck
  • The Need by Helen Philips
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • The Night Market by Jonathan Moore
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt
  • The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • The Rent Collector by Camron Steve Wright
    Recommended by Jane Elizabeth Sewell
  • The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
    Recommended by LeAnne Craig
  • The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
    Recommended by Holly Raus
  • The Second Worst Restaurant in France by Alexander McCall Smith
    Recommended by Holly Raus
  • The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Recommended by Lola Nichols
  • The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
    Recommended by Joanie Goforth
  • The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger
    Recommended by Beth Moore
  • The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
    Recommended by Amy Billings
  • The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
    Recommended by Alicia Cavitt and Trina Schlecht
  • The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
    Recommended by Amy Weiler
  • The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch
  • This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
    Recommended by Meredith Causey, Teresa Santangelo, and Amy Weiler
  • This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
    Recommended by Beth Moore
  • Tin Man by Sarah Winman
    Recommended by Zoey Fleck
  • Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
    Recommended by Stephen Kight, Anna Lyle, and Jeanne McMahan
  • Vow of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
    Recommended by Meredith Causey
  • Waiting for Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut
    Recommended by Stephen Kight
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
    Recommended by Beth Moore, Trina Schlecht, and Amy Weiler
  • Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
    Recommended by Lola Nichols
  • You Know You Want This: "Cat Person" and Other Stories by Kristen Roupenian

To view a complete list of titles in all genres from Staff Favorites of 2019, visit the library's online catalog.