Year-End Lists

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2019 Books

BookPage: Best Fiction Books of 2019

29 December 2019

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

BookPage: Best Fiction Books of 2019

[see also The Best Nonfiction of 2023 • The Best Fiction of 2023 • Best Nonfiction of 2022 • Best Fiction of 2022 • Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction • Best Books of 2020: Fiction • Best Nonfiction Books of 2019]

  1. The Nickel Boys
    Colson Whitehead
  2. Fleishman Is in Trouble
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner
  3. Late in the Day
    Tessa Hadley
  4. The Shadow King
    Maaza Mengiste
  5. The Tenth Muse
    Catherine Chung
  6. Olive, Again
    Elizabeth Strout
  7. The Testaments
    Margaret Atwood
  8. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
    Ocean Vuong
  9. Lot
    Bryan Washington
  10. The Dutch House
    Ann Patchett
  11. Naamah
    Sarah Blake
  12. Normal People
    Sally Rooney
  13. The Old Drift
    Namwali Serpell
  14. Disappearing Earth
    Julia Phillips
  15. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
    Elif Shafak
  16. The Need
    Helen Phillips
  17. Miracle Creek
    Angie Kim
  18. Inland
    Téa Obreht
  19. The Night Tiger
    Yangsze Choo
  20. The Other Americans
    Laila Lalami

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