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2019 Books

O Magazine: The Best Books of 2019

12 November 2019

The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates

O, The Oprah Magazine: The Best Books of 2019

[see also 2020 • 2018 • 2017]

  1. The Water Dancer
    Ta-Nehisi Coates
  2. Maggie Brown & Others
    Peter Orner
  3. The Dutch House
    Ann Patchett
  4. Dreyer's English
    An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
    Benjamin Dreyer
  5. The Need
    Helen Phillips
  6. Sontag
    Her Life and Work
    Benjamin Moser
  7. Patsy
    Nicole Dennis-Benn
  8. Doxology
    Nell Zink
  9. Lost Children Archive
    Valeria Luiselli
  10. Grand Union
    Zadie Smith
  11. Normal People
    Sally Rooney
  12. Red at the Bone
    Jacqueline Woodson
  13. Rules for Visiting
    Jessica Francis Kane
  14. Olive, Again
    Elizabeth Strout

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