Schatje's "Best Books Read in 2019"

Since today is the last day of the year, I’m presenting my list of the Best Books Read in 2019.  All the books were published in 2018 or 2019 and received at least 4 Stars in my reviews.

Best Canadian Fiction

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/10/review-of-testaments-by-margaret-atwood.html

The Innocents by Michael Crummey:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/10/review-of-innocents-by-michael-crummey.html

Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/02/review-of-our-homesick-songs-by-emma.html

This Little Light by Lori Lansens:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/08/review-of-this-little-light-by-lori.html

Bina by Anakana Schofield:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/05/review-of-bina-by-anakana-schofield-new.html

Five Wives by Joan Thomas:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/11/review-of-five-wives-by-joan-thomas.html

Best American Fiction

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/05/review-of-miracle-creek-by-angie-kim.html

Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/11/review-of-rabbits-for-food-by-binnie.html

A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/04/review-of-woman-is-no-man-by-etaf-rum.html

The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/07/review-of-island-of-sea-women-by-lisa.html

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/10/review-of-olive-again-by-elizabeth.html

Man of the Year by Caroline Louise Walker:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/07/review-of-man-of-year-by-caroline.html

Best Fiction from the United Kingdom

Milkman by Anna Burns:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/01/review-of-milkman-by-anna-burns.html

The Italian Teacher by Tom Rachman:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/01/review-of-italian-teacher-by-tom-rachman.html

From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/01/review-of-from-low-and-quiet-sea-by.html

Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/01/review-of-meet-me-at-museum-by-anne.html

Best International Fiction

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/02/review-of-my-sister-serial-killer-by.html

The Geography of Friendship by Sally Piper:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/02/review-of-geography-of-friendship-by.html

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*I did read some books published prior to 2018 and of those, I’d recommend the following:

Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/04/review-of-go-went-gone-by-jenny.html

Cal by Bernard MacLaverty:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/03/review-of-cal-by-bernard-maclaverty.html

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell:  https://schatjesshelves.blogspot.com/2019/08/review-of-vanishing-act-of-esme-lennox.html