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Books Read in 2019

57. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien

56. The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson

55. Howard’s End by E.M. Forster

54. A Room With a View by E.M. Forster

53. Daybook by Anne Truitt

52. Poetry as an Insurgent Art by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

51. Syllabus Lynda Barry

50. The Library Book by Susan Orlean

49. American Primitive by Mary Oliver

48. The Blue Hills by Elizabeth Goudge

47. Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro

46. The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

45. Keep Going by Austin Kleon

44. Luminous Spaces by Olav Hauge

43. American Journal: Fifty Poems edited by Tracy K. Smith

42. Wilding by Isabella Tree

41. Present Company by W. S. Merwin

40. A Keeper by Graham Norton

39. The Whisper of Glocken by Carol Kendall

38. A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones

37. The Firelings by Carol Kendall

36. In Praise of the Unfinished by Julia Hartwig

35. Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance by Julia Cameron

34. An Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

33. Good Woman by Lucille Clifton

32. The Gammage Cup by Carol Kendall

31. Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell

30. The Pedestrians by Rachel Zucker

29. Embroidered Botanicals by Yumiko Higuchi

28. Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

27. Transformations by Anne Sexton

26. When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams

25. William Stoner and the Battle for the Inner Life by Steve Almond

24. Stoner by John Williams

23. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

22. Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

21. West Wind by Mary Oliver

20. Deep Work by Cal Newport

19. No Time to Spare by Ursula K. LeGuin

18. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

17. Brain Fever by Kimiko Hahn

16. Salt by Nayyirah Waheed

15. Zakka Embroidery by Yumiko Higuchi

14. The Selected Poems of T’ao Ch’ien by T’ao Ch’ien

13. On Love and Barley by Basho

12. This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada

11. Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

10. Not Even Bones by Rebecca Shaeffer

9. Museum of Accidents by Rachel Zucker

8. The Dream We Carry by Olav H. Hauge

7. The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carroll

6. Wheeling Motel by Franz Wright

5. Summer of Salt by Katrina Leno

4. Americanizing the Movies and “Movie-Mad” Audiences by Richard Abel

3. Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

2. Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman

1. Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda

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