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BuzzFeed's the Best Books of 2019

Here are Buzzfeed staff's favorite books of 2019. Have you already read many of these? Did your favorite make the list?
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The Nickel Boys (Colson Whitehead)
The Nickel Boys
1
Colson Whitehead
Olive, Again (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive, Again
2
Elizabeth Strout
Gingerbread (Helen Oyeyemi)
Gingerbread
3
Helen Oyeyemi
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
4
Ocean Vuong
Nothing to See Here (Kevin Wilson)
Nothing to See Here
5
Kevin Wilson
The Old Drift (Namwali Serpell)
The Old Drift
6
Namwali Serpell
The Organs of Sense (Adam Ehrlich Sachs)
The Organs of Sense
7
Adam Ehrlich Sachs
Women Talking (Miriam Toews)
Women Talking
8
Miriam Toews
Machines Like Me (Ian McEwan)
Machines Like Me
9
Ian McEwan
Patsy (Nicole Dennis-Benn)
Patsy
10
Nicole Dennis-Benn
The Book of X (Sarah Rose Etter)
The Book of X
11
Sarah Rose Etter
The World Doesn't Require You (Rion Amilcar Scott)
The World Doesn't Require You
12
Rion Amilcar Scott
The Dutch House (Ann Patchett)
The Dutch House
13
Ann Patchett
Your House Will Pay (Steph Cha)
Your House Will Pay
14
Steph Cha
Fly Already (Etgar Keret)
Fly Already
15
Etgar Keret
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea (Sarah Pinsker)
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea
16
Sarah Pinsker
Everything Inside (Edwidge Danticat)
Everything Inside
17
Edwidge Danticat
The Tenth Muse (Catherine Chung)
The Tenth Muse
18
Catherine Chung
All This Could Be Yours (Jami Attenberg)
All This Could Be Yours
19
Jami Attenberg
The Topeka School (Ben Lerner)
The Topeka School
20
Ben Lerner
Lot (Bryan Washington)
Lot
21
Bryan Washington
The Man Who Saw Everything (Deborah Levy)
The Man Who Saw Everything
22
Deborah Levy
In West Mills (De'shawn Charles Winslow)
In West Mills
23
De'shawn Charles Winslow
The Yellow House (Sarah M.Broom)
The Yellow House
24
Sarah M.Broom
Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe)
Say Nothing
25
Patrick Radden Keefe
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family (Mitchell S. Jackson)
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family
26
Mitchell S. Jackson
The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth (Josh Levin)
The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth
27
Josh Levin
Good Talk (Mira Jacob)
Good Talk
28
Mira Jacob
The Collected Schizophrenias (Esmé Weijun Wang)
The Collected Schizophrenias
29
Esmé Weijun Wang
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me (Adrienne Brodheur)
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
30
Adrienne Brodheur
How We Fight for Our Lives (Saeed Jones)
How We Fight for Our Lives
31
Saeed Jones
In the Dream House (Carmen Maria Machado)
In the Dream House
32
Carmen Maria Machado
Homesick (Jennifer Croft)
Homesick
33
Jennifer Croft
The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit's Numbers (Bridgett M.Davis)
The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit's Numbers
34
Bridgett M.Davis
Library of Small Catastrophes (Alison C. Rollins)
Library of Small Catastrophes
35
Alison C. Rollins
Magical Negro (Morgan Parker)
Magical Negro
36
Morgan Parker
Lima::Limon (Natalie Scenters-Zapico)
Lima::Limon
37
Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Arias (Sharon Olds)
Arias
38
Sharon Olds
The Tradition (Jericho Brown)
The Tradition
39
Jericho Brown
Feed (Tommy Pico)
Feed
40
Tommy Pico
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