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The Listener Best Books of 2019

Here is a list of the New Zealand Listener's best books of the year 2019. How many of these have you read?
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
1
Elif Shafak
The Absolute Book (Elizabeth Knox)
The Absolute Book
2
Elizabeth Knox
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (Shoshana Zuboff)
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
3
Shoshana Zuboff
Akin (Emma Donoghue)
Akin
4
Emma Donoghue
All Who Live on Islands (Rose Lu)
All Who Live on Islands
5
Rose Lu
Always Song in the Water: An Oceanic Sketchbook (Gregory O'Brien)
Always Song in the Water: An Oceanic Sketchbook
6
Gregory O'Brien
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent (Owen Matthews)
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent
7
Owen Matthews
An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere (Mikita Brottman)
An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere
8
Mikita Brottman
The Anarchy (William Dalrymple)
The Anarchy
9
William Dalrymple
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure (Monisha Rajesh)
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure
10
Monisha Rajesh
Before She Knew Him (Peter Swanson)
Before She Knew Him
11
Peter Swanson
Big Sister Little Sister Red Sister (Jung Chang)
Big Sister Little Sister Red Sister
12
Jung Chang
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
13
Marlon James
The Body Lies (Jo Baker)
The Body Lies
14
Jo Baker
The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Bill Bryson)
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
15
Bill Bryson
The Border (Don Winslow)
The Border
16
Don Winslow
Bowlaway (Elizabeth McCracken)
Bowlaway
17
Elizabeth McCracken
The Boyfriend (Laura Southgate)
The Boyfriend
18
Laura Southgate
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators (Ronan Farrow)
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
19
Ronan Farrow
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties (Tom O'Neill)
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA and the Secret History of the Sixties
20
Tom O'Neill
Colin McCahon: There Is Only One Direction, Vol. I (Peter Simpson)
Colin McCahon: There Is Only One Direction, Vol. I
21
Peter Simpson
The Confession (Jessie Burton)
The Confession
22
Jessie Burton
Conviction (Denise Mina)
Conviction
23
Denise Mina
The Dark Island (Benjamin Kingsbury)
The Dark Island
24
Benjamin Kingsbury
Dead People I Have Known (Shayne Carter)
Dead People I Have Known
25
Shayne Carter
Ducks, Newburyport (Lucy Ellmann)
Ducks, Newburyport
26
Lucy Ellmann
Extraordinary Insects (Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson)
Extraordinary Insects
27
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Faber & Faber: The Untold Story (Toby Faber)
Faber & Faber: The Untold Story
28
Toby Faber
Fall, or Dodge in Hell (Neal Stephenson)
Fall, or Dodge in Hell
29
Neal Stephenson
Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica (Rebecca Priestley)
Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica
30
Rebecca Priestley
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other
31
Bernardine Evaristo
Golden State (Ben Winters)
Golden State
32
Ben Winters
Goliath (Matt Stoller)
Goliath
33
Matt Stoller
The Great Successor (Anna Fifield)
The Great Successor
34
Anna Fifield
Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Mary Norris)
Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen
35
Mary Norris
Halibut on the Moon (David Vann)
Halibut on the Moon
36
David Vann
Heaven, My Home (Attica Locke)
Heaven, My Home
37
Attica Locke
The Heavens (Sandra Newman)
The Heavens
38
Sandra Newman
Hello Darkness (Peter Wells)
Hello Darkness
39
Peter Wells
Henry, Himself (Stewart O'Nan)
Henry, Himself
40
Stewart O'Nan
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