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The Spectator's Best Books of 2019

Here is a list of The Spectator's (UK) 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
1776: A London Chronicle (Justin Lovill)
1776: A London Chronicle
2
Justin Lovill
The Anarchy (William Dalrymple)
The Anarchy
3
William Dalrymple
Believing in Film: Christianity and Classic European Cinema (Mark Le Fanu)
Believing in Film: Christianity and Classic European Cinema
4
Mark Le Fanu
Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany (Marcus Berkmann)
Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany
5
Marcus Berkmann
Blue Moon (Lee Child)
Blue Moon
6
Lee Child
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans (David Abulafia)
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
7
David Abulafia
Diary of a Somebody (Brian Bilston)
Diary of a Somebody
8
Brian Bilston
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Tom Holland)
Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
9
Tom Holland
Doxology (Nell Zink)
Doxology
10
Nell Zink
Drawing the Curtain: Last Days of Old Central Europe (Richard Bassett)
Drawing the Curtain: Last Days of Old Central Europe
11
Richard Bassett
The Elizabethan Image: An Introduction to English Portraiture (Roy Strong)
The Elizabethan Image: An Introduction to English Portraiture
12
Roy Strong
Empress: Queen Victoria and India (Miles Taylor)
Empress: Queen Victoria and India
13
Miles Taylor
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas (Corey Robin)
The Enigma of Clarence Thomas
14
Corey Robin
The Europeans (Orlando Figes)
The Europeans
15
Orlando Figes
Expectation (Anna Hope)
Expectation
16
Anna Hope
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper (Hallie Rubenhold)
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
17
Hallie Rubenhold
Fly Already (Etgar Keret)
Fly Already
18
Etgar Keret
Furious Hours (Casey Cep)
Furious Hours
19
Casey Cep
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune (Rory Muir)
Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune
20
Rory Muir
Ghost Wall (Sarah Moss)
Ghost Wall
21
Sarah Moss
The Glossy Years (Nicholas Coleridge)
The Glossy Years
22
Nicholas Coleridge
The Great Betrayal: The True Story of Brexit (Rod Liddle)
The Great Betrayal: The True Story of Brexit
23
Rod Liddle
Haig's Enemy (Jonathan Boff)
Haig's Enemy
24
Jonathan Boff
Harvest Bells: New and Uncollected Poems (John Betjeman)
Harvest Bells: New and Uncollected Poems
25
John Betjeman
Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return (Jon Day)
Homing: On Pigeons, Dwellings and Why We Return
26
Jon Day
A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy From Fascism (Caroline Moorehead)
A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy From Fascism
27
Caroline Moorehead
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control (Stuart Russell)
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
28
Stuart Russell
I You We Them (Dan Gretton)
I You We Them
29
Dan Gretton
The Impatient Pen (Nicky Haslam)
The Impatient Pen
30
Nicky Haslam
Invisible Women (Caroline Criado-Pérez)
Invisible Women
31
Caroline Criado-Pérez
Joe Country (Mick Herron)
Joe Country
32
Mick Herron
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV (Philip Mansel)
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV
33
Philip Mansel
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House (Ambai)
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House
34
Ambai
Literature and Nature in the English Renaissance (Todd Borlik)
Literature and Nature in the English Renaissance
35
Todd Borlik
The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth (William Feaver)
The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth
36
William Feaver
Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain's Poorest Towns (Kerry Hudson)
Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain's Poorest Towns
37
Kerry Hudson
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (Douglas Murray)
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
38
Douglas Murray
The Making of Poetry: Year of Marvels (Adam Nicolson)
The Making of Poetry: Year of Marvels
39
Adam Nicolson
The Man Who Saw Everything (Deborah Levy)
The Man Who Saw Everything
40
Deborah Levy
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