The 49 Most Acclaimed Books of 2019

The acclaimed books on this list have earned multiple honors including; winning an award; making our bestseller’s list, or being selected for inclusion on prominent book club’s reading lists. This list will continuously evolve as we incorporate additional sources to help readers discover excellent books. Print the 2019 reading list, view of collage of 2019’s books, view the complete list from all the years, and enjoy ♥

Fiction – Nonfiction – Children’s – Poetry

18 Fiction Books

Heads of the Colored People (paperback): Stories

The Nickel Boys: A Novel

The Color Purple

The Water Dancer

New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent

Parable of the Sower

Red at the Bone

Corregidora

Such a Fun Age

The Confessions of Frannie Langton

The Revisioners

They All Fall Down: A Thriller

Small Silent Things

She Would Be King: A Novel

The Family Business

Queenie

The Other Americans

Parable of the Talents

12 Nonfiction Books (top)

The Yellow House: A Memoir

Heavy: An American Memoir

Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays

Diamond Doris

America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Solitary

Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics

16 Children’s Books (top)

The Undefeated

New Kid

Genesis Begins Again

Sulwe

Layla’s Happiness

Hair Love

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

Whose Knees Are These?

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace

Black, White, Just Right!

The Legend of Buddy Bush

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

Parker Looks Up: An Extraordinary Moment

A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks

Sounder

Ruby Finds a Worry

3 Poetry Books (top)

The Tradition

1919

Felon: Poems