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2019 Booklist Editors Choice Winners

Browse the 2019 Booklist Editors Choice winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

Booklist Editors Choice Awarded by ALA: The American Library Association 3 categories shown

Adult

Winner and nominees for the 2019 Booklist Editors Choice Adult category.

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After the Flood

Montag, Kassandra

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Ayesha At Last

Jalaluddin, Uzma

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Jun-2018 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Border

Winslow, Don

The Cartel Series · Book 3 · Thriller

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Chain

McKinty, Adrian

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Daisy Jones & The Six

Reid, Taylor Jenkins

Standalone · Historical

Mar-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Deep

Solomon, Rivers

Standalone · Science Fiction

Nov-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Evvie Drake Starts Over

Holmes, Linda

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jun-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Exhalation: Stories

Chiang, Ted

Standalone · Science Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Fall Back Down When I Die

Wilkins, Joe

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Far Field

Vijay, Madhuri

Standalone · Literary

Jan-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Farm

Ramos, Joanne

Standalone · Literary

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Feast Your Eyes

Goldberg, Myla

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Find Me

Aciman, Andre

Standalone · Literary

Nov-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Brodesser-Akner, Taffy

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Gideon the Ninth

Muir, Tamsyn

The Locked Tomb Trilogy Series · Book 1 · Science Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Girl, Woman, Other

Evaristo, Bernardine

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Dec-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Growing Things and Other Stories

Tremblay, Paul

Standalone · Horror

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lady in the Lake

Lippman, Laura

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lady Derring Takes a Lover

Long, Julie Anne

The Palace of Rogues Series · Book 1 · Historical Romance

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lost Children Archive

Luiselli, Valeria

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Never Have I Ever

Jackson, Joshilyn

Standalone · Thriller

Aug-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Nickel Boys

Whitehead, Colson

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Night Boat to Tangier

Barry, Kevin

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Normal People

Rooney, Sally

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

A People's Future of the United States

Lavalle, Victor

Standalone · Science Fiction

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

Quichotte

Rushdie, Salman

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Red Birds

Hanif, Mohammed

Standalone · Literary

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Red, White & Royal Blue

McQuiston, Casey

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Redeemed

Pears, Tim

Standalone · Literary

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Sarah Jane

Sallis, James

Standalone · Mystery

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Side Chick Nation

De Leon, Aya

Justice Hustlers Series · Book 4 · General Fiction

Jun-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Amal El-Mohtar; Max Gladstone

Standalone · Science Fiction

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Water Dancer

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

Standalone · Literary

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Your House Will Pay

Cha, Steph

Standalone · Thriller

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Adult: Audio

Winner and nominees for the 2019 Booklist Editors Choice Adult: Audio category.

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Top of the List

Bowlaway

McCracken, Elizabeth

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Youth

Winner and nominees for the 2019 Booklist Editors Choice Youth category.

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The Bell Rang

Ransome, James E.

Standalone · Historical

Jan-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Bridge Home

Venkatraman, Padma

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Butterfly Yellow

Lai, Thanhha

Standalone · Historical

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Camp Tiger

Choi, Susan

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Downstairs Girl

Lee, Stacey

Standalone · Historical

Aug-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

For Black Girls Like Me

Lockington, Mariama J.

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Fry Bread

Maillard, Kevin Noble

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Home in The Woods

Wheeler, Eliza

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

Home in The Woods

Wheeler, Eliza

Standalone · Historical

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

Indian No More

McManis, Charlene Willing

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lalani of the Distant Sea

Kelly, Erin Entrada

Standalone · Fantasy

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Last True Poets of the Sea

Drake, Julia

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Last Last-Day-of-Summer

Giles, Lamar

A Legendary Alston Boys Adventure Series · Book 1 · Science Fiction

Apr-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Tamaki, Mariko

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Let Me Hear a Rhyme

Jackson, Tiffany D.

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Line Tender

Allen, Kate

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Look Both Ways

Reynolds, Jason

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Lost Coast

Capetta, Amy Rose

Standalone · Fantasy

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Lovely War

Berry, Julie

Standalone · Contemporary Romance

Mar-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Music of What Happens

Konigsberg, Bill

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

My Cat Looks Like My Dad

Lam, Thao

Standalone · General Fiction

Apr-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

My Papi Has a Motorcycle

Quintero, Isabel

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

On the Come Up

Thomas, Angie

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2018 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Ordinary Girls

Thornburgh, Blair

Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility Series · Romance

Jun-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Other Words for Home

Warga, Jasmine

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Pay Attention, Carter Jones

Schmidt, Gary D.

Standalone · General Fiction

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

A Place to Belong

Kadohata, Cynthia

Standalone · Historical

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Pluto Gets the Call

Rex, Adam

Standalone · General Fiction

Nov-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Pokko and the Drum

Forsythe, Matthew

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Proudest Blue

Muhammad, Ibtihaj

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

Colbert, Brandy

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Runaways

Stark, Ulf

Standalone · General Fiction

Jan-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Sal and Gabi Break the Universe

Hernandez, Carlos

Sal and Gabi Series · Book 1 · Science Fiction

Mar-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Scary Stories for Young Foxes

Heidicker, Christian McKay

Scary Stories for Young Foxes Series · Book 1 · General Fiction

Aug-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Small in the City

Smith, Sydney

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Stargazing

Wang, Jen

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

A Stone Sat Still

Wenzel, Brendan

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Storm Keeper's Island

Doyle, Catherine

Standalone · Fantasy

Jan-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Sweety

Zuill, Andrea

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All

Ruby, Laura

Standalone · General Fiction

Oct-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Top of the List

This Was Our Pact

Andrews, Ryan

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice top of the list

This Was Our Pact

Andrews, Ryan

Standalone · General Fiction

Jun-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The True History of Lyndie B. Hawkins

Shepherd, Gail

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

The Very, Very Far North

Bar-el, Dan

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Vroom!

McClintock, Barbara

Standalone · General Fiction

Jul-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

We Are the Perfect Girl

Kaplan, A.E.

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

We Set the Dark on Fire

Mejia, Tehlor Kay

La Voz Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

Feb-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

When Aidan Became a Brother

Lukoff, Kyle

Standalone · General Fiction

May-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

Who Wet My Pants?

Shea, Bob

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2019 2019 Booklist Editors Choice *

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