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2019 Time Winners

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

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Best Fiction Books

Winner and nominees for the 2019 Time Best Fiction Books category.

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Winner

The Nickel Boys

Whitehead, Colson

Standalone · Historical

Jul-2019 2019 Time winner

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

James, Marlon

Dark Star Trilogy Series · Book 1 · Fantasy

Feb-2019 2019 Time *

Drive your Plow over the Bones of the Dead

Tokarczuk, Olga

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2018 2019 Time *

Lost Children Archive

Luiselli, Valeria

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 2019 Time *

The Need

Phillips, Helen

Standalone · Thriller

Jul-2019 2019 Time *

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Vuong, Ocean

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2019 2019 Time *

The Testaments

Atwood, Margaret

Gilead Series · Book 2 · Dystopian

Sep-2019 2019 Time *

The Topeka School

Lerner, Ben

Standalone · Literary

Oct-2019 2019 Time *

Trust Exercise

Choi, Susan

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2019 2019 Time *

Where Reasons End

Li, Yiyun

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2019 2019 Time *

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