My 10 Favourite Books of 2019.

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It's that time of year! Find out how many books I read for my 100 books challenge and which ones were my ultimate favourites. Playlist of all my previous best books of the year videos:
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue*: bit.ly/GRGentlemansGuide
Lullaby*: bit.ly/LullabyGR
The Truth About Keeping Secrets*: bit.ly/TruthAboutGR
The Song of Achilles: bit.ly/GRSongofAchilles
Circe*: bit.ly/CirceGR
This is Going to Hurt: bit.ly/GRThisIsGoingToHurt
The Girl Aquarium: bit.ly/GRGirlAquarium
The Deathless Girls*: bit.ly/GRDeathlessGirls
Kindred: bit.ly/GRKindred
Scythe*: bit.ly/GRScythe
* = Books I requested from a publisher or received at an event, with no requirement to feature or review, in the last few years.
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@BellatrixVanDettaZwarts 4 жыл бұрын

Last month, I read Educated by Tara Westover. I loved it so much.

@ominoustomato 4 жыл бұрын

Bellatrix van Detta I read that one at the beginning of last hear and shared it with my grandmother. She loved it too and recommended it to all her sisters! “The Sound of Gravel” by Ruth Wariner is another good one about a young woman growing up in a cult, but this one focuses on her childhood- which is absolutely horrific (I’ll also go ahead and give you a trigger warning about rape, just in case that’s something that bothers you)

@ilaria1726 4 жыл бұрын

„My brilliant friend” by Elena Ferrante!

@Boekincho 4 жыл бұрын

Always look forward to this, and to your resolutions video. This year is going to hold a lot of big, hard changes for me so how to enter into 2020 has been really on my mind.

@motherofpax 4 жыл бұрын

Kindred and Circe were favorites of mine as well so I'm so glad that they made it onto your list! I've been obsessed with Octavia Butler for the entirety of 2019 and I plan on reading the rest of her work this year. I highly, highly recommend Lilith's Brood, it is, to this day, one of my most beloved science fiction novels. Lovely video, as always!

@andreaa5890 3 жыл бұрын

You are SO GOOD! I'm so glad I found your channel!

@HeathersBookReview 4 жыл бұрын

Didn't have any top list books in common this year, but that is the beauty of watching what made everyone's! The Scythe and the trilogy have made so many top lists! Definitely on my TBR now:)

@littlestpineapple2898 4 жыл бұрын

Always glad to see love for Kindred! I think it's one of the most important depictions of American slavery I've ever encountered and I feel like it should be way more central in the American literary cannon. Also adored Song of Achilles and I'm always happy to see it get some love! It made my top ten list this year as well!

@madeleinem3801 4 жыл бұрын

My favourite books must be The song of Achilles and The silence of the girls. They both tell the same story but from very different perspectives, I loved how the story changes depending on who tells it.

@SophyILY98 4 жыл бұрын

I read Kindred for my Banned Books class about two years ago and I loved it!!

@blissclair9743 4 жыл бұрын

I read Circe on your recommendation and I LOVED it! I'm currently reading The Lullaby (aka The perfect nanny. For some reason the version I found had that title) also by your recommendation.

@Carlos-ln8fd 4 жыл бұрын

Don't know if you ever got around to reading Love in the Times of Cholera but it's really unique and I'd really recommend it. Thanks for the videos they're so great always.

@taylorwatkins4347 4 жыл бұрын

I just got my required materials list for my last semester of college and Kindred is one of them! So excited to read it now :)

@MaryAmongStories 4 жыл бұрын

I love Jen's channel! really need to try her books :) great video 💗

@tawnyman 4 жыл бұрын

I read the graphic novel Persephone by Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky and it ended up being one of my favorites. It's translated from French, is loosely based on the myth, and has a really pretty pastel color palette.

@CrazyTris18 4 жыл бұрын

I recommend you Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton. It's a quiet end of the world story that's beautifully written :)

@filipab0oks 4 жыл бұрын

So many of my own favs on this list

@justinneangeline 4 жыл бұрын

I deeply love Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Such a beautiful book and I reread it every couple of years.

@thesmartonepoint0 4 жыл бұрын

Octavia E. Butler's entire body of work is ICONIC

@lunanuna1041 4 жыл бұрын

Love, love, loveddddd SCYTHE and Lullaby

@MilenaReads 4 жыл бұрын

I loved Madelines Millers books too!

@juliuss95 4 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to be one of the winners of a copy of The Deathless Girls. I read it over the Christmas break, and absolutely loved it! Aside from the plot which was very captivating, the relationships dynamic between the twin sisters was so honest and real (my younger sisters are twins), and the scenery beautifully described. Definitely one of my favourite reads in 2019 :)

@155books 4 жыл бұрын

The Song of Achilles is my best friends favourite book so I would love to pick that up at sometime this year! If you haven’t read If We Were Villians by M. L. Rio I would definitely recommend - it was one of the standout books for me in 2019! 📚

@Bookishhistorian 4 жыл бұрын

As you like Circe and song of Achilles, I recommend Joanne Harris’ “Gospel of Loki” or “Runemarks”

@berenicethegirl 4 жыл бұрын

I will use this recommendation for myself!! Thank you :)

@cherylolypop 4 жыл бұрын

Just finished “Gospel of Loki”,laughed my ass off XD

4 жыл бұрын

“Tess of the D’Urbervilles”, Thomas Hardy and “What the Wind Knows”, Amy Harmon.

@procrastgrl 4 жыл бұрын

I absolutely LOVE the All Souls trilogy starting with A Discovery of Witches! It's historically accurate, there's science, mythology, magic, and paranormal romance. It's long but addictive~!

@layma5113 4 жыл бұрын

Please read "Beartown" by Fredrik Backman 😍😍😍 Also, your hair looks lovely at this length 😊

@LoveParigi95 4 жыл бұрын

I loved Know My Name by Chanel Miller. It's an autobiography by the Emily Doe in the Brock Turner case, and she's just an amazing writer. She manages to convey what it's like to be a survivor without being super triggering? Idk how to explain it. It's still a difficult read (bc her situation was very difficult) but God I just loved her writing.

@bettyreads222 4 жыл бұрын

Deathless Girls sounds so interested and definitely gonna read some Octavia Butler this year. :)

@WhiteNoises 4 жыл бұрын

Scythe sounds great!

@unnursvana 4 жыл бұрын

Last year I read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and I am still thinking about it. It was so good! I highly recommend it.

@ceevee_26 4 жыл бұрын

Ooh I loved Pachinko too!

@nickvreys 4 жыл бұрын

Hoi. The book I would recommend is The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley. I read it in the summer of 2018 and it took me completely off guard. The more I read in the series, the more I was blown away by it and all four of the sequels made it in my 2019 top 10, with the third and second book respectively taking first and third place. This historical fiction/romance is a far cry from my usual fantasy, but the four people I recommended these to are hooked as well. Here's to hoping you'll be too :) Maak er een geweldig 2020 van!

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

After long deliberation (but not really), I'm ready to share my top 10 books of 2019. Are there any surprises? If you'd like to recommend a book that you think I'll love for my next challenge, leave it down below! Happy reading. :)

@grinselamm 4 жыл бұрын

Hey. I am recommending you My Real Children by Jo Walton. An old woman looking back at her life remembering a life where she has 4 children and a life where she has a girlfriend. Both lifes are true. One of my favourite book ever.

@QueenQuincyQQ 4 жыл бұрын

I just finished ‘Miss Pettigrew lives for a day’ and would definitely recommend it. It’s incredibly funny, joyous and uplifting. Could not put it down!

@amnak.6194 4 жыл бұрын

I think you should read the bear and the nightingale by katherine arden . It's just really amazing

@curiouslanguage2032 4 жыл бұрын

I’m recommending The Bird King, my favorite 2019 read, because our tastes seem to overlap :)

@KatkaSuriKatka 4 жыл бұрын

booksandquills Why not try The Witcher? It’s dark, medieval-fantasy, folklore inspired and translated! And the first books are basically loosely connected short stories, so it is quite easy to decide if you like it or not. I read it in my teens and it sure made a lasting impression :D now, some fifteen years later and with the hype around the series, I am going to reread it.

@TravelsinFiction 4 жыл бұрын

I loved seeing your top 10, I’m thinking of making a top 10 video too, although I read so many good books this year that it’s hard to narrow it down! My book rec: The Sea Cloak & other stories by Nayrouz Qarmout. This is a collection of short stories about what it means to be a woman in Palestine today. Each story brings a different perspective and really adds to the collection. It’s so beautifully written and poetic but also brutally honest. I hope you read it 📚☺️

@annacibiniak2268 4 жыл бұрын

I read "The Muse " by Jessie Burton and wasn't expecting to like it at all, but it's turned out to be one of my favorite books of the year and I think you would like the story and themes. I listened to the audiobook and the voice actress was amazing. I Reccomend!

@DeeDeeCatMom 4 жыл бұрын

The Muse is great!!

@Kisszoe100 4 жыл бұрын

I recommend The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal. It's the best book I read in 2019 and I still think about it almost every day; It's amazing

@AndYouWillBeWithMe 4 жыл бұрын

I got a video of you in my recommended so I clicked it and you opened with "Hoi!" and I was like "eeeeh Dutchy" (I'm Flemish but close enough lol) and before I knew it I binge watched a bunch of your video's. New subbie here!

@ericagoehring1089 4 жыл бұрын

My Grandma spoke Flemish. 😊 She moved to the US after WW2. ❤

@katiek757 4 жыл бұрын

Lessons in Taxidermy by Bee Lavender!

@lilmissyolly13 4 жыл бұрын

I just started listening to 'Lovely War' by Julie Berry. The premise is one that might interest you: Aphrodite gets caught in a passionate affair with Ares by her husband Hephestus (god of fire, hearth and blacksmiths). In order to avoid punishment, and explain why her work of helping mortals fall in love, she tells two of her favourite stories of couples who fall in love during WWI.

@sylviavillanueva5658 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter! 🤗

@laurenkekw 4 жыл бұрын

‘Smoke gets in your eyes’ by Caitlin Doughty

@danicaudle 4 жыл бұрын

I think you would really like "Neverwhere" and "The Ocean at the End of the Lane," both by Neil Gaiman. So magical!

@paulina_llano 4 жыл бұрын

If you haven’t already read it, I highly recommend The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. It’s a beautifully written story (hopefully the English translation does it justice) about books set in Barcelona.

@12reids 4 жыл бұрын

Just bought Kindred on your recommendation!

@lilsbrary8045 4 жыл бұрын

I recommend the humans by Matt Haig!

@jaquelinealmeida5782 4 жыл бұрын

"My brilliant friend" by Elena Ferrante

@scintillationist 4 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner!

@therealkatodm 4 жыл бұрын

Pleaaase read The Female Persuasion! Read in in December and it's become one of my all-time favourites!

@peggingmothman 4 жыл бұрын

I read The Song of Achilles last year too and it destroyed me! I don't think I'll ever be over it tbh

@melodiesandmemories7739 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite book I read in 2019 was The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath! On your GoodReads it looks like you own it but haven't read it, and I can't recommend it enough. Even though she met such a terrible end, I find it oddly hopeful.

@padmeamidala17 4 жыл бұрын

I recommend The Rook by Daniel O'Malley to nearly everyone I meet. Happy reading in 2020, Sanne!

@abigaillarion9365 4 жыл бұрын

I think you'd enjoy the ghost story at the heart of Diana Biller's The Widow of Rose House.

@andreadiazalcocer7318 4 жыл бұрын

Hi there, I'm from Mexico City so I recommend you try Latin American Authors for this year, like "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez, "Hopscotch" by Julio Cortazar. I also recommend you "Oriental Tales" by Marguerite Yourcenar

@sophiahardt 4 жыл бұрын

OMG I've always wanted to ready "The gentleman's guide to vice & virtue" but my local libraries either don't have it or it's on hold for a long time!

@LilyEleanorReads 4 жыл бұрын

i love kiran's books but i haven't read the deathless girls yet, i can't wait!! i'm gonna recommend all the bad apples by moira fowley-doyle and the diviners by libba bray!

@Applepopess 4 жыл бұрын

"Spellbook of the Lost and Found" by Moïra Fowley-Doyle. I think you might've talked about it on your channel before but in case you haven't read it yet, I think you'd like it. It's about female friendship, it's witchy, funny, with some mystery in there, and has a gorgeous writing style.

@elinisaksson351 4 жыл бұрын

I think you'd like Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata! I just finished it and I really liked it. I follow a bunch of different types of booktubers and this is the type of book I'd expect you to like :)

@LauraRodriguez-Peace 4 жыл бұрын

"Happiness" by Aminatta Forna ♥

@DudaKleinchannel 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you talk about any book by Patti Smith!

@jaynm 4 жыл бұрын

The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton ✨

@braveprincess2117 4 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend "Far from the tree" by Robin Benway :)

@DeeDeeCatMom 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sanne! I just compared our books on goodreads and I think we have quite a lot in common :) I'm looking forward to reading Circe, and Scythe this year. My favourite books this year include Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (I'm sure you've heard of this one, a girl and her family participate in a historical reenactment with a research team, but things are not happy-go-lucky), The Red Word by Sarah Henstra (set on a university campus in the 90s, a woman lives in a feminist clique house but dates a frat boy, there is a gender war on campus, and problems ensue, a serious literary novel that read effortlessly), and The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (you've heard Jean rave about this one, well I have to say it's the best gothic novel I can ever hope that you'll read!). Some other recommendations for you: Emily of New Moon by LM Montgomery- the first of a trilogy by the Anne author, but Emily is darker and more complex. The Illumination of Ursula Flight- a super fun historical read about a lower noblewoman in the 1600s who wants to run away and become a playwright...The novel spans her life and is very satisfying in the end. Moon of the Crusted Snow- this is by another Canadian author, and is a speculative dystopian set on a First Nations reserve (i.e. Native reserve) in Ontario, where suddenly there is a loss of communication with the outside world for some reason. Great for winter, and a short one! Also, I want to mention that Glass Town is the upcoming graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg about the Bronte family's imaginary world they wrote while children! It comes out in March :) Anyway, I hope you have a look through my recommendations; I'm positive you'll find some gems!

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the super extensive recommendation :D

@ceevee_26 4 жыл бұрын

If I'm correct you haven't read any Murakami books yet (it says on your goodreads) and that's quite surprising! He's one of my absolute favorite writers, I looove his writing style. You could read any of his books really, since they're all great, but I would highly recommend his newest release 'Killing Commendatore' (the Dutch translation was good but the English one probably is too). I really think you would like Murakami's mystery and magical realism! You might have to get used to his writing style but it's a wild ride you won't forget ;) Have a good reading year!

@ceevee_26 4 жыл бұрын

Also I'm definitely gonna read 'Circe' sometime soon!

@AdamSchraderNews 4 жыл бұрын

I just self-published a children's picture book called "Gabe in the Garden" on Amazon. I'd love for it to make it onto one of your videos one day!

@marietanguy7524 4 жыл бұрын

Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta!!

@TheBookishMom 4 жыл бұрын

I really want to pick up Circe. I have heard so many amazing things but I just haven't gotten to it yet.

@victoriaclark4913 4 жыл бұрын

Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh....probably my favourite ever book

@amberkemp9200 4 жыл бұрын

I recommend Trumpet by Jackie Kay if you haven't read it already. :)

@MrGabrielpana 4 жыл бұрын

Sixty days , based on a true story by Hernan Jaen, amazing book, its like a movie

@kknotts 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite book of all time is To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis. It's perfection.

@glenys9609 4 жыл бұрын

please read Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto! Its a very quick read. I read it last year, and I think it has become one of my favorite books of all time!

@juliaedith3157 4 жыл бұрын

my favorite books of the past year were red white and royal blue by casey mcquiston (a super fun, flirty read) and with the fire on high by elizabeth acevedo (beautiful writing and strong protagonist) :)

@kirstje 4 жыл бұрын

julia edith I can highly recommend the Casey McQuiston book too!😍

@juliaedith3157 4 жыл бұрын

Kirsten it was so good! i read it all in one sitting, i just couldn’t resist lol

@virginiacastiglione8879 4 жыл бұрын

Read The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa. Haunting, beautiful book.

@templematisse219 4 жыл бұрын

There, There - Tommy Orange

@BeautifulDauntless 4 жыл бұрын

I would recommend you A Woman in Berlin by Anonymus 😉

@janievalgunn 4 жыл бұрын

Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

@arianeryan8461 4 жыл бұрын

Little Stones by Elizabeth Kuiper x

@margpcastbujo 4 жыл бұрын

Read daisy jones and the six. It's really good

@EndlesslyDestructive 4 жыл бұрын

Before the coffee gets cold

@juliam2222 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, so many new books to put on my tbr! 😄 Have you read Seveneves by Neal Stephenson? One of my favourites. 😊

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

I haven't, but my boyfriend has and he's told me so much about it. It's such a chucky book!

@juliam2222 4 жыл бұрын

@@booksandquills It is really intimidating! 😂 But the story is amazing and definitely worth the many pages. 😊

@authorgreene 4 жыл бұрын

I think you might like The Mantel of Elija by Israel Zangwill. It's not well known (and out of print I believe). I recommend finding an original copy on Ebay. I own 3 or 4. I adore the book. It stars a young female protagonist with poetic aspirations. Truly, I'd love to share this book with you; I just know you'll love it.

@eynuh 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites for 2019 and the book I'm recommending is The Farm by Joanne Ramos. Hope you get a chance to read it and share your thoughts on this channel! :)

@judith8353 4 жыл бұрын

It's a dutch book and has not been translated (yet), so not sure how interested you would be in reading it, but Te Waar Om Mooi Te Zijn by Roxanne Wellens was echt het beste boek dat ik vorig jaar gelezen heb!

@ominoustomato 4 жыл бұрын

My recommendation: “I Wish You All The Best” by Mason Deaver. It’s a LGBTQ YA story that takes place very close to where I’m from in the US. This isn’t a place where a lot of YA books are typically set, so finding one with LGBTQ characters was a real treat for me.

@JaneTheBrain. 4 жыл бұрын

my suggestion: the poppy war by R. F. Kuang

@rukminiprabhu2397 4 жыл бұрын

The Humans by Matt Haig!

@meganconnor412 4 жыл бұрын

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

@hannas229 4 жыл бұрын

If you have not yet read Educated by Tara Westover, I would highly recommend it. It is a brilliant autobiography about family, loyalty, forgiveness, and the power of education.

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

+Hanna S it was one of my faves of last year! Loved it :)

@inkycherie 4 жыл бұрын

Strange Weather Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami, please 🧡 I loved that book.

@inkycherie 4 жыл бұрын

Also. Educated by Tara Westover 💛

@KeiraAndGeo 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to recommend you for your reading challenge 'The Bone Clocks' by David Mitchell or if you have not read it yet: 'Cloud Atlas' by the same author. Both beautifully written, magical, yet down to earth, both feature multiple great settings throughout centuries (cloud atlas even has a passage with a dystopian futuristic world which would totally fit your #endoftheworldbookclub; The Bone Clocks has a wonderful (and hilarious) part that deals with the highs and lows of the English publishing industry which would also be perfect for you!!). I love his writing with all my heart and I hope that you will too :)

@annelisengan638 4 жыл бұрын

The power of one by Bryce Courtenay

@lasaves3207 4 жыл бұрын

Sulphuric Acid by Amelie Nothomb. The creepiest and scariest thing you’ll ever read

@mariakeen4189 4 жыл бұрын

I would reccomend Homefire if you haven't already read it! It's by Kamila Shamsie

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

I read it two years ago and really loved it and it ended up in my faves of the year. Such an interesting book!

@thequirkylibrary5467 4 жыл бұрын

How about girl in the road by Monica Byrne?

@happy4sloths 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like people already recommended this to you but the graphic novel On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

@booksandquills 4 жыл бұрын

I've gotten this one a lot! It's on the list :D

@Roll4Initiative 4 жыл бұрын

Added quite a few to my TBR, thanks! Fav read from last year was The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke. Here's the other books I read kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lc-empeHs9m3YHU.html

@Anoukvs91 4 жыл бұрын

Yaaaaaaaaaay

@readingaster 4 жыл бұрын

Not something you specifically would like but so far i havent heard of anyone who didnt love the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylpr jenkins reid

@1234laue 4 жыл бұрын

I think you'll like Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu. It's a graphic novel about feminism. 😊

@LunaciaBooks 4 жыл бұрын

I actually DNF-ed Lullaby. I strongly disliked the language (I read a Norwegian translation). Circe was a fun read. I enjoyed it! I read it at the end of 2018.