# The New York Times' 10 best books of 2019

The ten books the New York Times Book Review picked as the best of 2019: five fiction and five non-fiction.

- 16 votes · 10 items
- Dec 22, 2024 · Yesenia C.
- https://even.best/en/l/1627/the-new-york-times-10-best-books-of-2019

## Top 10

1. **Disappearing Earth — Julia Phillips** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Fiction.
2. **Exhalation — Ted Chiang** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fiction.
3. **Lost Children Archive — Valeria Luiselli** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fiction.
4. **Night Boat to Tangier — Kevin Barry** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Fiction.
5. **Say Nothing — Patrick Radden Keefe** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
6. **The Club — Leo Damrosch** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
7. **The Yellow House — Sarah M. Broom** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
8. **No Visible Bruises — Rachel Louise Snyder** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
9. **Midnight in Chernobyl — Adam Higginbotham** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Non-fiction.
10. **The Topeka School — Ben Lerner** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Fiction.

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