Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year2019

Given by Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL)

Other Names: Los Angeles Public Library Best Book of the Year, Los Angeles Public Library Best Fiction, LAPL Best of the Year, LA Public Library Best of the Year
176 Works / 177 Items 142,088 Books 6,684 Reviews 4.0
Categories:
All, Children's Books (341), Fiction (408), Fiction & Literature (45), Graphic Novels (68), Non-Fiction (476), Teen (311)
Years:
All, 2023 (147), 2022 (145), 2021 (97), 2020 (120), 2019 (177), 2018 (171), 2017 (198), 2016 (148), 2015 (187), 2014 (127), 2013 (132)
Announced:
December 2023: 2023 Recent
WorkCategoryYear
The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander
Children's Books2019
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Children's Books2019
Daniel's Good Day by Micha Archer
Children's Books2019
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by Mac Barnett
Children's Books2019
We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders by Harry Belafonte
Children's Books2019
The Next Great Paulie Fink by Ali Benjamin
Children's Books2019
Rocket Says Look Up! by Nathan Bryon
Children's Books2019
Camp Tiger by Susan Choi
Children's Books2019
One-Third Nerd by Gennifer Choldenko
Children's Books2019
Just Like Beverly: A Biography of Beverly Cleary (Growing to Greatness) by Vicki Conrad
Children's Books2019
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Aldamuy Denise
Children's Books2019
When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland
Children's Books2019
The Great Indoors by Julie Falatko
Children's Books2019
Boom! Bellow! Bleat!: Animal Poems for Two or More Voices by Georgia Heard
Children's Books2019
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market (English and Spanish Edition) by Raul Gonzalez Iii
Children's Books2019
Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly
Children's Books2019
Lunch Quest by Chris Kuzma
Children's Books2019
Sing a Song: How "Lift Every Voice and Sing" Inspired Generations by Kelly Starling Lyons
Children's Books2019
Where Are You From? by Yamile Saied Méndez
Children's Books2019
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris
Children's Books2019
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
Children's Books2019
Why? by Adam Rex
Children's Books2019
Harold & Hog Pretend For Real! by Dan Santat
Children's Books2019
Bloom Boom! by April Pulley Sayre
Children's Books2019
Did You Burp?: How to Ask Questions (or Not!) by April Pulley Sayre
Children's Books2019
Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea
Children's Books2019
My Little Book of Big Questions by Britta Teckentrup
Children's Books2019
Skulls! by Blair Thornburgh
Children's Books2019
Magic Ramen: The Story of Momofuku Ando by Andrea Wang
Children's Books2019
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Children's Books2019
A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel
Children's Books2019
How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge by Frieda Wishinsky
Children's Books2019
A Map into the World by Kao Kalia Yang
Children's Books2019
Peace, Love, Action!: Everyday Acts of Goodness from A to Z by Tanya Zabinski
Children's Books2019
Wastelands: The New Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams
Fiction2019
Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi
Fiction2019
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Fiction2019
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Fiction2019
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Fiction2019
The Remaking: A Novel by Clay Chapman
Fiction2019
Cape May by Chip Cheek
Fiction2019
The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Fiction2019
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
Fiction2019
An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole
Fiction2019
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Fiction2019
Everything Inside: Stories by Edwidge Danticat
Fiction2019
Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
Fiction2019
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse by K. Eason
Fiction2019
A Nearly Normal Family by M. T. Edvardsson
Fiction2019
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Fiction2019
Protect the Prince by Jennifer Estep
Fiction2019
The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye
Fiction2019
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
Fiction2019
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Fiction2019
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl by Theodora Goss
Fiction2019
Snow White Learns Witchcraft: Stories and Poems by Theodora Goss
Fiction2019
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Fiction2019
Stolen Things by R. H. Herron
Fiction2019
The Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz
Fiction2019
The Survival of Margaret Thomas (Five Star Western) by Del Howison
Fiction2019
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
Fiction2019
Fallen by Benedict Jacka
Fiction2019
Steel Crow Saga by Paul Krueger
Fiction2019
Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
Fiction2019
The Reign of the Kingfisher: A Novel by T. J. Martinson
Fiction2019
The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason
Fiction2019
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Fiction2019
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
Fiction2019
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Fiction2019
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Fiction2019
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Fiction2019
Knife by Jo Nesbo
Fiction2019
The Gameshouse by Claire North
Fiction2019
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fiction2019
A Student of History by Nina Revoyr
Fiction2019
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Fiction2019
A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Fiction2019
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
Fiction2019
The Cassandra by Sharma Shields
Fiction2019
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Fiction2019
Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes
Fiction2019
Hope for the Best by Jodi Taylor
Fiction2019
The Secret Life of Sam Holloway: A Novel by Rhys Thomas
Fiction2019
Violet by Scott Thomas
Fiction2019
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Fiction2019
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Fiction2019
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Fiction2019
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Fiction2019
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson
Fiction2019
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Graphic Novels2019
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Graphic Novels2019
Field Trip by Molly Brooks
Graphic Novels2019
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Graphic Novels2019
Snow, Glass, Apples by Colleen Doran
Graphic Novels2019
A Fire Story by Brian Fies
Graphic Novels2019
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 9: "Okay" by Kieron Gillen
Graphic Novels2019
Self / Made by Mat Groom
Graphic Novels2019
Mister Miracle by Tom King
Graphic Novels2019
Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley
Graphic Novels2019
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Graphic Novels2019
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Graphic Novels2019
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
Graphic Novels2019
Max and the Midknights (Max & The Midknights) by Lincoln Peirce
Graphic Novels2019
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
Graphic Novels2019
Runaways [2017] Volume 1: Find Your Way Home by Rainbow Rowell
Graphic Novels2019
Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1: A Touch of Magic by Kamome Shirahama
Graphic Novels2019
The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner
Graphic Novels2019
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
Graphic Novels2019
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Graphic Novels2019
Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden
Graphic Novels2019
Stargazing by Jen Wang
Graphic Novels2019
Rusty Brown by Chris Ware
Graphic Novels2019
Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning by Elliot Ackerman
Non-Fiction2019
Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking by Einat Admony
Non-Fiction2019
I Will Never See the World Again by Ahmet Altan
Non-Fiction2019
Felidia: Recipes from My Flagship Restaurant by Lidia Matticchio Bastianich
Non-Fiction2019
The Statue of Liberty: The Monumental Dream by Robert Belot
Non-Fiction2019
South: Essential Recipes and New Explorations by Sean Brock
Non-Fiction2019
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson
Non-Fiction2019
Anthony Bourdain Remembered by CNN
Non-Fiction2019
Country Music by Dayton Duncan; Ken Burns
Non-Fiction2019
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
Non-Fiction2019
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power by Jude Ellison Sady Doyle
Non-Fiction2019
Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
Non-Fiction2019
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
Non-Fiction2019
Murder by the Book: The Crime That Shocked Dickens' London by Claire Harman
Non-Fiction2019
Happiness Is Baking: Cakes, Pies, Tarts, Muffins, Brownies, Cookies: Favorite Desserts from the Queen of Cake by Maida Heatter
Non-Fiction2019
Lee Krasner by Robert Carleton Hobbs
Non-Fiction2019
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
Non-Fiction2019
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor
Non-Fiction2019
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Non-Fiction2019
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff
Non-Fiction2019
The Autograph Book of L.A. by Josh Kun
Non-Fiction2019
Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
Non-Fiction2019
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado
Non-Fiction2019
Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead by Jim Mattis
Non-Fiction2019
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
Non-Fiction2019
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven
Non-Fiction2019
The Map of Knowledge: A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found by Violet Moller
Non-Fiction2019
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe
Non-Fiction2019
Wild LA: Explore the Amazing Nature in and Around Los Angeles by Natural History Museum ...
Non-Fiction2019
The Weil Conjectures: On Math and the Pursuit of the Unknown by Karen Olsson
Non-Fiction2019
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara
Non-Fiction2019
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
Non-Fiction2019
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry
Non-Fiction2019
Notes to Self: Essays by Emilie Pine
Non-Fiction2019
Midnight chicken (& andere recepten om voor te leven): (en andere recepten die het waard zijn om voor te leven) by Ella Risbridger
Non-Fiction2019
Joy of Cooking [2019] by Irma S. Rombauer
Non-Fiction2019
Bedlam: An Intimate Journey Into America's Mental Health Crisis by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg
Non-Fiction2019
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians by David M. Rubenstein
Non-Fiction2019
Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897–1922 by Margaret Sartor
Non-Fiction2019
The Man They Wanted Me to Be: Toxic Masculinity and a Crisis of Our Own Making by Jared Yates Sexton
Non-Fiction2019
Tiny but Mighty by Hannah Shaw
Non-Fiction2019
In a Time of Monsters: Travels Through a Middle East in Revolt by Emma Sky
Non-Fiction2019
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Non-Fiction2019
Grinnell: America's Environmental Pioneer and His Restless Drive to Save the West by John Taliaferro
Non-Fiction2019
First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas
Non-Fiction2019
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang
Non-Fiction2019
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library by Edward Wilson-Lee
Non-Fiction2019
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Teen2019
SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson
Teen2019
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
Teen2019
Lovely War by Julie Berry
Teen2019
Hello Girls by Brittany Cavallaro
Teen2019
Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love by Elsie Chapman
Teen2019
Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi
Teen2019
Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks
Teen2019
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson
Teen2019
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
Teen2019
The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
Teen2019
Once & Future by Cori McCarthy
Teen2019
Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller
Teen2019
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée
Teen2019
Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
Teen2019
To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Teen2019
The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman
Teen2019
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Teen2019

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