Hi all ๐
Today I get to share with you a post that I have been wanting to do for a long time! I’m diving back into 2019 reading for a bit, and I’m going to be going through all of the 85 books I read in 2019, ranked from my favourite to my least favourite!
This post is going to be a massive, delicious list of books without any explanations, ratings or rantings! The list is mainly based on my enjoyment of each book, in comparison to everything else I read in 2019. If you are interested in getting more information and my full thoughts, take a peek at my other end of the year posts:
You can also find a review of most of these books on my Goodreads page (I’d love to be your friend there too!).
Also keep your eyes peeled for these posts that are coming up soon:
- 2019 Bookish Statistics
- 20 for 2020: A year-long TBR & Reading challenges
I was lucky in 2019 and I mostly enjoyed the books that I read ๐ Even though something is lower on this scale doesn’t mean that I hated the book!
Let’s get into the list ๐คฉ

#1
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

#2
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

#3
The Gloaming by Kirsty Logan

#4
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

#5
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

#6
The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews

#7
Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

#8
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton

#9
Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow


#10
Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson

#11
I am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb

#12
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacNeal

#13
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

#14
The Heart of Betrayal by Mary E. Pearson

#15
Big Jo by Julia Arostegi

#16
Becoming by Michelle Obama

#17
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

#18
Grace and Fury by Tracy Banghart

#19
Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade


#20
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

#21
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

#22
A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

#23
Big Magic: Creative Living beyond fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

#24
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

#25
Lips Touch by Laini Taylor

#26
Jog On: How Running Saved My Life by Bella Mackie

#27
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black

#28
The Equality Illusion: The Truth About Women And Men Today by Kat Banyard

#29
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures by Stephen Fry


#30
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry

#31
Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates

#32
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

#33
The Wicked King by Holly Black

#34
Nausicaรค of the Valley of the Wind, part 1 by Hayao Miyazaki, translated by David Lewis and Toren Smith

#35
Warcross by Marie Lu

#36
An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

#37
Folk by Zoe Gilbert

#38
A Pack of Blood and Lies by Olivia Wildenstein

#39
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black


#40
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

#41
Queens of Fennbirn by Kendare Blake

#42
The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

#43
The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye

#44
The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up: A Magical Story by Marie Kondo and Yuko Uramoto

#45
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander (JK Rowling)

#46
The Beauty of the Darkness by Mary E. Pearson

#47
Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly

#48
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

#49
Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women by Sarah Bargiela and Sophie Standing


#50
One Day in December by Josie Silver

#51
Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding

#52
Song of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury

#53
The Deathless Girls by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

#54
Swallowtail by Brenna Twohy

#55
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

#56
This Place: 150 Years Retold by various authors

#57
Appearance Anxiety: A Guide to Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder for Young People, Families and Professions by The National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorders Service

#58
The End of Eddy by Edouard Lois, translated by Michael Lucey

#59
My True Love Gave to Me by various authors, edited by Stephanie Perkins


#60
Heartstopper volume 2 by Alice Oseman

#61
The Humans by Matt Haig

#62
Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them by various authors, edited by Scarlett Curtis

#63
Blissful Land vol 1 by Ichimon Izumi, translated by Christine Dashiell

#64
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

#65
Chronicles of the Infected: Those They Betrayed by Q.J Martin

#66
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

#67
The Familiars by Stacey Halls

#68
Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton

#69
The Glovemaker by Ann Weisgarber


#70
Strange Secrets by Mike Russell

#71
Spinning by Tillie Walden

#72
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

#73
Maurice by E.M. Forster

#74
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

#75
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

#76
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

#77
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

#78
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

#79
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard


#80
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

#81
The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty

#82
The Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye

#83
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

#84
Chasing the Stars by Malorie Blackman

#85
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell


That’s everything I read in 2019 ranked from my favourite to my least favourite. Have you read any of these? Do you agree with my ranking? Would you change something around??
I was surprised how easy it was to rank my reads in the end! And as a major list lover, I can definitely see myself doing it again ๐
Would it be difficult for you to rank your reads? I would love to hear your thoughts!
Thank you so much for reading!

Interesting list! The Ten Thousand Doors of January was also in my top 10. Happy to have buddy read your 67th best read of 2019 with you lol ๐๐
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Haha The Familiars was actually a pretty good read (and I really enjoyed our discussions ๐) but I had so many great ones last year!
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What a massive undertaking! I cannot imagine trying to do this…
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Oh, this is such a cool post! I honestly love lists so much ๐๐ I’m also very much looking forward to reading your upcoming posts ๐ฅฐ I actually wanted to start reading The Crown’s Game sometime, but I’m not sure how much I’ll like it, I’ve barely heard anything about it nowadays ๐ฑ
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Ooh I highly recommend reading The Crown’s Game, it took me off guard by how good it was! The sequel on the other hand didn’t work at all for me ๐ But the first book was great!
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85 books…o.0 Wow
I noticed our reading tastes are very different, so I don’t have much to compare on this list ๐ I find ranking books to be difficult, haha. And the book covers. Wow. Some beyoootiful pieces here!
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That’s really interesting! I definitely feel lists like these can really give a good perspective on someone’s reading tastes – it’s literally everything I read last year haha. I honestly thought that the ranking would be difficult, but once I gave every book a category like low, med or high, then it was suddenly easy to rank the books within those categories ๐
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Yes! That’s why a person’s bookshelf can tell something about the reader ๐
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