I read 126 books in 2019! Here are my favorites:
6 Best Nonfiction Books
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo
The H Spot:The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness by Jill Filiopvic
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister
12 Best Fiction Books
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden (The Bear and the Nightingale, The Girl in the Tower, The Winter of the Witch)
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N. K. Jemisin (The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky)
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Secret Commonwealth by Phillip Pullman
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
3 Parenting Books
Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey through the Culture and Science of Pregnancy by Angela Garbes
Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool by Emily Oster
The Importance of Being Little: What Preschoolers Really Need from Grownups by Erica Christakis
3 Books on Education
The End of the Rainbow: How Educating for Happiness – Not Money – Would Transform Our Schools by Susan Engel
What School Could Be: Insights and Inspiration from Teachers Across America by Ted Dintersmith
Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era by Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith