2019 was bookclique’s second year, and thanks to our loyal readers, we have had many thousands of visits to our site! We feel so honored and happy to know that our collaborative project of bringing attention to great books each week has resonated so well with so many people. If you love to get our weekly book download, please subscribe and encourage your friends who love books to do the same.
bookclique reviews offer fresh, brief, and original content every week. We do our best to review titles across genre and perspective while recognizing that our social identities and backgrounds inform our choices. We believe in promoting the work of contemporary authors and lean toward amplifying women’s voices.
Below is a recap of the 2019 bookclique picks, many of which went on to win book awards! Thanks to the amazing bookclique bloggers — English teachers, students, and writers, all — who bring their intelligence, humor, and care to each and every review. It is an honor to be part of such an inspiring and inspired network.
- Dani Shapiro, Inheritance
- Michelle Obama, Becoming
- Courtney Stevens, Dress Codes for Small Towns
- Lindsey Mead, On Being 40(ish)
- Julie Berry, The Lovely War
- Oyinkan Braithwaite, My Sister, the Serial Killer
- Tracy K. Smith, Life on Mars
- Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Friday Black
- Ling Ma, Severance
- Naomi Alderman, The Power
- Abigail Thomas, What Comes Next and How to Like It
- Lisa Damour, Under Pressure
- Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
- Terence Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
- Laila Lalimi, The Moor’s Account
- Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
- Nell Freudenberger, Lost and Wanted
- Angie Kim, Miracle Creek
- Sarah Ruhl, Letters From Max
- Judith Vanistendael, When David Lost His Voice
- Lynne Olson, Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
- Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
- Frances Mayes, See You in the Piazza
- Sarah Blake, The Guest Book
- Joyce Carol Oates, My Life as a Rat
- Jon Cohen, Harry’s Trees
- Julie Orringer, The Flight Portfolio
- Donal Ryan, From a Low and Quiet Sea
- Cleo Wade, Heart Talk
- Daisy Johnson, Everything Under
- Joanna Pearson, Every Human Love
- Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls
- Lindsay Wong, The Woo-Woo
- Nicole Dennis-Benn, Patsy
- Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman is in Trouble
- Ocean Vuong, On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous
- Kelly Corrigan, Tell Me More
- Ta-Nahesi Coates, The Water Dancer
- Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, She Said
- Claire Lombardo, The Most Fun We Ever Had
- Margaret Atwood, The Testaments
- Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
- JoJo Moyes, The Giver of Stars
- Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington, Grown and Flown
- Flannery O’Connor, A Prayer Journal
- Anna Burns, Milkman
- Susan Choi, Trust Exercise
