Thursday, December 19, 2019

Melinda's Top Ten Literary Picks for 2019

The following novels, non-fiction works are my top ten picks for 2019 in alphabetical order by author.  Included in my picks are two Pulitzer Prize winning poets and two literary semi-autobiographical novels:

1.  Be With - Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Forrest Gander

2.   The CAPITAL by Austrian author Robert Menasse

3.   The RESIDUE YEARS - a semi-autobiography by Mitchell Jackson

4.  An ORCHESTRA of MINORITIES by Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma

5.  The GHOST CLAUSE by Howard Norman

6.   The BEST of US - Pulitzer Prize winning poet Kay Ryan

7.   10 Minutes and 38 Seconds by Turkish author Elif Shafak

8.   OLIVE, AGAIN - by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Elizabeth Strout

9.  On EARTH WE'RE briefly GORGEOUS - semi-autobiographical novel by Vietnamese/American
         Ocean Vuong

10.  From GENEROSITY to JUSTICE - Non-Fiction by Darren Walker, Pres. of the Ford Fdtn.

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