2019 Notable Books for Adults

Descrizione
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 26 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2019 list.
1
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
di David W. Blight
1,112 utenti
23 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
2
The Mars Room: A Novel
di Rachel Kushner
1,474 utenti
69 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
3
Educated: A Memoir
di Tara Westover
9,761 utenti
511 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda,kara.shamy
4
Warlight
di Michael Ondaatje
2,048 utenti
104 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
5
Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
di Stephen Fried
192 utenti
9 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
6
Washington Black
di Esi Edugyan
2,285 utenti
135 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
7
The House of Broken Angels
di Luis Alberto Urrea
782 utenti
49 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
8
There There
di Tommy Orange
4,266 utenti
192 recensioni
4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
9
An American Marriage
di Tayari Jones
3,947 utenti
256 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
10
Friday Black
di Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
852 utenti
48 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
11
Heavy: An American Memoir
di Kiese Laymon
1,023 utenti
39 recensioni
½ 4.5
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
12
The Great Believers
di Rebecca Makkai
1,982 utenti
110 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
13
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
di Beth Macy
1,059 utenti
59 recensioni
4.1
Member
sturlington
14
L'albero intricato
di David Quammen
683 utenti
21 recensioni
4
Member
sturlington
15
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
di Shane Bauer
531 utenti
16 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
16
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
di Terrance Hayes
295 utenti
6 recensioni
4
Member
sturlington
17
If They Come for Us: Poems
di Fatimah Asghar
273 utenti
6 recensioni
4.2
Member
sturlington
18
Don't Skip Out on Me
di Willy Vlautin
227 utenti
22 recensioni
4.2
Member
sturlington
19
The Carrying: Poems
di Ada Limón
293 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
20
Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore
di Elizabeth Rush
227 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
21
Call Me American: A Memoir
di Abdi Nor Iftin
194 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
Spiegazioni
22
Beneath a Ruthless Sun: A True Story of Violence, Race, and Justice Lost and Found
di Gilbert King
180 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.7
Member
sturlington
23
High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
di Ben Austen
135 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
24
Il sussurro del mondo
di Richard Powers
5,359 utenti
244 recensioni
4.1
Member
kara.shamy,sturlington
25
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
di Kirk Wallace Johnson
1,049 utenti
51 recensioni
4
Spiegazioni
26
Waiting for Eden
di Elliot Ackerman
195 utenti
16 recensioni
3.9
Spiegazioni