This is my book list for 2019. Might add one more but here they are. I've boldfaced my favorite five but this was a year of great books.

My number one was "The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa"

1. Secret Asset (Liz Carlyle #2) - Stella Rimington
2. A Delicate Touch (Stone Barrington 48) - Stuart Woods
3. The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
4. Into the Water - Paula Hawkins
5. Illegal Action (Liz Carlyle #3) - Stella Rimington
6. Birth of the Loud - Ian S. Port
7. The Lost Girls of Paris - Pam Jenoff
8. Big Little Lies - Liane Moriarty
9. The Huntress - Kate Quinn
10. Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger
11. Dead Line - Stella Rimington ( Liz Carlyle #4)
12. Wild Card (Stone Barrington, #49) - Stuart Woods
13. Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs #6) - Jacqueline Winspear
14. The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs #7) - Jacqueline Winspear
15. China Dolls - LIsa See
16. A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs #8) - Jacqueline Winspear
17. Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs #9) - Jacqueline Winspear
18. Leaving Everything Most Loved  (Maisie Dobbs #10) - Jacqueline Winspear
19. Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah
20.  A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs #11)  - Jacqueline Winspear
21. The Latte Factor - David Bach
22. Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs #12)  - Jacqueline Winspear
23. In This Grave Hour (Maisie Dobbs #13)  - Jacqueline Winspear
24. To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs #14)  - Jacqueline Winspear
25. The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs #15)  - Jacqueline Winspear
26. The Hearing Heartbeats - Jan-Philipp Sendker
27. Neon Prey - John Sandford
28.  Not Our Kind - Kitty Zeldis
29. Something in the Water - Catherine Steadman
30. Skin Game - (Teddy Faye #3) Stuart Woods
31. Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
32. The New Girl (Gabriel Allon #19) - Daniel Silva
33. Contraband - (Stone Barrington #50) - Stuart Woods
34. The Memory Police - Yōko Ogawa
35. The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale #2) - Margaret Atwood
36. American War - Omar El Akkad
37. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - Lisa See
38. Stealth - (Stone Barrington #51) - Stuart Woods
39. Blue Moon - (Jack Reacher #24) - Lee Child
40. The Accomplice -  Joseph Kanon
41. The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding - Jennifer Robson
42. Kindred - Octavia E. Butler
43. Nine Perfect Strangers - liane Moriarity

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A quick read but just not my cup of tea. Maybe glad I read it, but its for book club. Without loyalty to my fellow members, I might have put it down after the first few chapters. To neat and wildly predictable. Even the ending was trite to me.

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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a brillant book. Illuminating and filled with emotion. Forget the wonderful plot, and the interesting characters. This is a book about slavery. We have a decreasing number of first hand accounts of this period in out history and this book is an example of what a brilliant writer can do. Bravo. I can't wait to read more of her books.

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The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A magnificent book. Illuminating on so many levels. It brought a small period in history into sharp focus and gave additional insight into the people of Great Britain. The relationship between the crown, gown and the people who made the gown is one that is hard to pin down but Robson has done it in spades and made a fan out of me.
One must speak of Roson's style. Its perfect for me. I could see the places and people and the story moved quickly. Not sure many authors could keep me interested in embroidery but she might be able to write about paint drying and make it interesting.

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