King County Library System Best Books2019

Given by King County Library System

100 Works 132,662 Books 6,165 Reviews 4.0
The King County Library System (KCLS) has released its 2023 Best Books list. The annual list reveals KCLS’ top 125 books of the year and includes 25 titles in each of the following categories: show more fiction, nonfiction, children, teen — and, new this year — audiobook.

Best Books are nominated by KCLS librarians and staff members who, collectively, read thousands of books each year. A selection committee then reviews the submissions and determines the final list. The 156 nominations received this year span a range of genres, from history to fantasy and science fiction.

“KCLS is thrilled to present our 2023 Best Books list," stated KCLS Director of Collection Management Services Tracey Thompson. "We’re pleased to offer the new audiobook category this year, and we hope you enjoy all of these fantastic titles as much as we did!”

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All, 2024 (100), 2023 (126), 2022 (100), 2021 (100), 2020 (100), 2019 (100), 2018 (100), 2017 (100), 2016 (100), 2015 (84), 2014 (26), 2013 (42), 2012 (42), 2011 (37), 2010 (32), 2009 (25), 2008 (26), 2007 (24)
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The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
Children's Books2019
B is for Baby by Atinuke
Children's Books2019
New Kid by Jerry Craft
Children's Books2019
When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland
Children's Books2019
Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Children's Books2019
¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market (World of ¡Vamos!) by Raul Gonzalez Iii
Children's Books2019
Sauerkraut by Kelly Jones
Children's Books2019
A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
Children's Books2019
Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee
Children's Books2019
Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen
Children's Books2019
Princess Puffybottom . . . and Darryl by Susin Nielsen
Children's Books2019
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
Children's Books2019
My Footprints by Bao Phi
Children's Books2019
Tallulah the Tooth Fairy CEO by Tamara Pizzoli
Children's Books2019
Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis
Children's Books2019
My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero
Children's Books2019
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean by Dean Robbins
Children's Books2019
Another by Christian Robinson
Children's Books2019
Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary D. Schmidt
Children's Books2019
Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea
Children's Books2019
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor
Children's Books2019
Llama Destroys the World (A Llama Book, 1) by Jonathan Stutzman
Children's Books2019
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Children's Books2019
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop by Carole Boston Weatherford
Children's Books2019
A Stone Sat Still by Brendan Wenzel
Children's Books2019
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
Fiction Books2019
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Fiction Books2019
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
Fiction Books2019
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
Fiction Books2019
Exhalation by Ted Chiang
Fiction Books2019
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fiction Books2019
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Fiction Books2019
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Fiction Books2019
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Fiction Books2019
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Fiction Books2019
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Fiction Books2019
The Institute by Stephen King
Fiction Books2019
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami
Fiction Books2019
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Fiction Books2019
Deep River: A Novel by Karl Marlantes
Fiction Books2019
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Fiction Books2019
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Fiction Books2019
Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fiction Books2019
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Fiction Books2019
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Fiction Books2019
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Fiction Books2019
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Fiction Books2019
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
Fiction Books2019
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Fiction Books2019
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Fiction Books2019
Semicolon by Cecelia Watson
Nonfiction Books2019
Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Nonfiction Books2019
Parkland: Birth of a Movement by Dave Cullen
Nonfiction Books2019
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
Nonfiction Books2019
Dreyer's English (Adapted for Young Readers): Good Advice for Good Writing by Benjamin Dreyer
Nonfiction Books2019
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Nonfiction Books2019
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Nonfiction Books2019
On the Clock: What Low-Wage Work Did to Me and How It Drives America Insane by Emily Guendelsberger
Nonfiction Books2019
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir
Nonfiction Books2019
Happiness Is Baking by Maida Heatter
Nonfiction Books2019
Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners and Graft in the Queen City (American Palate) by Brad Holden
Nonfiction Books2019
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
Nonfiction Books2019
She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor
Nonfiction Books2019
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Nonfiction Books2019
Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley
Nonfiction Books2019
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Nonfiction Books2019
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land
Nonfiction Books2019
Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes by Jessica Pan
Nonfiction Books2019
Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age by Mary Pipher
Nonfiction Books2019
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
Nonfiction Books2019
Seattle Walk Report: An Illustrated Walking Tour through 23 Seattle Neighborhoods by Susanna Ryan
Nonfiction Books2019
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
Nonfiction Books2019
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
Nonfiction Books2019
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells
Nonfiction Books2019
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang
Nonfiction Books2019
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
Teen Books2019
Internment by Samira Ahmed
Teen Books2019
SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson
Teen Books2019
Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday by Natalie C. Anderson
Teen Books2019
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Teen Books2019
Lovely War by Julie Berry
Teen Books2019
The Gilded Wolves: A Novel by Roshani Chokshi
Teen Books2019
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Teen Books2019
A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending by India Desjardins
Teen Books2019
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Teen Books2019
Dig by A. S. King
Teen Books2019
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
Teen Books2019
Queen of the Sea by Dylan Meconis
Teen Books2019
Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Teen Books2019
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds
Teen Books2019
Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Teen Books2019
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell
Teen Books2019
Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby
Teen Books2019
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
Teen Books2019
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki
Teen Books2019
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Teen Books2019
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A. F. Venable
Teen Books2019
A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II by Elizabeth Wein
Teen Books2019
Frankly in Love by David Yoon
Teen Books2019
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young and Black in America by Ibi Zoboi
Teen Books2019

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