Madeline’s Favorite Books of 2019
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Normal People
Sally Rooney
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Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
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Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman
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Grand Union
Zadie Smith
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Furious Hours
Casey Cep
Abbe’s Favorite Books of 2019
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The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead
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Evvie Drake Starts Over
Linda Holmes
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Inheritance
Dani Shapiro
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My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite
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The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes
What Madeline’s Giving as Gifts this Holiday Season
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Alpine Cooking
Meredith Erickson
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The Last Course
Claudia Fleming
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Fleabag: The Scriptures
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
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The Beautiful Ones
Prince
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My Book with No Pictures
B. J. Novak
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How To
Randall Munroe
What Abbe’s Giving as Gifts this Holiday Season
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Bill Cunningham: On the Street
New York Times
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Notes from a Young Black Chef
Kwame Onwuachi
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That Was Awkward
Emily Flake
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Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Melissa Wagner
Recently, Abbe Wright, Read it Forward’s Senior Editor, was invited to be in conversation with Madeline McIntosh, CEO of Penguin Random House to talk about a topic they both love. Books! Specifically, what their favorite reads of 2019 were and what books they’re looking forward to giving to friends and family this holiday season.
Watch below for the full video of their conversation, which took place at the Tishman Auditorium at The New School in New York City on November 14, 2019, then keep scrolling for an easy list of all the books they mention.
