Books are always a big part of the holidays in my home, as gifts, or enjoyed by a roaring fire, with loved ones close at hand. As always, we have recommendations for you, based on the best of our 2019 reading. These are mainly hardcovers - find rave reads most likely published in paperback in 2019 in our Recommended Reads 2018.

Contemporary	Fantasy	Historical
Number One Chinese Restaurant The Shepherd's Hut You Will Be Safe Here	Circe Wolf's Call The World That We Knew	A Long Petal of the Sea Star Path This Tender Land
Mystery	Mystery-Cozy	Mystery-Historical
Law and Addiction The Long Call What Rose Forgot	Dachshund Through the Snow Stick Together Terns of Endearment	Bones of the Earth Lady of Perdition The Noble Path
Mystery-International	Mystery-Thriller	Romance
The Chestnut Man Newcomer The Truth Behind the Lie	Aftershock Freefall Long Road to Mercy	The Book Charmer Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe Nothing to Hide
SF	Non-Fiction
Gamechanger A Memory Called Empire Scornful Stars	Hymns of the Republic Sicker Fatter Poorer We Are the Weather
YA Fiction	YA Fantasy/SF
Don't Say a Word Freeing Finch The Starlight Claim	The Heartwood Box Lost and Found The Story of Owen
Chapter Books	Picture Books
Exciting Expeditions Smell My Foot! Sufragette	Believe Except When They Don't Just Because
Find more book gift suggestions in our many previous Holiday Columns.
All of us at BookLoons wish you and yours the best of times, the kindest of holidays, and a joyous, healthy, prosperous and (especially) peaceful 2020!!