As of the day I finish writing this blogpost (July 12, 2019), I have read 64% books of my 2019 reading goal so I am at 127/200. In the past two and a half months, I managed to read a lot more picture books, particularly the New York Times Bestsellers and award-winners, with a total of 60 books. I still review each book I read on Goodreads but will rank my 2019 favourites in December.
- Twenty Years A Slave by Solomon Northrup
- How to Be A Bawse by Lilly Singh
- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi (contributors: Ibi Zoboi, Tracey Baptiste, Coe Both, Dhonielle Clayton, Brandy Colbert, Jay Coles, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Justina Ireland, Varian Johnson, Kekla Magoon, Tochi Onyebuchi, Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia)
- Garvey and Garveyism by Julius Garvey, John Clarke, and Amy Jacques Garvey
- American War by Omar El Akkad
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
- Can You Say Peace? by Karen Katz, illustrated by
- Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian Hoban
- Adrift At Sea: A Vietnamese Boy's Story of Survival by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, illustrated by Brian Deines
- On Being 40(ish) edited by Lindsey Mead, various contributors
- The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
- The BFG by Roald Dahl
- No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
- With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6'4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau Bell
- Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color by Monique Fields, illustrated by Yesenia Moises
- Front Desk by Kelly Yang
- The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kama Bell: Tales of a 6’ 4”, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama’s Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kama Bell
- The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket
- Fake ID by Lamar Giles
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- The Agony of Bun O’Keefe by Heather Smith
- Thank You, Omu! By Oge Mora
- A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O’Leary, illustrated by Qin Leng
- They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki
- Sun Dog by Deborah Kerbel, illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo
- Mary Wears What She Wants by Keith Negley
- Pecan Pie Baby by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Sophie Backall
- Maya by Mahak Jain, illustrated by Elly MacKay
- The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn, illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak
- Over the Rooftops, Under the Moon by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Nahid Kazemi
- The Branch by Mireille Messier, illustrated by Pierre Pratt
- Braids by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Dave Whamond
- Wet by Carey Sookocheff
- The Log Driver’s Waltz by Wade Hemsworth, illustrated by Qin Leng
- Rosie’s Glasses by Dave Whamond
- Say Something by Peter H. Reynolds
- The Good Egg by Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald
- You Made Me a Dad by Laurene Sala, illustrated by Mike Marlborough
- Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama, illustrated by Loren Long
- Fresh Princess by Denene Millner, illustrated by Gladys Jose
- On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
- Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
- What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
- Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
- Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary
- The Night Diary by Vera Hiranandani
- Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined to Meet edited by Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Calling My Name by Liara Tamani
- Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta
- Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
- In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
- The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
- Woke Baby by Mahogany L. Browne, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
- Dear Girl by Amy Krause and Paris Rosenthal illustrated by Holly Hatam
- The King of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton
- I Am Enough by Grace Byers, illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo
- Dear Boy by Paris and Jason Rosenthal, illustrated by Holly Hatam
- The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds
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