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The Most Read Books of the 2019 Reading Challenge
Now that we're halfway through the year, we thought it would be fun to see which books have been the most read of the 2019 Challenge. Topping the list is a memoir from a former First Lady of the United States, followed by some book club favorites and the reappearance of a boy wizard. We've also broken out the top nonfiction reads and the most popular classics of the year.
By the way: It's not too late to set a reading goal or even edit your current Challenge! Feel free to be inspired and add these books to your Want to Read shelf.
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What are you currently reading? Tell us in the comments!
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I've read 6 of the top 20, 3 of them years ago. I'll start looking at the other 14.
Ginny ♥♡ Have Courage and Be Kind♥♡ wrote: "I Read 
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"I just finished a book called "Maybe This Time" , but it was published in 2010. So not the book you read, got confused. LOL.
Currently reading The Silent Patient has no idea ur was on this list, just had it recommended on Audible.
Man, I really need to get on reading some Orwell. At least I've read Handmaid's Tale and Fahrenheit? Seems like fantasy has fallen out of favor a little bit compared to previous years? Hope not.
Or that nothing else has really grabbed their attention in the meantime.
I thought I was crazy for having just started reading Harry Potter at the age of 27 but I'm happy it's somehow still in the top reads! (Although most of those are probably rereads but hey...)
Taylor wrote: "I thought I was crazy for having just started reading Harry Potter at the age of 27 but I'm happy it's somehow still in the top reads! (Although most of those are probably rereads but hey...)"I read the 7 HP books when they first came out. Fun! Now they are old enough, and Dame Rowling is rich enough that I’m hearing some “genre bashing”. People forget they SAVED Scholastic Press, and got kids on the brink of internet addiction to read real books again [and I am a 62 year old reader/reviewer of 200+ books a year]
As I read through the comments, it amazes me to discover people advocating books but not saying what they are. Uh?
Becoming was the best book I have ever read in my life
I'm currently reading Long Walk to Freedom by Mandela and Freedom at Midnight by Larry collins
On the last pages of The Paragon Hotel, by Lyndsey Faye.
Sue wrote: "I am currently reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King. Interesting to see that I’ve read #1, 2 & 3 from the top 20 list, as well as several others. That doesn’t happen very often!"Also reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King
11/22/63
Just read Prue Leith The Lost Son and Ultimate Explorer Field Guide for Birds by National Geographic. I am reading currently, The Road to Rome by Ben Kane and the Sex Factor by Victora Bateman.
I tend to read multiple books at the same time. At present I am on the 3rd book of Lucinda Riley’s The Seven Sisters series. I’m also reading Year of Wonders, A Novel of the Plague, by Geraldine Brooks; The Last Tudor by Philippa Gregory and listening to A Secret Alchemy by Emma Darwin. Just realized they are all female authors so have checked my bookshelves and I’d say a good 80% of my books are by female writers! Ladies write first class literature.
Reading Crushing It to create a teaching around it
would be interesting to see how my 2019 books compare to the larger numbers - make this a personal update rather than just the masses.
In the middle of two:Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, and
Trusting Doubt: A Former Evangelical Looks at Old Beliefs in a New Light
I'm currently reading "The Return of the King" by J.R.R Tolkien
I am re-read s book, Debbie Macomber's Last One Home!
Women Talking by Miriam Toews interesting and quietly undramatic
Zohal wrote: "Interesting that the Classics are all Dystopian"<i noticed that too!!!!
I'm reading the Mueller report, which is something I believe we should all read for ourselves. It's actually quite engaging, and since there are so many redactions, it's not as long as you might think. I've also read a few books in between picking the report up just because I have some book club books to read as well, and it's nice to take a break occasionally from the report. Will start The Paris Wife and Equal Means Equal soon and need to read Educated for our October book club meeting. Have read Becoming and really enjoyed it!
Just finished The Correspondents by Tim Murphy. Reading PD book We Got This by Cornelius Minor.
Currently reading Reporter by Seymour M. Hersh and The Night Diary by Veera Hirananandani.
"A Gentleman in Moscow." I'm surprised not to see this one on the list.
Finding Dorothy by Elizabeth Letts based on Maud Baum's life as a sufragette's daughter to honor husband L. Frank's legacy to bring The Wizard of Oz to film and protect young Judy Garland during filming.
If you adored Where the Crawdads Sing (which I did), I highly recommend an earlier book by Delia Owens called The Cry of the Kalahara.
Reading this one again. Loved it.The undertaking by Audrey Magee
Currently reading Elderhood, by Louise Aronson, Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher, The Guest Book by Sarah Blake, and working through(slowly) The Source of Self Regard by Toni Morrison. I don't really need the Reading Challenge because I would read anyway, but it is kind of fun to look at the variety of books I read in a year. Also, it doesn't take into account that some books take more time to read than others!
Melissa wrote: "I am a strict wait for it to come out to paperback person- but I made an exception with Circe, and darn glad I did I adored it! So yeah tackled that one last year in hardcover format. But I have Be..."I too love reading in the bathtub and simply putting the Kindle in a small ziplock plastic bag does protect it and makes me more aware that if I feel I might doze off, put it on the side of the tub! Biggest problem was trying to read a Ken Follatt hardcover; it was like lifting weights while trying to relax..............
Juho wrote: "I'd be far more curious to see the least read books - the ones only I have read this year."Me, too!
I am reading 'The Awakening of Bharat Mata' by Swapandasgupta
Juho wrote: "I'd be far more curious to see the least read books - the ones only I have read this year."Yes I love seeing the books that feel like random gems!
I've read eight of these books and there are a couple more I'd like to read on this list. So far I loved every book.
I am reading Furious Hours: Murder Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Sepp. Well written and interesting..
Noelene wrote: "I would like to see a breakdown by country of reader. An Australian list for example may look totally different. I am currently reading from the top 100 lists from Australia and New Zealand as vote..."That's a great idea, there are so many books that the blurb doesn't sound good but the book likely is. I hope to try something like that one day for Canada.
Emily wrote: "Neide wrote: "I really want to give Daisy Jones & the Six, Circe and Educated a try. Great list!"Educated is probably one of the hardest books to get through although not because it is bad. The g..."
I found Educated a quick read. However, I was angry throughout the entire book.
Bill wrote: "The fact that Harry Potter is still dominating this list means that some people need to expand their reading lists/genres and check out what else is available in the world of literature and non-fic..."Harry Potter never gets old. I read a wide range of books, and have reread HP a number of times.
Reading "The News Of the World." I am not sure how I feel about it at the moment. Interesting topic, but the writing an punctuation is different. Not bad, just takes some getting used to.
felix wrote: "we stan michelle obama winning on all fronts"we stan ?
I'm halfway through The Singapore Grip, by J. G. Farrell, the third part of a trilogy about British colonialism. The other parts, Troubles, and The Siege of Krishnapoor, are brilliant beyond words. A funny and tragic study of white privilege before that was a term.
I'm reading The Light Of Paris by Eleanor Brown
Currently reading "This Storm" by James Ellroy, "Angel of Darkness" by Caleb Carr, and "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurtry.
Christy wrote: "Emily wrote: "Neide wrote: "I really want to give Daisy Jones & the Six, Circe and Educated a try. Great list!"Educated is probably one of the hardest books to get through although not because it..."
I agree. I had to walk away from "Educated" a few times, and I noticed my mood was sour all evening. Sherry S.
Abhishek wrote: "Just started Becoming . The most talked book of 2018"Me too!
It would be fun to see something other than the "most popular" books for a change. Maybe J/YA?