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Can you add Good Night by L.R.W. Lee? It comes out next year. On the 14th of January

A Man Called Ove and A Serpent's Tooth both were published before 2019. Also, it is ridiculous to vote for untitled books that are not out yet!

Vicki wrote: "A Man Called Ove and A Serpent's Tooth both were published before 2019. "

Both titles have been removed.

I found a very good disclaimer on another list: Disclaimer: Per GR, Listopia is not for purposes of promotion and/or advertising. Genuine readers only. ...

This doesn't look like the "Best Books of 2019". It looks more like "All the Books of 2019". Really, how can you claim that 540 books are The Best of any Year, especially in April of the year? I'm wondering what the purpose of your list really is?

BTW, "Territory of Light" was published in 1978. The one listed is a reprint; I've noticed a few duplicates in your list; several of the books won't be published until 2020.

@Jodi
Duplicates should be gone now.

As to the books you found which were not first published in 2019, which numbers are they on? I could remove them if you like.

Dread Nation, #380 today, was published in April 2018. Terrific book, but not eligible for this list.

I found a ton more that don't belong while browsing for something new to read, and probably just scratched the surface. Some of the following books are contained in numbers where several books are tied for position. As you can tell from the numbers, this was just a casual browse of a page or two--I didn't check every book. I'm guessing all of the Craig Johnson books are here in error.

#406--The Wolf and the Rain,2018
#406--The Sinner,2020
#429 --Chain of Thorns,2021
#229--The Highwayman,2016
#438--Blood on Snow,2014
#486--Where the Crawdads Sing,2018
#499--The Sisters of the Winter World,2018
#499--Peace Talks,2020
#504--The Night Country,2020
#504--Wait for Signs,2015
#508--Circe,2018.

I went on to page 7, where very few books actually qualify. Most of the ones that don't are very good books, many nominated or winning awards.

#601--something by Charles Krauthammer,2013
#604 --Dark Days Deceit,2018
#604--Amazing Mrs Pollifax,1985
#607--Lilac Girls,2016
#610--White Oleander,1999
#611--Divorce Horse,2012
#604--Tough Cookie,2000
#615--Elected,2018
#616__Highland Raven,2015
#617--Reagan, 2018
#618--Girl on the Mountain,2012
#620--Into the Water,2017
#621--Untitled sequel to book scheduled for 2020, sequel some unknown date after
#621--Glass Houses,2017
#623--Before We Were Yours,2017
#624--The Alice Network,2017
#626--Pachinko,2017
#628--The Women in the Castle,2017
#630--The Sound of Rain,2016
#631--Hitler's Last Days,2015
#632--The Woman in the Window,2018
#633--The Paper Magician,2019
#635--Ship of Fools,2018
#637--The Summer Before the War,2016
#639--Bear Town,2016
#643--The Wretched of Muirwood,2011
#644--Us Against You,2018
#646--To Die For,2004
#647--Stalking Ground,2016
#648--White Rose, Black Forest,2018
#649--The Dark Horse,2009
#651--Junkyard Dogs,2010
#652--Whisper Me This,2018
#654--Hell Is Empty,2011
#655--The Great Alone,2018
#656--All the Breaking Waves,2016

I got tired of typing, but if you scan down the page, several more titles will pop out, ie The Color Purple, a couple of titles from Lord of the Rings, more Craig Johnson, old titles from CJ Box and Nevada Barr ...

At least 5 of the 7 books on page 8 were published before 2019.

Booklovinglady wrote: "Vicki wrote: "A Man Called Ove and A Serpent's Tooth both were published before 2019. "

Both titles have been removed."

A Man Called Ove is back again, at #272.

Vicki wrote: "A Man Called Ove is back again, at #272."

It has been removed again. Thanks for noticing.

In order to be useful to those of us who actually use this list to find something new and wonderful, a few rules might be established.
1--if a book is "untitled," no one outside of a very small circle has laid an eye on it--advance copies always have a title, and even folks within an author's work groups have a title to list--untitled should disqualify an entry
2--this isn't for the best book you read this year, but the best book you read that was actually published this year

Number 12 - House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1) by Sarah J Maas isn't set for publication until March 2020. Why's it on the list?