This column has been written for half a year and today we would like to take this New Year’s opportunity to highlight the best books in “Kale on Books” during 2019. There are six works of note. I need to be forthright in saying that three of the authors (first three in the list) were colleagues of mine at the Richmond Times-Dispatch many years ago. Nevertheless, their books in 2019 gained attention not only from me, but also regionally.