Twelve issues wrapped. More than 1,300 new books reviewed in print and online. The editors have read so much that we’re all going to have to update our glasses prescriptions. But here they are: BookPage’s best books of 2019.



BEST FICTION



BEST NONFICTION



BEST LIGHTHEARTED NONFICTION



BEST MYSTERY



BEST ROMANCE



BEST SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY



BEST YOUNG ADULT



BEST MIDDLE GRADE