These are the best books I read in 2018 and 2019.
Americanah by Chimimanda Adichie
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager
Azazeel by Youssef Ziedan
A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
Circe by Madeline Miller
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellman
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
The Enlightened Army by David Toscana
The Farm by Joanne Ramos
The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
Pulp by Robin Talley
There There by Tommy Orange
War with the Newts by Karel Capek
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo
Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson (NF)
Yabo by Alexis de Veaux