Best Books of 2019

I read a lot of books this year - 200! That’s 76 more than I read in 2018... I wasn’t even sure that was possible.

Now, I love to write and read, but I’m not going to re-review all of these books. If a book is on this list, it is one that I really enjoyed and recommend. You may notice that not all of these are books that earned 5 stars. Many I only rated 4 stars, but not all 4-star books made it on this list, and there are even some 3-star books.

I have gone back through all of the books that I read this year and these are the ones that stood out and that I love!

1. Rich Bitch: A Simple 12-Step Plan for Getting Your Financial Life Together...Finally

2. Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done

3. You Are a Badass at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth

4. The Curated Closet: A Simple System for Discovering Your Personal Style and Building Your Dream Wardrobe

5. Daily Rituals: How Artists Work

6. Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World

7. Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person

8. Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

9. Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

10. 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don't Do: Own Your Power, Channel Your Confidence, and Find Your Authentic Voice for a Life of Meaning and Joy

11. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy

12. The Home Edit: A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals

13. I Don't Know What You Know Me From: My Life as a Co-Star

14. Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married

15. When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing

16. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

17. The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery

18. When Life Gives You Lululemons

19. The Power of Vulnerability

20. The Devil Wears Prada

21. Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns

22. I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Second Edition: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works

23. How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time

24. Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Ambitious Women

25. The Case for Jamie (NOTE: this is from a series, and is not the first book)

26. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert

27. Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

28. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

29. Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life

30. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

The other 170 books I read were good too - well, most of them. You can save some time and effort by using the books on this list as a starting place.

All of these books I would happily read again and some even have gotten onto the “books I need to buy list” - which is a very privileged place to be.

I definitely am not going to try and read 200 books again next year, instead, I’m going to try and be a bit more intentional about the ones that I read. But you’ll hear more about that soon.

Until next time,

Carly