2019 on Goodreads

37 books. https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/6852430

Non fiction.

The End by Ian Kershaw was the best non fiction book I read this year. An outstanding history.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/355940746?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

The A Brief History serious produced a gem in A Brief History of the Crusades: Islam and Christianity in the Struggle for World Supremacy by Geoffrey Hindley.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/232290265?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

In terms of personal pleasure I really enjoyed Norfolk Island: A Revised and Enlarged History 1774-1998 by Merval Hoare. I suppose a visit to what seemed a quant speck in the ocean that I had no intention of ever visiting but enjoyed immensely helped.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2809884622?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

Homage To Catalonia by George Orwell is a must read for anyone who has an interest in the thoughts and ideas that were the genesis for his great works of later years.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2986143074?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

Russell Braddon's The Naked Island is a must read for anyone with the stomach for a brutal firsthand account of life as a POW under the Japanese in WW2.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2661986869?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

Language Families of the World is an excellent primer for anyone with an interest in language but is not requiring too much depth on the subject. Perfect for the inquisitive.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3094540720?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

Fiction
David Mitchell. 5 novels read this year. Superb writer.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/6852430-fourtriplezed?shelf=david-mitchell&sort=date_read

Tamarisk Row by Gerald Murname.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2667091754?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

A trio of Brisbane novels that I found very fulfilling.
The Delinquents by Criena Rohan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2699060809?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Praise by the late Andrew McGahan
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2404004468?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2809961896?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
I enjoyed them all for various reasons.