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ILZA'S LIST - 2019

Top Recommendations

  • Turbulence by David Szalay

  • Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

  • A State of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee

  • The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

  • Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

 Solid Picks

  • Friday - Nana Kwane Adjei-Brenyah

  • The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

  • The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste

  • News of the World - Paulette Jones

  • The Other Americans - Laila Lalami

  • Stay and Fight - Madeline ffitch

 Ilza's Interesting Picks

  • The Last Watchman of Old Cairo - Michael David Lukas

  • A View of the Empire at Sunset - Caryl Phillips

  • Washington Black - Esi Edugyan

  • Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" - Zora Neale Hurston

  • Shoe Dog - Phil Knight

  • Gangster State - Pieter-Louis Myburgh

  • The Gone Deaad - Chanelle Benz

 Lalita's Top Picks

  • Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson

  • The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

  • The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

  • Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout

  • Disappearing Earth - Julia Phillips

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