Books of 2019

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones   James Clear
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II                   Keith Lowe
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't     Nate Silver
The Handmaid's Tale                                                         Margaret Atwood
Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces 
        that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave                           Adam Alter
Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization    Richard Miles
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe                     George Dyson
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World                       David Epstein
Fatherland                                                                  Robert Harris
The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator                     Timothy C. Winegard
A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing         Lawrence M. Krauss
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin                                Timothy Snyder
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World                Cal Newport
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942                      Ian W. Toll
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, 
        Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers 
        Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language                               Arika Okrent
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion 
        in the Quest for Work You Love                                      Cal Newport
Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War                                        Max Hastings
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States               Daniel Immerwahr
The Name of the Rose                                                        Umberto Eco
The Art of War                                                              Sun Tzu
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer                              James L. Swanson
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion    Jonathan Haidt
Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen        Donald Miller
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World                  Cal Newport
Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart                                John Guy
A People's History of the United States                                     Howard Zinn
Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire                         Peter H. Wilson
The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets 
        and the Rise of the Tudors                                          Dan Jones
The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England             Dan Jones
Breakfast of Champions                                                      Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6              Edward Gibbon
Catch-22                                                                    Joseph Heller
Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine                                         Anne Applebaum
Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun 
        and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants        H.W. Brands
The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God's Holy Warriors          Dan Jones
White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America                Nancy Isenberg