With only a few days left in the year, a number of outlets have published 2019 previews, including extensive lists from Entertainment Weekly, Forbes, Esquire, Oprah Magazine, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Apple Books, and Bustle. Comparing last year’s aggregated preview list to our 2018 Best of the Best list, only three titles from the former, Tayari Jones’ An American Marriage, Lauren Groff’s Florida, and Rachel Kushner’s The Mars Room, carried through to the latter. This year’s Best of the Best winner, Tommy Orange’s There There, did not make any of the preview lists we collected, nor did number two Best of the Best […]