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Apr 25, 2019  From buzzy biographies to mystifying novels and everything in between, we've gathered the best books of 2019. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 1 The Dark Star Trilogy: Black Leopard, Red Wolf.

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A huge quantity of books previously unavailable to the public were released starting in 2019 to the public domain, thanks to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998. Because of an amendment to that act, works published between 1923 and 1977 can enter the public domain 95 years after their creation.

Many of the sites listed in this article can get you access to the tens of thousands of books (and movies, songs, and cartoons) available under this act. Downloads should be free and without retribution under U.S. Copyright law.

Keep an eye on your favorite sites; they will update regularly with these now legal-to-download books.

The news is relentless. No one human can keep track of all the memes on the Internet. With Game of Thrones wrapping up, you've sworn off for good.

Allow us to make a suggestion: Read a book. We've compiled a list of 2019 releases that'll please even the choosiest readers. Unpredictable, addictive thrillers. Romance novels to savor over a luxurious weekend. Memoirs that the whole book club will love. Plus dozens more whose plots are as good as their 'grammable covers.

Here's a guide to the best books of 2019. In 2018 Thomas’ debut YA novel, was turned into a film that starred and Issa Rae. Now her second novel, On the Come Up, picks up in the same neighborhood and around the same time the first book leaves off. Sixteen-year-old rapper Bri is desperate to live up to her artist father, who was murdered just before his big break. But before she can make it big, she finds herself at the center of a community controversy, while her mom is struggling to make ends meet at home.

Equal parts heartbreaking and full of hope, On the Come Up proves Thomas has many more stories to tell. Is “woman behaves dangerously, lives wildly” a genre? If so, The Age of Light is its latest poster child. The novel is a work of historical fiction about Lee Miller, a real-life Vogue model who became one of the first female war correspondents.

Scharer’s plot takes off when Miller travels to Paris where she meets photographer Man Ray, who becomes her collaborator and lover. While most stories about Miller paint her as Ray’s muse, this one portrays her as the independent and daring artist she truly was. The second novel from the writer behind New York Times best-seller The House Girl is a modern epic.

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When poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her most famous work, she begins to trace the arc of her childhood. She recalls her father's unexpected death, her mother's descent into a paralyzing depression, and her siblings' determined survival.

Her father's death shaped each of their lives and still haunts Fiona in her work. In the vein of, The Last Romantics is a sweeping look at what binds families together. Set in the 1930s in Malaysia, The Night Tiger opens when 11-year-old houseboy Ren discovers his master has just died. The master's final wish was for Ren to find the man’s finger—which he’d lost years before in an accident—so it can be buried with him. If the boy fails to find it, his master will be cursed and his soul will forever wander the earth. Across the district, Ji Lin, an apprentice dressmaker and dance hall girl by night, comes across an item that one of her dance partners has left behind, which sends her on her own adventure. Ren’s and Ji Lin’s paths soon crisscross as they embark on their journeys.

It’s a book for fans of and for those who love a murder mystery with a beautiful backdrop. In Anissa Gray's debut, a trio of sisters reels from a criminal conviction.

Growing up, the eldest sister, Althea, took care of her sisters after their mother died. Althea raised them to become one of the most respected families in their area, one of the few black residents in an all-white Michigan town. But now, after Althea is arrested—for food stamp fraud and embezzlement—their reputation is destroyed and the sisters must reunite in Michigan to pick up the pieces. As the family struggles to support themselves, long-buried secrets are revealed. If you couldn't get enough of TBS's Search Party, or more recently Netflix's Russian Doll, pick up a copy of The Lost Night.

Much like these two shows, this book also centers on a young woman posing as an amateur detective to solve a murder. Back in 2009 the novel's protagonist, Lindsay, partied with her friends and the queen bee of their group, Edie. After a long night of binge drinking, Lindsay woke up to find Edie dead of an apparent suicide. Now, a decade later, Lindsay discovers new evidence that could prove that Edie was murdered—and that Lindsay might have been involved. The rest of this haunting debut follows Lindsay as she tries to piece together what really happened on that awful, forgotten night.

If was your number one Netflix show of 2018, then you'll love the story of Berie—a 19-year-old who finds belonging in an off-the-grid (and dangerous) collective instead of her freshman dorm. After leaving home Berie meets Bay, a mysterious stranger who invites her to come live with the Ash Family. The homestead is run by larger-than-life leader Dice.

Much like the Rajneeshees of Wild Wild Country, Berie changes her name, assimilates to join the group, and starts living on the farm. But as we've seen with other popular cult stories—it's not all as harmonious at it seems. When was just 27, her father unexpectedly passed away. While Carr was shattered, the rest of the world mourned as well; Carr's father was the celebrated journalist and bestselling author David Carr. By the time she caught her breath on the night of his death—and took a look at her phone—she had received both a New York Times and NPR push alert about his death.

As she mourned, digital communication continued to play a huge role in her grief. Carr spent months pouring over her email correspondence with her father (1,936 items in total) to help make sense of her pain. The result is this gripping memoir—which is an ode to her father and their complicated relationship—told through his many, many emails to his daughter. Disclaimer: This memoir isn't for the faint of heart. In Once More We Saw Stars, Jayson Greene lays bare his story of losing his daughter, Greta. One afternoon Greta, then two, is sitting on a park bench with her grandmother, enjoying her visit and some time outdoors, when out of nowhere, a brick crumbles from a windowsill above and strikes her unconscious.

Greta is rushed to the hospital and dies there. This book is an unflinching portrait of what it's like for a couple to live through the worst kind of trauma—and survive. It belongs in the pantheon with other masterpieces on grief, like Joan Didion's.