My Top Books of 2019!

[@jasmined9394]

I love Blake Crouch but I haven't read Recursion yet. But I adored his book Abandon as well as Dark Matter.

[@crystaltuazon2490]

Blake Crouch wrote the Pines trilogy as well! I actually loved it and preferred it more than Recursion/Dark Matter!

[@sukhmanisreadingcorner6811]

Cricket Sighting at 2:40! I really like your list. I put some of them in my TBR list for 2020. :D

[@allisonchristie3734]

I loved blacked crouch s wayward pines trilogy but I have only read 5 of his books.

[@laura6710]

Blake Crouch actually wrote an entire trilogy before Dark Matter was released. The first book is really good, and the others are just okay. It has the same kind of feel as his newer books but he maybe should have cut it off after the first. It even has a tv adaptation, Pines, but it wasn’t that great.

[@Sambookish]

I was really confused when she said that and paused the video for a moment before I remembered that I actually read the Wayward Pines series by Blake Crouch 😂 but I really would like to see her opinion on those books, I agree with you

[@ChelseaPalmerBooks]

Sigh...yup found that out as I was uploading it. I’d be curious to see what I think of them now after reading his newest stuff.

[@michelea2326]

@@ChelseaPalmerBooks one of my managers at work read the entire wayward pines series over or holiday break and loved it!

[@charlieparra3103]

I was about to say that Blake Crouch has written more than 2 book lol Yeah, the Wayward Pines trilogy is simply fantastic (even more than the TV show). You should check them out :) Now, in total he has written close to 25 books! :)

[@sharonforbes162]

Great books you read last year!! I think I'm getting in thebmood for a good tear jerker books so I'll have to pick one you recommended here!

[@jessicacoleman6148]

And I just downloaded the butterfly garden from audible

[@LADYTONEICHIA]

Lol as you were talking about Recursion I was watching the cat!!! Thank you for the book suggestions!!

[@filcabrera3434]

Serpent and Dove is in my TBR, gotta buy The Bone Houses and Dragon Republic, but first have to read Poppy War..

[@MLLatUtube]

I have Recursion and Serpent and Dove on my TBR for 2020. One of my favorites for 2019 that you might enjoy was A Constellation of Roses - so good! And so under the radar as far as I can tell.

[@tmjdunn]

I love the collector series. I have read them multiple times and was so excited to read the last book this year. I got my mom hooked on them as well. Really tough stories but so so very well written.

[@megandavis4705]

Love your videos. I now have so many to add to my TBR. None of the books I read last year were released in 2019. My top books I read were Heartless, Five Feet Apart, The Nightingale, and The Great Alone. I also discovered Debbie Macomber and have loved her books.

[@kimberlynewsom9876]

Birthday is such an incredible book!! I loved it too, and like you wish more people would read it!! The Bone Houses has been on my wish list for a while now, I just added A Heart in a Body in the World to my list. I had The Butterfly Garden on there for a while then recently took it off because I got scared LOL but I just put it back on - so we'll see if I ever actually read it LOL. Thanks for another great video!

[@Rank.Roundup]

Blake Crouch has actually written well over 20 books. You can see them all on his website. 🙂

[@crystalcarroll6316]

Love your fav list and very excited for top Romances! Also Blake Crouch is also the author of the wayward pines trilogy. It is his backlist titles

[@stageybookish9893]

The whole Nevernight series was my favourite of 2019 as I binged all 3 books. Birthday is also a huge fave!!! And I also picked up Miraculum on your recommendation and loved it!

[@kathievolk6128]

We Walked the Sky was such a great surprise of a read. Bone Houses was so fun and had a goat!! Loved Call Down the Hawk except one complaint, the Cover!! I want to shelve it with my Raven Boys but it doesnt even come close to matching!! Thanks for all the great referrals last year.

[@kathievolk6128]

I wish A Heart in the Body should be required reading in schools.

[@juliejerles7211]

I can never get past page 15 in Nevernight. I kind of want to try it again now.

[@becca1573]

My experience with Nevernight was EXACTLY the same as yours. I’m soooo happy that I decided to give it a 3rd try!

[@jenny_readss]

Definitely adding birthday and we walked the sky to my wish list!

[@AButifulNerdyNightmare]

So stoked you ended up loving Nevernight. I figured you would but his writing style takes some getting used to. I still haven’t ready The Butterfy Garden series but it’s on my Beat The Backlist for this year. I really want to get to them.

[@johnsparegrave5996]

Love your reviews, really makes me want to read your favourites

[@genresandjournals]

Recursion was the top of my list too! Love Dark Matter too and can’t wait to read The Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch. I need to get my hands on Serpent and Dove!

[@ThisIsMyEverybody]

Hi, Chelsea! One of my 2020 faves so far is definitely Dear Edward... Loved it! I think I may just try a book box or monthly book subscription in 2020. Thanks for the tips and recommendations... ✨😎✨

[@krakentoagoodbook]

I also loved Recursion! I'm glad you enjoyed Serpent & Dove - it was just fine for me, but I definitely wish I had loved it more. The Bone Houses felt like a pretty magical read. Definitely fast paced and easy to get through!

[@moonbook12]

Cricket is also your favorite books you read in 2019, at 3:12

[@lexie1840]

WELCOME BACK CHELSEA!!! I missed your videos, and desperately needed some new recommendations! I’m so glad your Husband is doing better, I can’t imagine what a stress that was! Currently reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood per your vampire book recommendations! Thank you!!!

[@cleg78]

I’ve recently just brought Dark Matter and Recursion so I am really really excited to get to them both.

[@taylortalkstales8106]

Same here! I'm starting Recursion first but I've heard such good things about both :)

[@cleg78]

I meant to say in 2020 pick up some Fredrik Backman books or E.Lockhart if you can get them in the states. Also contemporary books “Get a life Chloe Brown” by Talia Hibbert. It’s phenomenal, my third or fourth 5 ⭐️ read of 2020 so far

[@cleg78]

Taylor Talks Tales I will be reviewing my reads at Booksnink on IG, I hope you enjoy your latest reads

[@lazarusreads3711]

I really enjoyed Serpent and Dove, I loved the poppy war and have the dragon republic on my shelf waiting, I just have so many right now I don’t know what to read lol, I’m currently reading Godsgrave by Jay Krisoff, going to try and finish off that trilogy before I move on to something else

[@wjamimah7772]

GREAT NEWS!!! Blake Crouch has written a gang of books. He prolly has like 8 maybe more releases. You can dive into even more from his collection

[@jorichner6678]

So far for 2020 Dear Edward is my favorite. 2019 a little harder it was a pretty good reading year. I liked the autobiography I read becoming and shortest way home. Started throne of Glass so those were lovely. So many.

[@katrinaslayton4942]

One of my favorite series of 2019 was the Timothy Wilde series by Lindsay Faye. It starts with The Gods of Gotham. If you can, audiobook it and you can sit back and close your eyes and get lost in the atmosphere and totally fall in love with the characters!

[@whatlaurasreading]

I read We Walked the Sky because of seeing it on your channel. I really enjoyed it. Serpent & Dove I felt was really good in the second half. Now I am anticipating Blood & Honey.

[@nancygreen560]

I have enjoyed some of the books you also loved. The Bone House was definitely one of my top books. I loved the goat!!

[@zairafaith]

I agree that Crown of Feathers is highly underrated. I was super excited for Miraculum but it was a major disappointment for me.

[@elizabethanne1632]

I seriously paused this video to go and reserve The Bone Houses at my library. It sounds right up my alley! Also! Blake Crouch has written other books! I love the Wayward Pines trilogy.

[@cleg78]

Elizabeth Anne I just recently brought The Bone Houses along with The Tenth Girl and Rules of Vanishing as felt like a few spooky well rated reads so was glad to see you mentioned The Bone Houses too

[@JulEnglefaris]

Recursion. I enjoyed the beginning a lot, but I DNFed it like 100 pages before the end because I just couldn't take it anymore lol

[@laurajanosik6267]

I was so unsure wether to read Serpent and Dove because of the mixed reviews, but you totally convinced me and I'm so happy about it!

[@Amyduckie]

Laura Jánosik at least you’ll know where you sit, either way.

[@carolynanderson3292]

My wallet is not very happy with you right now 😂😉

[@laurasuerowley1987]

A curse so dark and lonely was one of mine

[@tea42000]

I think Blake Crouch wrote the Wayward Pines Trilogy as well didn’t”t he?

[@PagesandPens]

Lol enjoy your experience-you won’t but you will. Such a good synopsis of A Heart. 💜

[@Amanda-nq6mw]

The Bone Houses was my top book next to The Kingdom! I can't recommend The Kingdom enough! It's a sci-fi dark Disney type setting :) also congrats on getting married and that your husband is ok

[@margaretbuccilli605]

I loved the bone houses

[@Naraya1981]

Have you read "Tiger Lily" by Jodi Lynn Anderson? It's one of my all-time favourites!

[@mikithompson745]

The Bone Houses was so good and I love that you included it because a lot of people left it out. Serpent and Dove was also amazing. Every book you mentioned I either read or is on my current TBR. We clearly have excellent taste 😂😂

[@katyareads221]

Why one blue spine and three black spines with red letters? Please tell me it has something to do with book 2? Great review by the way...love the way you explain what each book is about without giving it away along with why you loved it. Thanks. Hard to pay attention when Cricket appears....your spotlight gets stolen, sorry I missed what you were saying then....book? What book?

[@beksmae6962]

The Bone Houses was also on my top list!

[@jasmined9394]

NEVERNIGHT!!!! I discovered it this year and adored it to itty bitty pieces. But unlike you I loved the audiobook.

[@chelsamariemcdougall3054]

My FAVORITE book of 2019... was art of racing in the rain

[@NovelNanny]

@chelseapalmer Blake Crouch has at least ten books, not just two. See Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/author/show/442240.Blake_Crouch

[@sabrinasspellbookspens5136]

I read The Bone Houses thanks to your recommendation and I loved it too. I never would have imagined I would like a zombie book but never say never. :)

[@meltotheany]

i love this list (and you) so much! 💙xx

[@taylortalkstales8106]

I loved the Bone Houses too! The goat was an awesome addition in my opinion.

[@floydshady2]

Best was age of fire serie by e e knight wrost was the shining by Stephen king

[@Catcupid]

I seriously thought I was going to go through your entire list and not have read a single one. Then Nevernight came out!!!! A Connection. I also have the Bone houses on my shelf. It just hasn't been read yet.

[@johnsparegrave5996]

Blake Crouch has written way more than two books!!!

[@Queenblessful]

Am just snuggling with Dark Matter,50 pages in and I keep making faces with as I read.

[@ForFictionSake]

That moment when one of your favorite booktubers wears a Schrute Farms shirt. Also my favorite books of the year were The Bromance Book Club and Well Met. 2019 was the year I discovered my love of romance. In 2020 I'm tackling Science Fiction and Fantasy.

[@Kay-wp8xf]

I loved Serpent and Dove as well! I think the book that hit me most was the Afterlife of Holly Chase. It was just amazing and I know it didnt come out in 2019, but I read it in 2019, so it counts! My year in books is here! www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/96482024

[@yrynoy]

I loved Birthday so much, I wish more people would read it!

[@ash-melissaallison8973]

Side note,Where did you get your shirt?? I LOVE THE OFFICE!

[@ChelseaPalmerBooks]

Zulily!

[@nikkiwilson9151]

The Bone Houses was a great read!

[@roberthorton6307]

Awesome top. Dwight rules! 😀

[@ChelseaPalmerBooks]

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

[@roberthorton6307]

Chelsea Palmer - Identity theft is not a joke!

[@mabinogidrws]

I've read Blake Crouch's Dark Matter and really enjoyed it because it was so different. Think I'll have to pick up Recursion.

[@Amyduckie]

Birthday has a bucketload of trigger warnings which probably should be mentioned (body dysmorphia, suic*dal ideation, suic*de attempt, parental abuse - physical and mental, death of a parent, homophobia, transphobia). I personally found it to be triggering, but I managed to get through it in chunks and by spending a couple of days in bed. So brutal. But I’m ultimately so glad I read it. I loved (mixture of 2019 and backlist): Autoboyography by Christina Lauren, Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi, both Heartstoppers by Alice Oseman, The Captive Prince trilogy (TW: slavery, sexual violence in all forms), The City of Brass and The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty, Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin (can anyone say BIG TIDDY LIDDY? 😂). That’s all I can think of currently. I really need to read Love from A to Z. Can’t help thinking that with having a partner with a degenerative disease and a Muslim best friend, that it will be very relevant.

[@ChelseaPalmerBooks]

BIG TIDDY LIDDY!

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

Chelsea Palmer hello

[@scottalexander8052]

Second! :-)