{"id":5490,"date":"2019-12-28T18:09:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T23:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/?p=5490"},"modified":"2019-12-28T18:16:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T23:16:40","slug":"5490","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Best Books Read in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The following are the top ten best books I\u2019ve read since this time last year\u2013in alphabetical order by the author\u2019s last name because agonizing over a precise order would take all the fun out of remembering these books:<\/p>\n

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  1. How Change Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don\u2019t<\/a> by Leslie\u00a0Crutchfield (2018)<\/li>\n
  2. American Dharma: Buddhism<\/a> Beyond Modernity<\/em><\/a> by Ann Gleig (2019)<\/li>\n
  3. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory<\/a> by David Graeber (2019)<\/li>\n
  4. How to Be an Anti-racist<\/a> by Ibram Kendi (2019)<\/li>\n
  5. How Democracies Die<\/a> by Steven Levitsky (2019)<\/li>\n
  6. In Love with the World: A Monk\u2019s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying<\/em><\/a> by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (2019)<\/li>\n
  7. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams<\/em><\/a> by Matthew Walker (2018)<\/li>\n
  8. The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming<\/em><\/a> by David Wallace-Wells (2019)<\/li>\n
  9. The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow\u2019s World<\/em><\/a> by Charles Mann (2018)<\/li>\n
  10. The Order of Time<\/a> by Carlo\u00a0Rovelli (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bonus<\/strong>: Although my reading habits currently trend heavily toward non-fiction, I did also love\u00a0There There<\/a> by Tommy Orange.<\/p>\n

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    Previous Lists<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2017<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2013<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

    Best Books Read in 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

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    The Rev. Dr. Carl Gregg is a certified spiritual director, a D.Min. graduate of San Francisco Theological Seminary,\u00a0and the minister of the\u00a0Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick<\/a>, Maryland.\u00a0Follow him on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0(facebook.com\/carlgregg) and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0(@carlgregg).<\/em><\/p>\n

    Learn more about Unitarian Universalism: http:\/\/www.uua.org\/beliefs\/principles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The following are the top ten best books I\u2019ve read since this time last year\u2013in alphabetical order by the author\u2019s last name because agonizing over a precise order would take all the fun out of remembering these books: How Change Happens: Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don\u2019t by Leslie\u00a0Crutchfield (2018) American Dharma: Buddhism […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nTop 10 Best Books Read in 2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The following are the top ten best books I\u2019ve read since this time last year--in alphabetical order by the author\u2019s last name because agonizing over a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top 10 Best Books Read in 2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following are the top ten best books I\u2019ve read since this time last year--in alphabetical order by the author\u2019s last name because agonizing over a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carl Gregg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carlgregg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-28T23:09:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-28T23:16:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carl Gregg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@carlgregg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carl Gregg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/\",\"name\":\"Top 10 Best Books Read in 2019\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-28T23:09:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-28T23:16:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/#\/schema\/person\/d294d23134118b5a752ffdf754588720\"},\"description\":\"The following are the top ten best books I\u2019ve read since this time last year--in alphabetical order by the author\u2019s last name because agonizing over a\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/2019\/12\/5490\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Top 10 Best Books Read in 2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/\",\"name\":\"Carl Gregg\",\"description\":\"Pluralism, Progressivism, Pragmatism: A Protestant Pastor in a Postmodern World\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/#\/schema\/person\/d294d23134118b5a752ffdf754588720\",\"name\":\"Carl Gregg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/carlgregg\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3dc918d388fc5195c9df0e5c89333bbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3dc918d388fc5195c9df0e5c89333bbe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Carl Gregg\"},\"description\":\"The Rev. 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