In my memoir CITIZEN COHN, I listed my most memorable movies, television shows and songs from each decade since the 1950s. This year, I am updating the list to add my favorite books. Technically speaking, the decade doesn't end until December 31, 2020, but who really pays attention to that technicality?

You may not be surprised to see my own book THE BLUE SKY REBELLION topping 2019’s best book list, along with best-seller WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens. My top books of the decade feature the alternative history of slavery novel THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead, the epic untold history book GENGHIS KHAN AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD by Jack Weatherford, the laugh out loud travelogue IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY by Bill Bryson, and the too long-ignored history KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Parasite top my 2019 movies list, while Greta Gerwig's love letter to Sacramento, otherwise known as Lady Bird, tops my all-decade movies List.

Without further ado, here are MY FAVORITE BOOKS, MOVIES, TV SERIES, AND SONGS OF 2019 AND THE PAST DECADE.*

Steve’s Favorite Books

2019 Fiction

THE BLUE SKY REBELLION by Steve Cohn

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING Sing by Delia Owens

THE NICKEL BOYS by Colson Whitehead

CIRCE by Madeline Miller

BACK TO BLOOD by Tom Wolfe

BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel

THE BODY IN THE CASTLE WELL by Martin Walker (Book 12 of Bruno mystery series)

MIDNIGHT SON Son by James Dommek

WHITE QUEEN by Philippa Gregory

THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLES by Murakami

NEW PEOPLE by Danzy Senna

THE BLACK WALNUT by Suzan Tobin (local writer)

THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by Arundhati Roy

THE CURSE OF LA FONTAINE by ML Longworth (Book 6 of Aix murder mystery series)

2019 Non-Fiction

GENGHIS KHAN AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD by Jack Weatherford

IN A SUNBURNED COUNTRY by Bill Bryson

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON: THE OSAGE MURDERS AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI by David Grann

THE SILK ROADS: A NEW HISTORY OF THE WORLD by Peter Frankopan

THE SWERVE: HOW THE WORLD BECAME MODERN by Steven Greenblatt

TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell

THE DEATH OF TRUTH by Michiko Kakutani

ELON MUSK: TESLA, SPACEX AND QUEST FOR A FANTASTIC FUTURE by Ashlee Vance

2010-2019 Decade Fiction

THE BLUE SKY REBELLION by Steve CohnTHE BLUE SKY REBELLION by Steve Cohn

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING Sing by Delia Owens

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD by Colson Whitehead

LETHAL WHITE by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling)

KAFKA ON THE SHORE by Haruki Murakami

AMERICAN PASTORAL by Philip Roth

PILLARS OF THE EARTH, WORLD WITHOUT END, and A COLUMN OF FIRE by Ken Follett

NEW YORK 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

THE BOOK OF JOAN by Lidia Yuknavich

FALL OF GIANTS, WINTER OF THE WORLD, and EDGE OF ETERNITY by Ken Follett

THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny

PURITY by Jonathan Franzen

FREEDOM by Jonathan Franzen

THE CURSE OF LA FONTAINE by ML Longworth

THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST CEZANNE by ML Longworth

IN THE MIDST OF WINTER by Isabel Allende

ORIGIN by Dan Brown

THE CUBAN AFFAIR by Nelson Demille

THE EINSTEIN PROPHECY by Robert Masello

YOUNG JUNIUS by Seth Harwood

THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho

SUBMISSION by Michel Houellebecq

JUEGO DE RIPPER by Isabel Allende (Spanish)

CAREER OF EVIL by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB by David Lagercrantz

WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel

GONE GIRLS by Gillian Flynn

DOCTOR SLEEP, the "Shining" sequel by Stephen King

THE SILKWORM by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling

THE CUCKOO’S CALLING by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling

BRUNO CHIEF OF POLICE by Martin Walker (Book 1 of Bruno murder mystery series)

BARKSKINS by Anne Proulx

2010-2019 Decade Non-Fiction

CITIZEN COHN: MEMOIR OF SACRAMENTO CITY COUNCILMAN STEVE COHN

TEAM OF RIVALS, Doris Kearns Goodwin

BAD BLOOD: SECRETS AND LIES IN A SILICON VALLEY STARTUP (THERANOS) by John Carreyrou

TAILSPIN: THE PEOPLE AND FORCES BEHIND AMERICA’S FIFTY YEAR FALL by Steven Brill

GRANT by Ron Chernow

THE NEW JIM CROW by Michelle Alexander

FEAR: TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE by Bob Woodward

ASSYMMETRY by Lisa Halliday

THE NEW URBAN CRISIS: HOW OUR CITIES ARE INCREASING INEQUALITY, DEEPING SEGREGATION, AND FAILING THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT by Richard Florida

I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK: ONE WOMAN’S OBSESSION WITH THE GOLDEN STATE KILLER by Michelle McNamara

PRAIRIE FIRES, AMERICAN DREAMS OF LAURA INGALLS WILDER by Caroline Fraser

GIANT OF THE SENATE by Al Franken

THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR: WHEN HUMANS TRANSCEND BIOLOGY by Ray Kurzweil

ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY by Neil Degrasse Tyson

ON WRITING by Stephen King

THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION by Sloman & Fernbach

HAMILTON by Ron Chernow

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR by Paul Kalanithi

SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND by Yuval Noah Harari

CALIFORNIA: A HISTORY by Kevin Starr

THE INNER GAME OF TENNIS by Peter Gallwey

AT HOME IN THE WORLD by Joyce Maynard

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING by Naomi Klein

THE MEANING OF HUMAN EXISTENCE by Edward O. Wilson

THE INNOVATORS by Walter Isaacson

THE UNPERSUADABLES: ADVENTURES WITH THE ENEMIES OF SCIENCE by Will Storr

WHERE I WAS FROM by Joan Didion

CAPITAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY by Thomas Piketty

THE PATRIARCH by David Nasaw

BULLY PULPIT by Doris Kearns Goodwin

JOBS by Walter Isaacson

HAVANA NOCTURNE: HOW THE MOB OWNED CUBA AND THEN LOST IT TO THE REVOLUTION by T.J. English

GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES by Jared Diamond

HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED, by Thomas L. Friedman

THE GREATER JOURNEY: AMERICANS IN PARIS by David McCullough

JOHN ADAMS by David McCullough

BOYS IN THE BOAT: NINE AMERICANS AND THEIR EPIC QUEST FOR GOLD AT THE 1936 BERLIN OLYMPICS by Daniel Brown

Steve’s Favorite Movies

2019

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)

The Farewell (Lulu Wang)

Parasite (Bong Joon Ho, Korea)

Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)

Knives Out (Rian Johnson)

Us (Jordan Peele)

Transit (Christian Petzold)

The Irishman (Martin Scorsese)

2010-2019 Decade

Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig 2017) (River Park native GG)

Get Out (Jordan Peele 2017)

Lincoln (Steven Spielberg 2012)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh 2017)

12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen 2013)

Life of Pi (Ang Lee 2012)

Coco (animated 2017)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson 2014)

Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller 2015)

Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan 2016)

Inception (Christopher Nolan 2010)

Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan 2017)

The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper 2010)

Spotlight (Tom McCarthy 2015)

Django Unchained (Quentin Tarantino 2012)

LaLa Land (Damien Chazelle 2016)

The Social Network (David Fincher 2010)

The Revenant (Alejandro Inarritu 2015)

Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi 2016)

Bridge of Spies (Steven Spielberg 2015)

The Big Short (Adam McKay 2015)

Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow 2012)

Moonlight (Barry Jenkins 2016)

Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen 2011)

Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron 2013)

Ex Machina (Alex Garland 2014)

Moneyball (Bennett Miller 2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro (2017)

Room (Lenny Abrahamson 2015) (NorCal native Brie Larson)

The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius 2011)

Steve’s Favorite TV/Streaming Shows

2019

Barry (HBO)

Better Call Saul (AMC)

Big Little Lies (HBO)

Chernobyl (HBO)

Euphoria (HBO)

Fleabag (Amazon)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

I Am the Night (TNT)

Killing Eve (AMC/BBC)

Mindhunter (Netflflix)

Mr. Robot (USA)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Star Trek: Discovery (CBS)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Succession (HBO)

The Crown (Netflix)

The Expanse (Amazon)

The Morning Show (Apple)

The OA (Netflix)

The Spy (Netflix)

Watchmen (HBO)

2010-19 Decade

Barry (HBO)

Breaking Bad (AMC)

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO)

Fargo (HBO)

Fleabag (Amazon)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

House of Cards (Netflix)

Killing Eve (AMC/BBC)

Mad Men (AMC)

Mr. Robot (USA)

Sharp Objects (HBO)

Silicon Valley (HBO)

Sneaky Pete (Amazon)

South Park (Comedy Central)

Stranger Things (Netflix)

Succession (HBO)

The Americans (FX)

The Crown (Netflix)

The Night Manager (AMC)

The Simpsons (Fox)

True Detective (2019)

Veep (HBO)

Westworld (2019)

Steve’s Favorite Songs

2010-2019 Decade

Someone Like You, Adele

Uptown Funk, Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson

See You Again, Wiz Khalifa

Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran

A Thousand Years, Christina Perri

When I Was Your Man, Bruno Mars

Counting Stars, OneRepublic

Stay with Me, Stan Smith

Coming Home, Leon Bridges

River, Leon Bridges

Daylight, Maroon 5

God Is a Woman, Ariana Grande

Love the Way You Lie, Eminem & Rihanna

Somebody that I Used to Know, Gotye

Roar, Katy Perry

0 to 100/The Catch Up, Drake

All of Me, John Legend

We Found Love, Rihanna & Calvin Harris

Marry You, Bruno Mars

Save Me San Francisco, Train

Drive By, Train

Rolling in the Deep, Adele

Moves Like Jagger, Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera

Demons, Imagine Dragons

Thinking About You, Nora Jones

Shake It Off, Taylor Swift

Traveller, Chris Stapleton

Nobody to Blame, Chris Stapleton

Tennessee Whiskey, Chris Stapleton

Drunk on You, Luke Bryan

Timber, Pittfull & KeiSha

Me, Myself & I, G-Easy x Bebe Rexha

Let her Go, Jasmine Thompson

All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

Just Give Me a Reason, Pink

Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke & TI & Pharrell

Just the Way You Are, Bruno Mars

Hold On, We’re Going Home, Drake

Take Me to Church, Hozier

Play It Again, Luke Bryan

Havana, Camila Cabello

Nice to Meet Ya, Niall Horan

Sucker, Jonas Brothers

I Wish Grandpas Never Died, Riley Green

Nobody But You, Blake Shelton & Gwen Stefani

Circles, Post Malone

Old Town Road, Lil Nas X

Based on when I read the book, not the year published.