I updated the book list with the books I can find that we've read. The order is wrong and some are missing, so I'll get with our unofficial historian for her lists and make the updates.
We had a vote for our favorite books for 2019 and The Overstory came out on top with Half of a Yellow Sun a close second. We were all impacted by the brutality of Friday Black as well.
The Testimates didn't sit well with us, which was disappointing because The Handmaids Tale felt so relevant. One comment was that this followup novel felt like a way for Ms. Atwood to get some creative control over the television series and move the narrative in a direction that she wanted.