Out of 250 nominations, here are the Top 11 titles under consideration for One Maryland One Book 2019

• The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermitby Michael Finkel
• The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized Worldby Jeff Goodell
• What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American Cityby Mona Hanna-Attisha
• Lab Girlby Hope Jahren
• Flight Behaviorby Barbara Kingsolver
• The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural Historyby Elizabeth Kolbert
• Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring True Story of the Woman who Saved the Appalachian Trailby Ben Montgomery
• The Overstoryby Richard Powers
• Dryby Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
• Chesapeake Requiem: A Year with the Watermen of Vanishing Tangier Islandby Earl Swift
• The Big Meltby Ned Tillman

I have read 4 of these and can vouch for their quality. It is an honor to part of this process.