2020 Books - Year-End Lists

2020

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Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Bustle: The Best Books Of 2020

Notes on a Silencing - Lacy Crawford

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Fiction

Temporary - Hilary Leichter

Thrillist: The Best Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Harper’s Bazaar: The Best Books of 2020

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Shondaland: The Best Books of 2020

Sisters in Hate - Seyward Darby

Electric Lit: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Electric Lit: Favorite Novels of 2020

HuffPost: Claire Fallon: The Best Books of 2020

Open Secrets - Sheila Kohler

Vogue: The Best Books of 2020

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Refinery29: Best Books of 2020

Boston Globe: Best Books of 2020

The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin

Vanity Fair: The 15 Best Books of 2020

Barack Obama: Favorite Books of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Passerby: Best Books of 2020

New Yorker: Katy Waldman: My Favorite Fiction of 2020

Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener

A.V. Club: 15 Favorite Books of 2020

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Books of 2020

Vox: Constance Grady: The 15 Best Books of 2020

Slate: Dan Kois: The Best Books of 2020

Slate: Laura Miller: The Best Books of 2020

Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2020

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Vulture: Molly Young: The 10 Best Books of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2020

How Much of These Hills Is Gold - C Pam Zhang

Lit Hub: Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2020

Deacon King Kong - James McBride

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 10 Top Books of 2020

Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

David Gutowski: Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020

Rest and Be Thankful - Emma Glass

Real Simple: The Best Books of 2020

New Yorker: The Best Books We Read in 2020

Library Journal: Best Literary Fiction of 2020

Luster - Raven Leilani

Chicago Public Library: Top 20 Books of 2020

Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin

Guardian: Best Fiction of 2020

Hood Feminism - Mikki Kendall

New York Public Library: Top 10 Books of 2020

Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

BBC Culture: Lindsay Baker: The Best Books of the Year 2020

New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Time: The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line - Deepa Anappara

New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2020

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Time: The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

Washington Post: 10 Best Books of 2020

Sharks in the Time of Saviors - Kawai Strong Washburn

O Magazine: 20 Best Books of 2020

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid

Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

National Book Award: Fiction 2020

The Dead Are Arising - Les Payne and Tamara Payne

National Book Award: Nonfiction 2020

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again - M. John Harrison

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2020