Year-End Lists

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The Best Books of 2020 HuffPost: Claire Fallon

Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid

The Best Books of 2020 Vogue

Memorial - Bryan Washington

Best Books of 2020 Refinery29

Best Books of 2020 Boston Globe

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vanity Fair

Favorite Books of 2020 Barack Obama

Luster - Raven Leilani

Best Books of 2020 Passerby

My Favorite Fiction of 2020 New Yorker: Katy Waldman

Jack - Marilynne Robinson

15 Favorite Books of 2020 A.V. Club

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Entertainment Weekly

The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vox: Constance Grady

The Best Books of 2020 Slate: Dan Kois

The Best Books of 2020 Slate: Laura Miller

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli

The Undocumented Americans - Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Vulture: Molly Young

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal

Postcolonial Love Poem - Natalie Diaz

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020 Lit Hub

10 Best Books of 2020 Publishers Weekly

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

10 Top Books of 2020 Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan

Pass with Care - Cooper Lee Bombardier

Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2020 David Gutowski

Rest and Be Thankful - Emma Glass

The Best Books of 2020 Real Simple

The Best Books We Read in 2020 New Yorker

Best Literary Fiction of 2020 Library Journal

Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Top 20 Books of 2020 Chicago Public Library

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