Year-End Lists
A browsable archive of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
2020
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2010s
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2019
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2020 Books
Boston Globe: Best Books of 2020
22 December 2020
The Boston Globe
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Best Books of 2020
Fiction
The Awkward Black Man
Walter Mosley
The Cold Millions
Jess Walter
Deacon King Kong
James McBride
The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam
Luster
Raven Leilani
Memorial
Bryan Washington
The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
Nonfiction
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson
Having and Being Had
Eula Biss
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
Robert Kolker
Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto
Michelle Bowdler
Just Us: An American Conversation
Claudia Rankine
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Natasha Trethewey
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong
Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Claudio Saunt
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
David Zucchino
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May