Year-End Lists

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2020 Books

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Fiction

30 December 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

BookPage: Best Books of 2020: Fiction

[see also Best Nonfiction of 2022 • Best Fiction of 2022 • Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction • Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 • Best Fiction Books of 2019]

  1. The Vanishing Half
    Brit Bennett
  2. Transcendent Kingdom
    Yaa Gyasi
  3. Piranesi
    Susanna Clarke
  4. Such a Fun Age
    Kiley Reid
  5. The Glass Hotel
    Emily St. John Mandel
  6. Afterlife
    Julia Alvarez
  7. Hamnet
    Maggie O'Farrell
  8. Memorial
    Bryan Washington
  9. Deacon King Kong
    James McBride
  10. The Mirror & the Light
    Hilary Mantel
  11. Leave the World Behind
    Rumaan Alam
  12. The Death of Vivek Oji
    Akwaeke Emezi
  13. How Much of These Hills Is Gold
    C Pam Zhang
  14. Monogamy
    Sue Miller
  15. The Lying Life of Adults
    Elena Ferrante
  16. Valentine
    Elizabeth Wetmore
  17. Sisters
    Daisy Johnson
  18. The Lost Book of Adana Moreau
    Michael Zapata
  19. Code Name Hélène
    Ariel Lawhon
  20. Happy and You Know It
    Laura Hankin

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