Year-End Lists

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2020
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Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell

Lit Hub Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2020

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

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

Interior Chinatown - Charles Yu

Shelf Awareness Best Books of 2020

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Chicago Public Library Top 20 Books of 2020

Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin

Guardian Best Fiction of 2020

Temporary - Hilary Leichter

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

Caste - Isabel Wilkerson

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020

Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart

The Booker Prize 2020 Award

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

Time The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020

Transcendent Kingdom - Yaa Gyasi

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

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

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

Piranesi - Susanna Clarke

Time The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020

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