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The Best All Genres Books of 2020 (A Year-End List Aggregation)

“What are the best All Genres books released in 2020?” We looked at 951 of the top All Genres books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 32 books, all appearing on 6 or more “Best All Genres” book lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 900+ titles, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.

Our other Best Of 2020 Articles:

Previous Years: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015

All titles have been added to a Bookshop list as well!

Happy Scrolling!



Top 32 Best All Genres Books From 2020



32.) Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot written byMikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Lists It Appears On:

  • Chicago Tribune
  • Time
  • Book Riot
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Insider

“If Hood Feminism is a searing indictment of mainstream feminism, it is also an invitation. . . . Kendall] offers guidance for how we can all do better.”–NPR.org “A rousing call to action for today’s feminists. It should be required reading for everyone.”–Gabrielle Union, author of We’re Going to



31.) Interior Chinatown written byCharles Yu

Interior Chinatown

Lists It Appears On:

  • Read It Forward
  • Time
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Washington Independent Review Of Books
  • NYPL
  • NPR

2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST! One of the funniest books of the year … a delicious, ambitious Hollywood satire. –The Washington Post From the infinitely inventive author of How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe comes a deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, a



30.) Just Us written byClaudia Rankine

Just Us

Lists It Appears On:

  • Time
  • Riff Raff PVD
  • Oprah
  • NY Times
  • NYPL
  • NPR

Claudia Rankine’s Citizen changed the conversation–Just Us urges all of us into it As everyday white supremacy becomes increasingly vocalized with no clear answers at hand, how best might we approach one another? Claudia Rankine, without telling us what to do, urges us to begin the discussions that



29.) Such a Fun Age written byKiley Reid

Such a Fun Age

Lists It Appears On:

  • Read It Forward
  • The Irish Times
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • NPR
  • Insider
  • Parade

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A REESE’S BOOK CLUB x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK “The most provocative page-turner of the year.” –Entertainment Weekly “A great way to kick off 2020.” –Washington Post “I urge you to read Such a Fun Age.” –NPR A striking and surprising debut novel from an exhila



28.) The Mirror & the Light written byHilary Mantel

The Mirror & the Light

Lists It Appears On:

  • Time
  • NY Times
  • Chicago Public Library
  • The Telegraph
  • The Irish Times
  • NPR

The brilliant #1 New York Times bestseller With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs t



27.) The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz written byErik Larson

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

Lists It Appears On:

  • Worldly Gentleman
  • NYPL
  • Read It Forward
  • Time
  • NY Times
  • NPR

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers an intimate chronicle of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz–an inspiring portrait of courage and leadership in a time of unprecedented crisis One of Chicago Tribune’s Best Books of the Year So



26.) Uncanny Valley written byAnna Wiener

Uncanny Valley

Lists It Appears On:

  • Make Use Of
  • NY Times
  • Teen Vogue
  • NPR
  • Parade
  • New York Times

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A definitive document of a world in transition: I won’t be alone in returning to it for clarity and consolation for many years to come.” –Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and a January 2020



25.) Weather written byJenny Offill

Weather

Lists It Appears On:

  • Book Riot
  • Time
  • The Telegraph
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Parade

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER From the beloved author of the nationwide best seller Dept. of Speculation–one of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of the Year–a “darkly funny and urgent” (NPR) tour de force about a family, and a nation, in crisis Lizzie Benson slid into her job a



24.) Wow, No Thank You. written bySamantha Irby

Wow, No Thank You.

Lists It Appears On:

  • Chicago Tribune
  • Insider
  • New York Times
  • Book Riot
  • Time
  • NPR

*AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* “Stay-up-all-night, miss-your-subway-stop, spit-out-your-beverage funny…. irresistible as a snack tray, as intimately pleasurable as an Irish goodbye.” –Jia Tolentino From Samantha Irby, beloved author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, a rip-roaring,



23.) Writers & Lovers written byLily King

Writers & Lovers

Lists It Appears On:

  • Washington Post
  • East City Book Shop
  • NY Times
  • Chicago Public Library
  • NYPL
  • NPR

Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman. Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the



22.) A Promised Land written byBarack Obama

A Promised Land

Lists It Appears On:

  • Barnes & Noble
  • Read It Forward
  • NY Times
  • The Irish Times
  • NPR
  • New York Times
  • Worldly Gentleman

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making–from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his



21.) How Much of These Hills Is Gold written byC Pam Zhang

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

Lists It Appears On:

  • Book Riot
  • Read It Forward
  • Richland Library
  • NY Times
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Parade

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2020 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION 5 UNDER 35 HONOREE A GOOP Book Club Pick “A fully immersive epic drama packed with narrative riches and exquisitely crafted prose.” –San Francisco Chronicle



20.) Intimations written byZadie Smith

Intimations

Lists It Appears On:

  • Time
  • Oprah
  • Teen Vogue
  • NYPL
  • The Irish Times
  • NPR
  • Insider

“Smith does more than illuminate what we’re going through right now. She offers a model of how to think ourselves through a fraught historical moment without getting hysterical or sanctimonious, without losing our compassion or our appreciation for what’s good in other people. She teaches us how to



19.) Memorial written byBryan Washington

Memorial

Lists It Appears On:

  • Read It Forward
  • Time
  • Amazon
  • East City Book Shop
  • NY Times
  • NYPL
  • NPR

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick! “Truly unlike anything I’ve read before. Bryan Washington’s take on love, family, and responsibility is as complicated and true as life itself. I can’t stop thinking about it.” –Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House “Made me think about the nature of love, a



18.) Mexican Gothic written bySilvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Lists It Appears On:

  • Amazon
  • Book Riot
  • East City Book Shop
  • Quill & Quire
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • NPR

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”–The Guardian IN DEVELOPMENT AS A HULU ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES PRODUCED BY KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic ari



17.) Real Life written byBrandon Taylor

Real Life

Lists It Appears On:

  • Book Riot
  • Read It Forward
  • Financial Times
  • NY Times
  • The Telegraph
  • NYPL
  • NPR

A FINALIST FOR THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE “A blistering coming of age story” –O: The Oprah Magazine A novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among friends in a Midwestern university town, from an electric new voice. Almost everything about Wallace is at odds wi



16.) Shuggie Bain written byDouglas Stuart

Shuggie Bain

Lists It Appears On:

  • Time
  • NY Times
  • The Telegraph
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Washington Independent Review Of Books
  • NYPL
  • NPR

NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDShuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh “Shuggie” Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow, Scotland. Thatcher’s policies have put husbands



15.) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue written byV.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

Lists It Appears On:

  • Amazon
  • East City Book Shop
  • Popsugar
  • Oprah
  • NYPL
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • NPR

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER THE WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER #1 Indie Next Pick and #1 LibraryReads Pick – October 2020 Recommended by Entertainment Weekly, Real Simple, NPR, Slate, and Oprah Magazine A “Best Of” Book From: CNN *Amazon Editors *



14.) The City We Became written byN.K. Jemisin

The City We Became

Lists It Appears On:

  • Book Riot
  • Popsugar
  • Time
  • East City Book Shop
  • Chicago Public Library
  • NYPL
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • NPR

“A glorious fantasy.”–Neil Gaiman Three-time Hugo Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N.K. Jemisin crafts her most incredible novel yet, a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City. In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes h



13.) The Glass Hotel written byEmily St. John Mandel

The Glass Hotel

Lists It Appears On:

  • Make Use Of
  • Read It Forward
  • Time
  • East City Book Shop
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Insider
  • Parade

LONGLISTED FOR THE GILLER PRIZE The Glass Hotel may be the perfect novel for your survival bunker. –Ron Charles, The Washington Post A New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Bustle, Buzzfeed, GoodReads, Houston Chronicle, Writer’s Digest, Medium, Washington Independent Review of Books, The



12.) Vesper Flights written byHelen Macdonald

Vesper Flights

Lists It Appears On:

  • Washington Post
  • Make Use Of
  • Time
  • The Telegraph
  • Chicago Public Library
  • The Globe and Mail
  • NYPL
  • NPR

Animals don’t exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nost



11.) Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family written byRobert Kolker

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

Lists It Appears On:

  • Worldly Gentleman
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Evening Standard
  • Time
  • Amazon
  • Washington Post
  • NY Times
  • NYPL
  • NPR

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science’s great hope in the quest to understand the disease. Don and Mimi Galvin seemed to be living the American dre



10.) Luster written byRaven Leilani

Luster

Lists It Appears On:

  • Chatelaine
  • Time
  • Amazon
  • East City Book Shop
  • NY Times
  • Oprah
  • NYPL
  • Chicago Public Library
  • NPR

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER So delicious that it feels illicit . . . Raven Leilani’s first novel reads like summer: sentences like ice that crackle or melt into a languorous drip; plot suddenly, wildly flying



9.) Memorial Drive written byNatasha Trethewey

Memorial Drive

Lists It Appears On:

  • Time
  • East City Book Shop
  • Washington Post
  • NY Times
  • Chicago Public Library
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Chicago Tribune
  • New York Times

An Instant New York Times BestsellerA chillingly personal and exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy At age nineteen, Natasha



8.) The Lying Life of Adults written byElena Ferrante

The Lying Life of Adults

Lists It Appears On:

  • Time
  • Evening Standard
  • Financial Times 2
  • Oprah
  • NYPL
  • The Telegraph
  • The Irish Times
  • NPR
  • New York Times

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NATIONAL INDIE BESTSELLER. Soon to be a NETFLIX Original Series. A POWERFUL NEW NOVEL set in a divided Naples by ELENA FERRANTE, the New York Times best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. “There’s no doubt [the publication of The Lying Life of



7.) Transcendent Kingdom written byYaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Lists It Appears On:

  • Washington Post
  • Read It Forward
  • East City Book Shop
  • Warwick Library
  • Teen Vogue
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • Brittle Papper
  • NPR

A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER Yaa Gyasi’s stunning follow-up to her acclaimed national best seller Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at



6.) Homeland Elegies written byAyad Akhtar

Homeland Elegies

Lists It Appears On:

  • Washington Post
  • Publishers Weekly
  • Time
  • NY Times
  • Oprah
  • Chicago Public Library
  • NYPL
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • NPR
  • New York Times

A “profound and provocative” new work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish an immigrant father and his son search for belonging — in post-Trump America, and with each other (Kirkus Reviews). “Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable.” — Salman Rushdie A deeply person



5.) A Burning written byMegha Majumdar

A Burning

Lists It Appears On:

  • Richland Library
  • Read It Forward
  • Time
  • Amazon
  • East City Book Shop
  • NY Times
  • Teen Vogue
  • Chicago Public Library
  • NYPL
  • Now Toronto
  • NPR

A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise–to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies–and find their lives entangled in the wake of a ca



4.) Deacon King Kong written byJames McBride

Deacon King Kong

Lists It Appears On:

  • Richland Library
  • Read It Forward
  • Time
  • Amazon
  • East City Book Shop
  • NY Times
  • Oprah
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Washington Independent Review Of Books
  • NYPL
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • NPR
  • Parade

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird and the bestselling modern classic The Color of Water, comes one of the most celebrated novels of the year. In September 1969, a fumbling, cranky old church deacon known as Sportc



3.) Hamnet written byMaggie O’Farrell

Hamnet

Lists It Appears On:

  • Washington Post
  • Richland Library
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Financial Times
  • Financial Times 2
  • NY Times
  • The Telegraph
  • Chicago Public Library
  • The Irish Times
  • Washington Independent Review Of Books
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Worldly Gentleman

England, 1580: The Black Death creeps across the land, an ever-present threat, infecting the healthy, the sick, the old and the young, alike. The end of days is near, but life always goes on in this national best seller and winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. “All too timely … [An] exceptiona



2.) Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents written byIsabel Wilkerson

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Lists It Appears On:

  • Chicago Tribune
  • Worldly Gentleman
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Time
  • Read It Forward
  • Amazon
  • Washington Post
  • Chatelaine
  • Publishers Weekly
  • NY Times
  • Oprah
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Insider
  • New York Times

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK – LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD – “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”–Dwight Garner, The New York Times The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The W



1.) The Vanishing Half written byBrit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Lists It Appears On:

  • Worldly Gentleman
  • Richland Library
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Book Riot
  • Make Use Of
  • Popsugar
  • Read It Forward
  • Time
  • Amazon
  • NY Times
  • Teen Vogue
  • The Telegraph
  • Chicago Public Library
  • NYPL
  • NPR
  • Insider

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A GOOD MORNING AMERICA Book Club Pick “Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” –Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal “A




The 900+ Additional Best All Genres Books Released In 2020



#BookAuthorLists
33A Children’s BibleLydia MilletTime
   
Evening Standard
   NY Times
   NYPL
   NPR
34A Girl is a Body of WaterJennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Richland Library
   Electric Lit
   Time
   Oprah
   
Brittle Papper
35CleannessGarth GreenwellTime
   NY Times
   
The Telegraph
   NPR
   
New York Times
36Leave the World BehindRumaan Alam
Barnes & Noble
   Time
   
Chicago Public Library
   NYPL
   NPR
37Little EyesSamanta SchweblinNY Times
   Oprah
   
East City Book Shop
   NYPL
   NPR
38Minor Feelings: An Asian American ReckoningCathy Park HongTime
   Book Riot
   NYPL
   NPR
   
New York Times
39PiranesiSusanna Clarke
Richland Library
   
East City Book Shop
   Time
   NYPL
   NPR
40RodhamCurtis Sittenfeld
Read It Forward
   
East City Book Shop
   
The Irish Times
   NPR
   Insider
41The Death of Vivek OjiAkwaeke Emezi
Richland Library
   NY Times
   
Teen Vogue
   
Brittle Papper
   NPR
42The Night WatchmanLouise Erdrich
Evening Standard
   Time
   
Washington Independent Review Of Books
   NPR
   
Tribal College
43Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout GenerationAnne Helen PetersenTime
   
East City Book Shop
   
The Globe and Mail
   Insider
44Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in AmericaLaila LalamiTime
   
Riff Raff PVD
   NPR
   
Brittle Papper
45Crooked HallelujahKelli Jo FordTime
   NYPL
   NPR
   
Tribal College
46Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in AmericaR. Eric ThomasBook Riot
   
East City Book Shop
   
Teen Vogue
   NPR
47Hurricane SeasonFernanda Melchor
Riff Raff PVD
   Book Riot
   NY Times
   NYPL
48JackMarilynne RobinsonTime
   NY Times
   NYPL
   NPR
49Long Bright River: A NovelLiz MooreParade
   
East City Book Shop
   NYPL
   NPR
50MissionariesPhil Klay
Financial Times
   NY Times
   NYPL
   NPR
51My Autobiography of Carson McCullersJenn ShaplandBook Riot
   Time
   NYPL
   NPR
52ObitVictoria ChangBook Riot
   Time
   NY Times
   NPR
53One to WatchKate Stayman-LondonTime
   
East City Book Shop
   NPR
   Insider
54Party of TwoJasmine Guillory
East City Book Shop
   Time
   NPR
   Insider
55Postcolonial Love PoemNatalie DiazBook Riot
   Time
   NYPL
   NPR
56Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the BeginningJason Reynolds
Worldly Gentleman
   NPR
   
Barnes & Noble
   Book Riot
57The Cold MillionsJess Walter
Washington Post
   Oprah
   
Chicago Public Library
   NYPL
58The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm XLes Payne and Tamara Payne
Worldly Gentleman
   Time
   NY Times
   NPR
59The Dragons, the Giant, the WomenWayétu MooreTime
   
Publishers Weekly
   NY Times
   
Brittle Papper
60The House in the Cerulean SeaT.J. KluneBook Riot
   
East City Book Shop
   Popsugar
   
Worldly Gentleman
61The Only Good IndiansStephen Graham Jones
East City Book Shop
   Time
   NYPL
   NPR
62The SearcherTana French
Read It Forward
   
East City Book Shop
   
The Irish Times
   NPR
63The Undocumented AmericansKarla Cornejo VillavicencioTime
   NY Times
   NYPL
   NPR
64Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian TerritoryClaudio Saunt
Washington Post
   
Publishers Weekly
   NPR
   
New York Times
65Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of MusicAlex Ross
Financial Times
   NY Times
   
The Globe and Mail
   NPR
66Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of LifeLulu MillerNPR
   Book Riot
   
Evening Standard
   
Washington Independent Review Of Books
67Why We SwimBonnie TsuiTime
   
Washington Independent Review Of Books
   
The Globe and Mail
   NPR
68A Saint from TexasEdmund White
Publishers Weekly
   Time
   
Chicago Tribune
69African American PoetryKevin YoungTime
   Oprah
   
New York Times
70Beach ReadEmily Henry
East City Book Shop
   Popsugar
   NPR
71Black SunRebecca RoanhorseNYPL
   
Worldly Gentleman
   NPR
72Blacktop WastelandS. A. CosbyNY Times
   Amazon
   NPR
73Breasts and EggsMieko KawakamiTime
   NY Times
   NYPL
74Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of TimeBen EhrenreichNY Times
   NYPL
   NPR
75Djinn Patrol on the Purple LineDeepa AnapparaTime
   NY Times
   NPR
76Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan TownBarbara DemickNY Times
   NPR
   
New York Times
77FollowersMegan Angelo
Make Use Of
   Time
   NPR
78Having and Being HadEula BissTime
   NPR
   
Chicago Tribune
79His Only WifePeace Adzo MedieTime
   NY Times
   
Brittle Papper
80I Don’t Want to Die PoorMichael ArceneauxInsider
   NPR
   Time
81I Hold a Wolf by the EarsLaura van den BergTime
   NYPL
   NPR
82IkengaNnedi Okorafor
Chicago Tribune
   NPR
   
Brittle Papper
83Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982Cho Nam-JooTime
   NY Times
   NPR
84MonogamySue MillerNY Times
   NPR
   
Chicago Tribune
85Network EffectMartha WellsBook Riot
   
Worldly Gentleman
   NPR
86New Waves: A NovelKevin NguyenParade
   NYPL
   NPR
87Notes on a SilencingLacy CrawfordTime
   NY Times
   NPR
88Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest OwlJonathan C. SlaghtNPR
   
East City Book Shop
   NY Times
89Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the WestCatherine Belton
Financial Times 2
   
The Telegraph
   
New York Times
90Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980Rick Perlstein
Chicago Tribune
   Time
   NY Times
91Riot BabyTochi OnyebuchiBook Riot
   NPR
   
Brittle Papper
92Sharks in the Time of SaviorsKawai Strong WashburnNY Times
   Oprah
   
Tribal College
93SistersDaisy Johnson
Publishers Weekly
   NY Times
   NPR
94Something To Talk AboutMeryl WilsnerNPR
   NYPL
   Insider
95The Address BookDeirdre MaskTime
   
Publishers Weekly
   Insider
96The Boatman’s DaughterAndy DavidsonNYPL
   
Washington Independent Review Of Books
   NPR
97The Mountains SingMai Phan Que NguyenBook Riot
   
Washington Independent Review Of Books
   NPR
98The Thursday Murder ClubRichard Osman
Make Use Of
   
The Irish Times
   NYPL
99These Ghosts Are FamilyMaisy Card
Richland Library
   Book Riot
   NYPL
100Tokyo Ueno StationYu MiriTime
   NY Times
   NPR
101UntamedGlennon Doyle
Barnes & Noble
   
Read It Forward
   Insider
102Upright Women WantedSarah GaileyBook Riot
   NYPL
   NPR
103We Ride Upon SticksQuan BarryBook Riot
   Time
   NPR
104What Are You Going ThroughSigrid NunezOprah
   NPR
   
New York Times
105Where the Wild Ladies AreAoko MatsudaElectric Lit
   Time
   NPR
106150 Glimpses of the BeatlesCraig BrownTime
   
The Globe and Mail
107A History of My Brief BodyBilly-Ray BelcourtElectric Lit
   
Quill & Quire
108A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and FreedomA Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, a…Brittany K. Barnett
Worldly Gentleman
   Amazon
109A Long Petal of the SeaIsabel Allende
Read It Forward
   Parade
110A Song Below WaterBethany C. MorrowBook Riot
   NPR
111A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media StarSanam MaherNY Times
   
New York Times
112AfterlifeJulia AlvarezTime
   
Washington Independent Review Of Books
113AgencyWilliam GibsonTime
   NPR
114Anxious PeopleFredrik Backman
Warwick Library
   NPR
115ApeirogonColum McCannChatelaine
   NYPL
116Apsara EngineBishakh SomElectric Lit
   NPR
117At Night All Blood is BlackDavid Diop
Brittle Papper
   NPR
118Barn 8Deb Olin UnferthElectric Lit
   NPR
119Beowulf: A New TranslationMaria Dahvana Headley
East City Book Shop
   NPR
120Bestiary: A NovelK-Ming ChangNYPL
   NPR
121Big FriendshipAminatou Sow and Ann FriedmanTime
   NPR
122Black MattersAfua Cooper and Wilfried RaussertChatelaine
   
Quill & Quire
123Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle EastKim Ghattas
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129Death in Her HandsOttessa Moshfegh
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130Deaths of Despair and the Future of CapitalismAnne Case and Angus Deaton
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132Dirt: Adventures In Lyon As A Chef In Training, Father, And Sleuth Looking For The Secret Of French CookingBill BufordNPR
   
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135English PastoralJames Rebanks
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144Head, Hand, HeartHannah Orenstein
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146His Truth Is Marching OnJon Meacham
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150House of GlassHadley Freeman
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151How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaTime
   
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152If I Had Your FaceFrances ChaTime
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153Indelicacy: A NovelAmina Cain
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157Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa CookbookIna Garten
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158Moonflower MurdersAnthony Horowitz
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159Notes From An Apocalypse: A Personal Journey To The End Of The World And BackMark O’ConnellNPR
   
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163Ottolenghi Flavor: A CookbookYotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage
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181The Beauty of Your FaceSahar Mustafah
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182The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and WinMaria Konnikova
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183The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural WorldPatrik SvenssonTime
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207The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying VampiresGrady HendrixNYPL
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246A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black AmericaElliott CurrieNY Times
247A Pilgrimage to Eternity: From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a FaithTimothy EganNY Times
248A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical OrderJudith Flanders
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354Cooking For One: Scaled Recipes, No-Waste Solutions, And Time-Saving TipsAmerica’s Test KitchenNPR
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380DISTURBANCE: Surviving Charlie HebdoPhilippe Lançon. Translated by Steven Rendall
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385Each Of Us A DesertMark OshiroNPR
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490Include Me OutMaría Sonia CristoffElectric Lit
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494Inventing Latinos: A New Story Of American RacismLaura E. GómezNPR
495Ireland’s RiversMary Kelly-Quinn (Editor) Julian D. Reynolds (Editor)
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496Irish Air Spectacular 
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507Larger Than Life: A History Of Boy Bands From NKOTB To BTSMaria ShermanNPR
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511Leonard Cohen: A Woodcut BiographyGeorge Walker
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512Let’s Do ItJasper Rees
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513Let’s Never Talk About This AgainSara Faith AltermanTime
514Life Lessons from a Brain Surgeon 
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515Life Of A Klansman: A Family History In White SupremacyEdward BallNPR
516Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle For The Ballot BoxEvette DionneNPR
517Like A BirdFariha RóisínNPR
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527Love Child’s Hotbed Of Occasional Poetry: Poems & ArtifactsNikky FinneyNPR
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530Magdalena: River of Dreams—A Story of ColombiaWade DavisNYPL
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536Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass IncarcerationDr Nicole Fleetwood
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538Masters of British Comic ArtDavid Roach (Editor)
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539Max Jacob: A Life in Art And LettersRosanna Warren
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540Mayflies 
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541Me And White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change The World, And Become A Good AncestorLayla F. SaadNPR
542Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male AmericaIjeoma Oluo
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544Metropolis: A History of the City, Humankind’s Greatest InventionBen Wilson
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545MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War TwoHelen Fry
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546Midnight At The Barclay HotelFleur BradleyNPR
547Midnight SunStephenie MeyerAmazon
548Miracle Country: A MemoirKendra Atleework
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550Miss Austen: A NovelGill Hornby
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552MomsYeong-shin MaNPR
553More Than Just a HouseAlex Eagle Tish Wrigley (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Kate Martin (Photographer) & 1 more
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554Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes From A Disappearing BayouMelissa M. MartinNPR
555Mother’s MilkSacha Archer
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556MotherwellDeborah Orr
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557Mr Wilder & Me 
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558MS-13: The Making Of America’s Most Notorious GangSteven DudleyNPR
559Munkey DiariesJane Birkin
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560Music For The Dead And Resurrected: PoemsValzhyna MortNPR
561Mussolini’s WarJohn Gooch
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562Mutations: The Many Strange Faces Of Hardcore PunkSam McPheetersNPR
563My Baby First Birthday: PoemsJenny ZhangNYPL
564My Best FriendJulie FoglianoNPR
565My Dark VanessaKate Elizabeth RussellParade
566My Summer of Love and MisfortuneLindsay WongBook Riot
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568My Wild and Sleepless NightsClover Stroud
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571NerveEva HollandTime
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573New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba) Chris Abani (Editor) Kwame Dawes (Editor)
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574Night Letters: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar And The Afghan Islamists Who Changed The WorldChris Sands with Fazelminallah QazizaiNPR
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577No Filter: The Inside Story Of InstagramSarah FrierNPR
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583Of Passion and Ink: New Voices from Cameroon 
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586Oh My God, What a Complete Diary 2021 
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595Only the Good Indians 
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597Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project ApolloTeasel Muir-Harmony
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603Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast Of The 50 StatesColin QuinnNPR
604Pale: A NovelEdward A. Farmer
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606Paying the LandJoe SaccoChatelaine
607Perestroika In Paris: A NovelJane SmileyNPR
608Pie Academy: Master The Perfect Crust And 255 Amazing FillingsKen HaedrichNPR
609PieometryLauren Ko
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610Plain Bad HeroinesEmily M. DanforthOprah
611Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble MagnetZanib MianNPR
612Planet Wax: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Soundtracks on VinylAaron Lupton Jeff Szpirglas Christophe Beck (Foreword by) & 1 more
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614Prairie LotusLinda Sue ParkNPR
615Pretty Things: A Novel Amazon
616Processed Cheese: A NovelStephen WrightNPR
617PulpEd Brubaker Sean Phillips (Artist) Jacob Phillips (Artist) & 1 more
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620Quick & Delicious: 100 Recipes To Cook In 30 Minutes Or LessGordon RamsayNPR
621Quirky Quick Guide to Having Great Sex 
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624RageBob Woodward
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626Recipe For Persuasion: A NovelSonali DevNPR
627Recollections of My NonexistenceRebecca SolnitTime
628Red CometHeather Clark
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630Redhead by the Side of the RoadAnne Tyler
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634Roadside Americans: The Rise And Fall Of Hitchhiking In A Changing NationJack ReidNPR
635Rules for Being a GirlKatie Cotugno Candace Bushnell
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636Runaway: New PoemsJorie GrahamNPR
637Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town AmericaNora Shalaway CarpenterNPR
638Rust Belt FemmeRaechel Anne JolieNPR
639Rust: A Memoir Of Steel And GritEliese GoldbachNPR
640Saint XAlexis SchaitkinNY Times
641Saint Young Men Vol. 2Hikaru NakamuraBook Riot
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645ScorpionfishNatalie BakopoulosNPR
646Sea WifeAmity GaigeNY Times
647See You On Sunday: A Cookbook For Family And FriendsSam SiftonNPR
648Seeing The BodyRachel Eliza GriffithsNPR
649Self CareLeigh SteinBook Riot
650SELF-PORTRAITCelia Paul
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651SERIOUS NOTICING: Selected Essays 1997-2019James Wood
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657Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and FutureJames ShapiroNY Times
658She Come by It NaturalSarah SmarshTime
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660Shoe WarsLiz Pichon
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662Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit InPhuc TranAmazon
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665Sing Backwards and WeepMark Lanegan
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666Sisters In Hate: American Women On The Front Lines Of White NationalismSeyward DarbyNPR
667Sisters Of The War: Two Remarkable True Stories Of Survival And Hope In SyriaRania AbouzeidNPR
668Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950sJeff Gold
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669Slippery CreaturesKJ CharlesNPR
670Small PleasuresThe School of Life Alain de Botton (Editor)
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676Songs We Learn from Trees: An Anthology of Ethiopian Amharic PoetryChris Beckett (Translator) Alemu Tebeje (Translator)
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691Survivor Song: A NovelPaul TremblayNPR
692Swimming In The Dark: A NovelTomasz JedrowskiNPR
693Take A Hint, Dani Brown: A NovelTalia HibbertNPR
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706The Apple Lover’s Cookbook: Revised And UpdatedAmy TraversoNPR
707The Architecture of BathingChristie Pearson
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709The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas IllustratedGertrude SteinNPR
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713The BearAndrew KrivakNYPL
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717The Bitch 
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740The Disaster TouristYun Ko-EunElectric Lit
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743The Emotional LoadEmmaElectric Lit
744The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)Katie MackNY Times
745The End of White PoliticsZerlina MaxwellTime
746The Enlightenment of the Greengage TreeShokoofeh AzarElectric Lit
747The Everything I Have LostSylvia ZélenyBook Riot
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749The Faithless HawkMargaret OwenNPR
750The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect BirdJoshua Hammer
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751The Freedom ArtistBen OkriNPR
752The Full Plate: Flavor-Filled, Easy Recipes For Families With No Time And A Lot To DoAyesha CurryNPR
753The Future of Seduction 
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755The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the WorldJanice KaplanInsider
756The Girl in the MirrorRose CarlyleNYPL
757The Good Book of Southern BakingKelly Fields
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758The Great GoddenMeg Rosoff
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759The Great Offshore Grounds: A NovelVanessa VeselkaNYPL
760The Great PretenderSusannah Cahalan
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761The Guest ListLucy Foley
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763The Heap: A NovelSean AdamsNPR
764The HoleHiroko OyamadaElectric Lit
765The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing EverythingClea Shearer and Joanna TeplinInsider
766The Human Cosmos: Civilization And The StarsJo MarchantNPR
767The Idea of the BrainMatthew Cobb
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768The Incredible Journey of PlantsStefano Mancuso Gregory Conti (Translator)
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769The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWsRobert J. Mrazek
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774The Journeys Of Trees: A Story About Forests, People, And The FutureZach St. GeorgeNPR
775The King at the Edge of the WorldArthur PhillipsNY Times
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778The Last EmperoxJohn ScalziNPR
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785The List Of Things That Will Not ChangeRebecca SteadNPR
786The Lonely CenturyNoreena Hertz
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787The Longing for Less: Living with MinimalismKyle Chayka
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788The Loop: The ‘L’ Tracks that Shaped and Saved ChicagoPatrick T. Reardon
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790The Malevolent VolumeJustin Phillip ReedNPR
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795The Midnight BargainC.L. PolkNPR
796The Miracle on Ebenezer Street 
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797The Most Beautiful ThingKao Kalia YangNPR
798The Nancy Reagan CollectionMaxe CrandallNYPL
799The New WildernessDiane CookNPR
800The Next Great MigrationSonia ShahNYPL
801The Nine Lives of PakistanDeclan Walsh
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802The Number BiasSanne Blauw
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803The Other Bennet Sister: A NovelJanice HadlowNPR
804The Paper KingdomHelena Ku RheeNPR
805The Pink LineMark GevisserTime
806The Plain JanesCecil Castellucci and Jim RuggNPR
807The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás CubasJoaquim Maria Machado De Assis Flora Thomson-Deveaux (Translator)
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808The Power of Adrienne Rich: A BiographyHilary Holladay
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809The Purpose of PowerAlicia GarzaTime
810The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War — a Tragedy in Three ActsScott AndersonNY Times
811The RakessScarlett PeckhamNPR
812The RatlinePhilippe Sands
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813The Reacher Guy: The Authorised Biography of Lee ChildHeather Martin
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814The Redshirt: A NovelCorey SobelNPR
815The RegretsAmy BonnaffonsNPR
816The Returnees 
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818The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl HarborPaul Dickson
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820The Roxy Letters: A NovelMary Pauline Lowry
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821The Rules of ContagionAdam Kucharski
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823The Sacrifice of DarknessRoxane Gay & Tracy Lynne OliverNYPL
824The Schrödinger GirlLaurel BrettElectric Lit
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827The Selected Letters of Ralph EllisonJohn F. Callahan and Marc C. ConnerNY Times
828The Shadow KingMaaza MengisteNPR
829The Shame: A Novel 
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830The SHOp: An Anthology of Poetry 
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831The SilenceDon Delillo
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833The Skin We’re InDesmond Cole
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834The Snow CollectorsTina May HallElectric Lit
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836The Space Between WorldsMicaiah JohnsonNPR
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838The Story of a GoatPerumal Murugan. Translated by N. Kalyan Raman
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847The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in AppalachiaEmma Copley EisenbergNY Times
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860The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of NatureSue Stuart-Smith
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863The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion: 250 Years of DesignPetra Slinkard (Editor) Lan Morgan (Contribution by) Madelief Hohé (Contribution by) & 1 more
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864The World at Your Feet: Bata Shoe MuseumElizabeth Semmelhack
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874This Is My AmericaKim JohnsonNPR
875This Is Not the End of MeDakshana BascaramurtyChatelaine
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892Twilight Together: Portraits of Ireland at Home 
The Irish Times
893TwinsVarian JohnsonNPR
894Two Rogues Make a RightCat SebastianBook Riot
895Un-American 
Brittle Papper
896Unfree SpeechJoshua WongTime
897Universal DisorderBernice Friesen
Quill & Quire
898Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump’s War on the World’s Most Powerful OfficeSusan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes
Washington Independent Review Of Books
899Unspeakable Acts: True Tales Of Crime, Murder, Deceit, And ObsessionSarah Weinman (editor)NPR
900Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving UniverseBrian GreeneNY Times
901Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, And The Birth Of 24-Hour NewsLisa NapoliNPR
902Utopia Avenue: A NovelDavid MitchellNPR
903Valentine: A Novel 
East City Book Shop
904Valentino and SagittariusNatalia Ginzburg Avril Bardoni (Translator) Cynthia Zarin (Introduction by) & 1 more
Riff Raff PVD
905VanguardMartha S. JonesTime
906Vegetable KingdomBryant Terry
Worldly Gentleman
907Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons 
The Globe and Mail
908Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse The Clothes You Love 
The Globe and Mail
909Wandering in Strange LandsMorgan JerkinsTime
910War: How Conflict Shaped UsMargaret MacMillanNY Times
911Watch Over MeNina LaCour
Warwick Library
912Water Birds on the Lakeshore: An Anthology of African Young Adult Fiction 
Brittle Papper
913We Are Water ProtectorsCarole LindstromNPR
914We Two AloneJack Wang
Quill & Quire
915We Will Rock Our ClassmatesRyan T. Higgins
East City Book Shop
916Wellness by Design: A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness, and HappinessJamie Gold
The Globe and Mail
917Wendy Carlos: A BiographyAmanda Sewell
The Globe and Mail
918Whale Day: And Other PoemsBilly Collins
Barnes & Noble
919What Can A Body Do?: How We Meet The Built WorldSara HendrenNPR
920What Happens at NightPeter Cameron
Riff Raff PVD
921What Happens in ParadiseElin Hilderbrand
Warwick Library
922What Tech Calls ThinkingAdrian Daub
The Globe and Mail
923What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living BoldlyArianna DavisInsider
924What You Wish For: A Novel 
East City Book Shop
925When Stars Are ScatteredVictoria Jamieson and Omar MohamedNPR
926When These Mountains BurnDavid Joy
Richland Library
927When You Were EverythingAshley WoodfolkBook Riot
928Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook: A CookbookCarla Lalli Music
East City Book Shop
929Where Things Touch: A Meditation On BeautyBahar OrangNPR
930Whistleblower: My Journey To Silicon Valley And Fight For Justice At UberSusan FowlerNPR
931White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America’s Racist HistoryJane Dailey
Chicago Tribune
932White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American ChristianityRobert P. Jones
Washington Independent Review Of Books
933Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College AdmissionsJeffrey SelingoNY Times
934Why I Don’t Write: And Other StoriesSusan MinotNY Times
935Why the Moon Travels 
The Irish Times
936Willi Smith: Street CoutureAlexandra Cunningham Cameron (Editor)
The Globe and Mail
937WinkRob HarrellNPR
938Winter in ParadiseElin Hilderbrand
Warwick Library
939Wintering: The Power Of Rest And Retreat In Difficult TimesKatherine MayNPR
940Women in the Kitchen 
The Globe and Mail
941Wonder Woman: Dead EarthDaniel Warren Johnson with Mike SpicerNPR
942X+Y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto For Rethinking GenderEugenia ChengNPR
943Xi’an Famous FoodsJason Wang
Worldly Gentleman
944Yes No Maybe SoBecky Albertalli Aisha SaeedBook Riot
945You Exist Too MuchZaina ArafatElectric Lit
946You Had Me at Hola: A NovelAlexis Daria
East City Book Shop
947You MatterChristian RobinsonNPR
948You Want More: Selected Stories Of George SingletonGeorge SingletonNPR
949You Will Never Be Forgotten: StoriesMary SouthNYPL
950Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a ReckoningAlex Halberstadt
New York Times
951Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of ArtistsLauren Haynes (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Anthony Graham (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Thomas Lax (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Jamillah James (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Connie H Choi (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Adeze Wilford (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Antwaun Sargent (Editor) & 5 more
The Globe and Mail


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Amazon The Best Books of 2020
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Book Riot Best Books of 2020 (So Far)
Brittle Papper 50 Notable African Books of 2020
Chatelaine Indie Booksellers Pick The 10 Best Books of 2020
Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2020: Top 20
Chicago Tribune Chicago books and authors in 2020: Our list of 36 suggests it was anything but a slow year
East City Book Shop OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020
Electric Lit 20 Small Press Books from 2020 You Might Have Missed
Evening Standard The best books of 2020 : tips from Bernardine Evaristo, Lionel Shriver, Carlo Rovelli and more
Financial Times Best books of 2020: critics’ picks
Financial Times 2 FT readers’ best books of 2020
Insider Here are the 28 best books of 2020 — from revealing tell-all memoirs to scathing political indictments
Make Use Of The 20 Best Books to Read in 2020
New York Times Times Critics’ Top Books of 2020
Now Toronto The 10 best books of 2020
NPR NPR’s Book Concierge
NY Times 100 Notable Books of 2020
NYPL Best Books for Adults 2020
Oprah These Are the Best Books of 2020, According to O, The Oprah Magazine
Parade Your Ultimate Reading Guide: These Are the 40 Best Books of 2020
Popsugar Popsugar Entertainment Books POPSUGAR Book Club Awards Nominees 2020
Publishers Weekly Top 10 Books
Quill & Quire 2020 Books of the Year: Industry picks
Read It Forward RIF’s Favorite Books of 2020
Richland Library Favorite Books of 2020
Riff Raff PVD OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2020
Teen Vogue The Best Books of 2020 You Should Be Reading Right Now
The Globe and Mail 78 of the best books to give as gifts this 2020 holiday season
The Irish Times Best books for Christmas 2020: Fiction, biography, sport and kids’ books
The Telegraph The 50 best books of 2020
Time THE 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2020
Tribal College The Best Native Books of 2020
Warwick Library Best Books of 2020: Good Gifts and Great Reads
Washington Independent Review Of Books Our 51 Favorite Books of 2020
Washington Post The 10 best books of 2020
Worldly Gentleman The Best Books of 2020