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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



# Book Author Lists
33 A Children’s Bible Lydia Millet Time
Evening Standard
NY Times
NYPL
NPR
34 A Girl is a Body of Water Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Richland Library
Electric Lit
Time
Oprah
Brittle Papper
35 Cleanness Garth Greenwell Time
NY Times
The Telegraph
NPR
New York Times
36 Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam
Barnes & Noble
Time
Chicago Public Library
NYPL
NPR
37 Little Eyes Samanta Schweblin NY Times
Oprah
East City Book Shop
NYPL
NPR
38 Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Cathy Park Hong Time
Book Riot
NYPL
NPR
New York Times
39 Piranesi Susanna Clarke
Richland Library
East City Book Shop
Time
NYPL
NPR
40 Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld
Read It Forward
East City Book Shop
The Irish Times
NPR
Insider
41 The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi
Richland Library
NY Times
Teen Vogue
Brittle Papper
NPR
42 The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich
Evening Standard
Time
Washington Independent Review Of Books
NPR
Tribal College
43 Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation Anne Helen Petersen Time
East City Book Shop
The Globe and Mail
Insider
44 Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America Laila Lalami Time
Riff Raff PVD
NPR
Brittle Papper
45 Crooked Hallelujah Kelli Jo Ford Time
NYPL
NPR
Tribal College
46 Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America R. Eric Thomas Book Riot
East City Book Shop
Teen Vogue
NPR
47 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor
Riff Raff PVD
Book Riot
NY Times
NYPL
48 Jack Marilynne Robinson Time
NY Times
NYPL
NPR
49 Long Bright River: A Novel Liz Moore Parade
East City Book Shop
NYPL
NPR
50 Missionaries Phil Klay
Financial Times
NY Times
NYPL
NPR
51 My Autobiography of Carson McCullers Jenn Shapland Book Riot
Time
NYPL
NPR
52 Obit Victoria Chang Book Riot
Time
NY Times
NPR
53 One to Watch Kate Stayman-London Time
East City Book Shop
NPR
Insider
54 Party of Two Jasmine Guillory
East City Book Shop
Time
NPR
Insider
55 Postcolonial Love Poem Natalie Diaz Book Riot
Time
NYPL
NPR
56 Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning Jason Reynolds
Worldly Gentleman
NPR
Barnes & Noble
Book Riot
57 The Cold Millions Jess Walter
Washington Post
Oprah
Chicago Public Library
NYPL
58 The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Worldly Gentleman
Time
NY Times
NPR
59 The Dragons, the Giant, the Women Wayétu Moore Time
Publishers Weekly
NY Times
Brittle Papper
60 The House in the Cerulean Sea T.J. Klune Book Riot
East City Book Shop
Popsugar
Worldly Gentleman
61 The Only Good Indians Stephen Graham Jones
East City Book Shop
Time
NYPL
NPR
62 The Searcher Tana French
Read It Forward
East City Book Shop
The Irish Times
NPR
63 The Undocumented Americans Karla Cornejo Villavicencio Time
NY Times
NYPL
NPR
64 Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory Claudio Saunt
Washington Post
Publishers Weekly
NPR
New York Times
65 Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music Alex Ross
Financial Times
NY Times
The Globe and Mail
NPR
66 Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love and the Hidden Order of Life Lulu Miller NPR
Book Riot
Evening Standard
Washington Independent Review Of Books
67 Why We Swim Bonnie Tsui Time
Washington Independent Review Of Books
The Globe and Mail
NPR
68 A Saint from Texas Edmund White
Publishers Weekly
Time
Chicago Tribune
69 African American Poetry Kevin Young Time
Oprah
New York Times
70 Beach Read Emily Henry
East City Book Shop
Popsugar
NPR
71 Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse NYPL
Worldly Gentleman
NPR
72 Blacktop Wasteland S. A. Cosby NY Times
Amazon
NPR
73 Breasts and Eggs Mieko Kawakami Time
NY Times
NYPL
74 Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time Ben Ehrenreich NY Times
NYPL
NPR
75 Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara Time
NY Times
NPR
76 Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town Barbara Demick NY Times
NPR
New York Times
77 Followers Megan Angelo
Make Use Of
Time
NPR
78 Having and Being Had Eula Biss Time
NPR
Chicago Tribune
79 His Only Wife Peace Adzo Medie Time
NY Times
Brittle Papper
80 I Don’t Want to Die Poor Michael Arceneaux Insider
NPR
Time
81 I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Laura van den Berg Time
NYPL
NPR
82 Ikenga Nnedi Okorafor
Chicago Tribune
NPR
Brittle Papper
83 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Cho Nam-Joo Time
NY Times
NPR
84 Monogamy Sue Miller NY Times
NPR
Chicago Tribune
85 Network Effect Martha Wells Book Riot
Worldly Gentleman
NPR
86 New Waves: A Novel Kevin Nguyen Parade
NYPL
NPR
87 Notes on a Silencing Lacy Crawford Time
NY Times
NPR
88 Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl Jonathan C. Slaght NPR
East City Book Shop
NY Times
89 Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West Catherine Belton
Financial Times 2
The Telegraph
New York Times
90 Reaganland: America’s Right Turn, 1976-1980 Rick Perlstein
Chicago Tribune
Time
NY Times
91 Riot Baby Tochi Onyebuchi Book Riot
NPR
Brittle Papper
92 Sharks in the Time of Saviors Kawai Strong Washburn NY Times
Oprah
Tribal College
93 Sisters Daisy Johnson
Publishers Weekly
NY Times
NPR
94 Something To Talk About Meryl Wilsner NPR
NYPL
Insider
95 The Address Book Deirdre Mask Time
Publishers Weekly
Insider
96 The Boatman’s Daughter Andy Davidson NYPL
Washington Independent Review Of Books
NPR
97 The Mountains Sing Mai Phan Que Nguyen Book Riot
Washington Independent Review Of Books
NPR
98 The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman
Make Use Of
The Irish Times
NYPL
99 These Ghosts Are Family Maisy Card
Richland Library
Book Riot
NYPL
100 Tokyo Ueno Station Yu Miri Time
NY Times
NPR
101 Untamed Glennon Doyle
Barnes & Noble
Read It Forward
Insider
102 Upright Women Wanted Sarah Gailey Book Riot
NYPL
NPR
103 We Ride Upon Sticks Quan Barry Book Riot
Time
NPR
104 What Are You Going Through Sigrid Nunez Oprah
NPR
New York Times
105 Where the Wild Ladies Are Aoko Matsuda Electric Lit
Time
NPR
106 150 Glimpses of the Beatles Craig Brown Time
The Globe and Mail
107 A History of My Brief Body Billy-Ray Belcourt Electric Lit
Quill & Quire
108 A 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
109 A Long Petal of the Sea Isabel Allende
Read It Forward
Parade
110 A Song Below Water Bethany C. Morrow Book Riot
NPR
111 A Woman Like Her: The Story Behind the Honor Killing of a Social Media Star Sanam Maher NY Times
New York Times
112 Afterlife Julia Alvarez Time
Washington Independent Review Of Books
113 Agency William Gibson Time
NPR
114 Anxious People Fredrik Backman
Warwick Library
NPR
115 Apeirogon Colum McCann Chatelaine
NYPL
116 Apsara Engine Bishakh Som Electric Lit
NPR
117 At Night All Blood is Black David Diop
Brittle Papper
NPR
118 Barn 8 Deb Olin Unferth Electric Lit
NPR
119 Beowulf: A New Translation Maria Dahvana Headley
East City Book Shop
NPR
120 Bestiary: A Novel K-Ming Chang NYPL
NPR
121 Big Friendship Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman Time
NPR
122 Black Matters Afua Cooper and Wilfried Raussert Chatelaine
Quill & Quire
123 Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East Kim Ghattas
The Telegraph
NY Times
124 Butter Honey Pig Bread Francesca Ekwuyasi Chatelaine
Brittle Papper
125 Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo Book Riot
NPR
126 Conjure Women Afia Atakora
Richland Library
NPR
127 Days of Distraction Alexandra Chang Time
NPR
128 Dear Child: A Novel Romy Hausmann NYPL
Amazon
129 Death in Her Hands Ottessa Moshfegh
Read It Forward
NYPL
130 Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Anne Case and Angus Deaton
Financial Times 2
NY Times
131 Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France: A Cookbook Melissa Clark NPR
East City Book Shop
132 Dirt: Adventures In Lyon As A Chef In Training, Father, And Sleuth Looking For The Secret Of French Cooking Bill Buford NPR
New York Times
133 Earthlings Sayaka Murata Time
NY Times
134 Eat A Peach: A Memoir David Chang with Gabe Ulla NYPL
NPR
135 English Pastoral James Rebanks
The Telegraph
Financial Times
136 Entangled Life Merlin Sheldrake Time
The Telegraph
137 Fifty Words for Rain Asha Lemmie
Richland Library
Amazon
138 Finna Nino Cipri Book Riot
Chicago Public Library
139 Finna: Poems Nate Marshall NYPL
NPR
140 Flyaway Kathleen Jennings
Washington Independent Review Of Books
NPR
141 Ghost Squad Claribel A. Ortega Claribel Ortega NPR
Book Riot
142 Greenlights Matthew McConaughey
Worldly Gentleman
Insider
143 Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My LifeGroup: How One Therapist and … Christie Tate
Chicago Tribune
Amazon
144 Head, Hand, Heart Hannah Orenstein
The Telegraph
Financial Times
145 Hench Natalie Zina Walschots NYPL
NPR
146 His Truth Is Marching On Jon Meacham
Read It Forward
Worldly Gentleman
147 His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life Jonathan Alter NPR
Chicago Tribune
148 Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick Zora Neale Hurston Time
Book Riot
149 Homie: Poems Danez Smith NYPL
NPR
150 House of Glass Hadley Freeman
The Telegraph
The Globe and Mail
151 How to Pronounce Knife Souvankham Thammavongsa Time
Now Toronto
152 If I Had Your Face Frances Cha Time
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153 Indelicacy: A Novel Amina Cain
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548 Miracle Country: A Memoir Kendra Atleework
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549 Mirror Sound: The People and Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music Spencer Tweedy Lawrence Azerrad Daniel Topete (Photographer) & 1 more
Chicago Tribune
550 Miss Austen: A Novel Gill Hornby
Washington Independent Review Of Books
551 Miss Iceland Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir NPR
552 Moms Yeong-shin Ma NPR
553 More Than Just a House Alex Eagle Tish Wrigley (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Kate Martin (Photographer) & 1 more
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554 Mosquito Supper Club: Cajun Recipes From A Disappearing Bayou Melissa M. Martin NPR
555 Mother’s Milk Sacha Archer
Quill & Quire
556 Motherwell Deborah Orr
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557 Mr Wilder & Me
Financial Times
558 MS-13: The Making Of America’s Most Notorious Gang Steven Dudley NPR
559 Munkey Diaries Jane Birkin
The Telegraph
560 Music For The Dead And Resurrected: Poems Valzhyna Mort NPR
561 Mussolini’s War John Gooch
The Telegraph
562 Mutations: The Many Strange Faces Of Hardcore Punk Sam McPheeters NPR
563 My Baby First Birthday: Poems Jenny Zhang NYPL
564 My Best Friend Julie Fogliano NPR
565 My Dark Vanessa Kate Elizabeth Russell Parade
566 My Summer of Love and Misfortune Lindsay Wong Book Riot
567 My Town: An Artist’s Life In London David Gentleman NPR
568 My Wild and Sleepless Nights Clover Stroud
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569 Nairobi Noir Peter Kimani (Editor)
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570 Neon Girls: A Stripper’s Education In Protest And Power Jennifer Worley NPR
571 Nerve Eva Holland Time
572 New World Sourdough: Artisan Techniques For Creative Homemade Fermented Breads Bryan Ford NPR
573 New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Saba) Chris Abani (Editor) Kwame Dawes (Editor)
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574 Night Letters: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar And The Afghan Islamists Who Changed The World Chris Sands with Fazelminallah Qazizai NPR
575 Night Theater Vikram Paralkar Book Riot
576 Nights When Nothing Happened Simon Han Time
577 No Filter: The Inside Story Of Instagram Sarah Frier NPR
578 No Room at the Morgue Jean-Patrick Manchette Howard A. Rodman (Afterword by) Alyson Waters (Translator) & 1 more
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579 No Roses From My Mouth Stella Nyanzi Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire (Introduction by) Esther Mirembe (Introduction by) & 1 more
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580 No Rules Rules: Netflix And The Culture Of Reinvention Reed Hastings and Erin Meyer NPR
581 Nose Dive: A Field Guide to the World’s Smells Harold McGee
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582 Notes On A Case Of Melancholia: Or, A Little Death Nicholas Gurewitch NPR
583 Of Passion and Ink: New Voices from Cameroon
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584 Office Hours Book Riot
585 Ogadinma Or, Everything Will Be All Right Ukamaka Olisakwe
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586 Oh My God, What a Complete Diary 2021
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587 On Seamus Heaney Roy Foster
Financial Times
588 Once I Was You: A Memoir Of Love And Hate In A Torn America Maria Hinojosa NPR
589 One by One Ruth Ware
Worldly Gentleman
590 One for Everyone: More Poems I Love Kathleen Watkins
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591 One Good Reason: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love Séan McCann and Andrea Aragon
Quill & Quire
592 One Mighty and Irresistible Tide Jia Lynn Yang Time
593 One Night Two Souls Went Walking Ellen Cooney NPR
594 One Two Three Four
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595 Only the Good Indians
Tribal College
596 Oona Out of Order: A Novel Margarita Montimore Amazon
597 Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo Teasel Muir-Harmony
The Globe and Mail
598 Other People’s Pets: A Novel R.L. Maizes
Washington Independent Review Of Books
599 Our Riches Kaouther Adimi Chris Andrews (Translator)
Brittle Papper
600 Our Time Is Now Stacy Abrams Insider
601 Outside In Deborah Underwood NPR
602 Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor NY Times
603 Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast Of The 50 States Colin Quinn NPR
604 Pale: A Novel Edward A. Farmer
Washington Independent Review Of Books
605 Parallel Lives Phyllis Rose
The Telegraph
606 Paying the Land Joe Sacco Chatelaine
607 Perestroika In Paris: A Novel Jane Smiley NPR
608 Pie Academy: Master The Perfect Crust And 255 Amazing Fillings Ken Haedrich NPR
609 Pieometry Lauren Ko
The Globe and Mail
610 Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth Oprah
611 Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet Zanib Mian NPR
612 Planet Wax: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Soundtracks on Vinyl Aaron Lupton Jeff Szpirglas Christophe Beck (Foreword by) & 1 more
The Globe and Mail
613 Political Sign (Object Lessons) Tobias Carroll NPR
614 Prairie Lotus Linda Sue Park NPR
615 Pretty Things: A Novel Amazon
616 Processed Cheese: A Novel Stephen Wright NPR
617 Pulp Ed Brubaker Sean Phillips (Artist) Jacob Phillips (Artist) & 1 more
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618 Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi Yusef Salaam
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619 Queen Move Kennedy Ryan Book Riot
620 Quick & Delicious: 100 Recipes To Cook In 30 Minutes Or Less Gordon Ramsay NPR
621 Quirky Quick Guide to Having Great Sex
Brittle Papper
622 Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens The Unsolved Murder Cases Of The Civil Rights Era Jerry Mitchell NPR
623 Race For Profit: How Banks And The Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor NPR
624 Rage Bob Woodward
Worldly Gentleman
625 Ravenna Judith Herrin
The Telegraph
626 Recipe For Persuasion: A Novel Sonali Dev NPR
627 Recollections of My Nonexistence Rebecca Solnit Time
628 Red Comet Heather Clark
The Telegraph
629 Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath Heather Clark Oprah
630 Redhead by the Side of the Road Anne Tyler
The Telegraph
631 Release Some Tension Book Riot
632 Remembrance Rita Woods NPR
633 Ring Shout P. Djèlí Clark NPR
634 Roadside Americans: The Rise And Fall Of Hitchhiking In A Changing Nation Jack Reid NPR
635 Rules for Being a Girl Katie Cotugno Candace Bushnell
East City Book Shop
636 Runaway: New Poems Jorie Graham NPR
637 Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America Nora Shalaway Carpenter NPR
638 Rust Belt Femme Raechel Anne Jolie NPR
639 Rust: A Memoir Of Steel And Grit Eliese Goldbach NPR
640 Saint X Alexis Schaitkin NY Times
641 Saint Young Men Vol. 2 Hikaru Nakamura Book Riot
642 Sansei and Sensibility Karen Tei Yamashita Electric Lit
643 Sapeurs: Ladies & Gentlemen of the Congo Tariq Zaidi Stuart Smith (Designed by)
The Globe and Mail
644 Save Yourself Cameron Esposito
Chicago Tribune
645 Scorpionfish Natalie Bakopoulos NPR
646 Sea Wife Amity Gaige NY Times
647 See You On Sunday: A Cookbook For Family And Friends Sam Sifton NPR
648 Seeing The Body Rachel Eliza Griffiths NPR
649 Self Care Leigh Stein Book Riot
650 SELF-PORTRAIT Celia Paul
New York Times
651 SERIOUS NOTICING: Selected Essays 1997-2019 James Wood
New York Times
652 Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women’s Intimate Lives in the Arab World Leila Slimani Sophie Lewis (Translator)
Brittle Papper
653 Sex Matters Osho Book Riot
654 Sex with Presidents Eleanor Herman
The Globe and Mail
655 Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study Of Sex, Power, And Assault On Campus Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan NPR
656 Shadowplay: A Novel Joseph O’Connor NYPL
657 Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future James Shapiro NY Times
658 She Come by It Natural Sarah Smarsh Time
659 Shiner: A Novel Amy Jo Burns NPR
660 Shoe Wars Liz Pichon
The Irish Times
661 Show Me A Sign Ann Clare LeZotte NPR
662 Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In Phuc Tran Amazon
663 Simon the Fiddler Paulette Jiles
Richland Library
664 Simply: Easy Everyday Dishes Sabrina Ghayour NPR
665 Sing Backwards and Weep Mark Lanegan
The Telegraph
666 Sisters In Hate: American Women On The Front Lines Of White Nationalism Seyward Darby NPR
667 Sisters Of The War: Two Remarkable True Stories Of Survival And Hope In Syria Rania Abouzeid NPR
668 Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s Jeff Gold
The Globe and Mail
669 Slippery Creatures KJ Charles NPR
670 Small Pleasures The School of Life Alain de Botton (Editor)
Evening Standard
671 Snapdragon Kat Leyh Book Riot
672 Snapped Alexa Martin NPR
673 So We Can Glow: Stories Leesa Cross-Smith NPR
674 Solution 295-304: Mare Amoris Ingo Niermann Marah J. Hardt (Contribution by)
Riff Raff PVD
675 Something That May Shock And Discredit You Daniel M. Lavery NPR
676 Songs We Learn from Trees: An Anthology of Ethiopian Amharic Poetry Chris Beckett (Translator) Alemu Tebeje (Translator)
Brittle Papper
677 Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia Chris Hamby NY Times
678 Sovereignty Ryan Michler
Tribal College
679 Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America’s Stolen Land Noé Álvarez Book Riot
680 Stay Where I Can See You Katrina Onstad
Now Toronto
681 Stephen Hawking Leonard Mlodinow
The Telegraph
682 Straight from the Horse’s Mouth Meryem Alaoui Emma Ramadan (Translator)
Brittle Papper
683 Stranger Faces Namwali Serpell
Brittle Papper
684 Stuff You Should Know Josh Clark Chuck Bryant
The Globe and Mail
685 Subduction Kristen Millares Young Electric Lit
686 Summerwater Sarah Moss
Make Use Of
687 Sunny Days: The Children’s Television Revolution That Changed America David Kamp
Washington Independent Review Of Books
688 Super Fake Love Song David Yoon NPR
689 Suppose a Sentence Brian Dillon
The Globe and Mail
690 Supreme Models: Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Fashion Marcellas Reynolds
The Globe and Mail
691 Survivor Song: A Novel Paul Tremblay NPR
692 Swimming In The Dark: A Novel Tomasz Jedrowski NPR
693 Take A Hint, Dani Brown: A Novel Talia Hibbert NPR
694 Talland House: A Novel Maggie Humm
Washington Independent Review Of Books
695 Ten Ways To Hear Snow Cathy Camper NPR
696 Tender Is The Flesh Agustina Bazterrica NPR
697 That Hair
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698 That Old Country Music Kevin Barry
The Irish Times
699 That Time of Year Marie Ndiaye Jordan Stump (Translator)
Riff Raff PVD
700 The 4% Fix: How One Hour a Day Can Change Your Life
The Globe and Mail
701 The Abstainer: A Novel Ian McGuire NYPL
702 The Actual
Brittle Papper
703 The Age Of Creativity Emily Urquhart
Now Toronto
704 The Age Of Phillis Honorée Fanonne Jeffers NPR
705 The Answer Is… Alex Trebek
Worldly Gentleman
706 The Apple Lover’s Cookbook: Revised And Updated Amy Traverso NPR
707 The Architecture of Bathing Christie Pearson
The Globe and Mail
708 The Art & Science of Foodpairing
The Globe and Mail
709 The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas Illustrated Gertrude Stein NPR
710 The Awkward Black Man: Stories Walter Mosley NYPL
711 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins
Make Use Of
712 The Barren Grounds: The Misewa Saga David A. Robertson NPR
713 The Bear Andrew Krivak NYPL
714 The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir Michele Harper NY Times
715 The Best of Me David Sedaris
The Irish Times
716 The Best of Nest
The Globe and Mail
717 The Bitch
Riff Raff PVD
718 The Black Flamingo Dean Atta Book Riot
719 The Blue House Phoebe Wahl NPR
720 The Book Collectors: A Band Of Syrian Rebels And The Stories That Carried Them Through A War Delphine Minoui NPR
721 The Book Of Atlantis Black: The Search For A Sister Gone Missing Betsy Bonner NPR
722 The Book Of Echoes
Brittle Papper
723 The Book Of V.: A Novel Anna Solomon NPR
724 The Boston Massacre: A Family History Serena Zabin
Washington Independent Review Of Books
725 The Boyfriend Project Farrah Rochon NPR
726 The Brave Book Riot
727 The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett: A Novel Annie Lyons
East City Book Shop
728 The Cactus League: A Novel Emily Nemens NPR
729 The Care and Feeding Of Waspish Widows Olivia Waite NPR
730 The Complete Works of Alberto Caeiro: Bilingual edition Fernando Pessoa Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) Patricio Ferrari (Translator) & 1 more
Riff Raff PVD
731 The Constant Rabbit Jasper Fforde
Richland Library
732 The Contradictions Sophie Yanow Chatelaine
733 The Dark Library Cyrille Martinez Joseph Patrick Stancil (Translator)
The Globe and Mail
734 The Daughters Of Ys M.T. Anderson NPR
735 The Death of Comrade President Alain Mabanckou
Brittle Papper
736 The Death of Jesus J. M. Coetzee NY Times
737 The Deep Blue Between
Brittle Papper
738 The Deepest South Of All: True Stories From Natchez, Mississippi Richard Grant NPR
739 The Devil and the Dark Water Stuart Turton
East City Book Shop
740 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-Eun Electric Lit
741 THE DISCOMFORT OF EVENING Marieke Lucas Rijneveld. Translated by Michele Hutchison
New York Times
742 The Duke Who Didn’t Courtney Milan NY Times
743 The Emotional Load Emma Electric Lit
744 The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) Katie Mack NY Times
745 The End of White Politics Zerlina Maxwell Time
746 The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar Electric Lit
747 The Everything I Have Lost Sylvia Zéleny Book Riot
748 The Extraordinaries Tj Klune
East City Book Shop
749 The Faithless Hawk Margaret Owen NPR
750 The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird Joshua Hammer
Washington Independent Review Of Books
751 The Freedom Artist Ben Okri NPR
752 The Full Plate: Flavor-Filled, Easy Recipes For Families With No Time And A Lot To Do Ayesha Curry NPR
753 The Future of Seduction
The Irish Times
754 The Galleons: Poems Rick Barot NYPL
755 The Genius of Women: From Overlooked to Changing the World Janice Kaplan Insider
756 The Girl in the Mirror Rose Carlyle NYPL
757 The Good Book of Southern Baking Kelly Fields
Worldly Gentleman
758 The Great Godden Meg Rosoff
The Telegraph
759 The Great Offshore Grounds: A Novel Vanessa Veselka NYPL
760 The Great Pretender Susannah Cahalan
The Telegraph
761 The Guest List Lucy Foley
Make Use Of
762 The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution David Paul Kuhn NY Times
763 The Heap: A Novel Sean Adams NPR
764 The Hole Hiroko Oyamada Electric Lit
765 The Home Edit Life: The No-Guilt Guide to Owning What You Want and Organizing Everything Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin Insider
766 The Human Cosmos: Civilization And The Stars Jo Marchant NPR
767 The Idea of the Brain Matthew Cobb
The Telegraph
768 The Incredible Journey of Plants Stefano Mancuso Gregory Conti (Translator)
The Globe and Mail
769 The Indomitable Florence Finch: The Untold Story of a War Widow Turned Resistance Fighter and Savior of American POWs Robert J. Mrazek
Washington Independent Review Of Books
770 The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His World Barry Gewen NY Times
771 The Infinite
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772 The Infinite Playground: A Player’s Guide to Imagination Bernard De Koven Celia Pearce (Editor) Holly Gramazio (Contribution by) & 1 more
The Globe and Mail
773 The Jakarta Method: Washington’s Anticommunist Crusade And The Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World Vincent Bevins NPR
774 The Journeys Of Trees: A Story About Forests, People, And The Future Zach St. George NPR
775 The King at the Edge of the World Arthur Phillips NY Times
776 The Kingdom Jo Nesbo
Read It Forward
777 The Knockout Queen: A novel Rufi Thorpe
East City Book Shop
778 The Last Emperox John Scalzi NPR
779 The Last Flight Julie Clark
Worldly Gentleman
780 The Last Great Road Bum Hector Tobar
Publishers Weekly
781 The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons From World War To Cold War David Nasaw NPR
782 The Less Dead Denise Mina
The Telegraph
783 The Library of Legends Janie Chang
Quill & Quire
784 The Lights And Types Of Ships At Night Dave Eggers NPR
785 The List Of Things That Will Not Change Rebecca Stead NPR
786 The Lonely Century Noreena Hertz
The Telegraph
787 The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism Kyle Chayka
The Globe and Mail
788 The Loop: The ‘L’ Tracks that Shaped and Saved Chicago Patrick T. Reardon
Chicago Tribune
789 The Low, Low Woods Carmen Maria Machado NYPL
790 The Malevolent Volume Justin Phillip Reed NPR
791 The Man Who Ate Too Much John Bridsall
Worldly Gentleman
792 The Memory Monster Yishai Sarid NY Times
793 The Mercies Kiran Millwood Hargrave NY Times
794 The Mermaid, The Witch, And The Sea Maggie Tokuda-Hall NPR
795 The Midnight Bargain C.L. Polk NPR
796 The Miracle on Ebenezer Street
The Irish Times
797 The Most Beautiful Thing Kao Kalia Yang NPR
798 The Nancy Reagan Collection Maxe Crandall NYPL
799 The New Wilderness Diane Cook NPR
800 The Next Great Migration Sonia Shah NYPL
801 The Nine Lives of Pakistan Declan Walsh
The Telegraph
802 The Number Bias Sanne Blauw
The Telegraph
803 The Other Bennet Sister: A Novel Janice Hadlow NPR
804 The Paper Kingdom Helena Ku Rhee NPR
805 The Pink Line Mark Gevisser Time
806 The Plain Janes Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg NPR
807 The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis Flora Thomson-Deveaux (Translator)
New York Times
808 The Power of Adrienne Rich: A Biography Hilary Holladay
New York Times
809 The Purpose of Power Alicia Garza Time
810 The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War — a Tragedy in Three Acts Scott Anderson NY Times
811 The Rakess Scarlett Peckham NPR
812 The Ratline Philippe Sands
The Telegraph
813 The Reacher Guy: The Authorised Biography of Lee Child Heather Martin
The Irish Times
814 The Redshirt: A Novel Corey Sobel NPR
815 The Regrets Amy Bonnaffons NPR
816 The Returnees
Brittle Papper
817 The Riches Of This Land Jim Tankersley NPR
818 The Rise of the G.I. Army, 1940-1941: The Forgotten Story of How America Forged a Powerful Army Before Pearl Harbor Paul Dickson
Washington Independent Review Of Books
819 The Roommate Rosie Danan NPR
820 The Roxy Letters: A Novel Mary Pauline Lowry
East City Book Shop
821 The Rules of Contagion Adam Kucharski
Financial Times
822 The Running Book
The Irish Times
823 The Sacrifice of Darkness Roxane Gay & Tracy Lynne Oliver NYPL
824 The Schrödinger Girl Laurel Brett Electric Lit
825 The Secret Life of Groceries Benjamin Lorr
The Globe and Mail
826 The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Deesha Philyaw NYPL
827 The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison John F. Callahan and Marc C. Conner NY Times
828 The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste NPR
829 The Shame: A Novel
Riff Raff PVD
830 The SHOp: An Anthology of Poetry
The Irish Times
831 The Silence Don Delillo
Riff Raff PVD
832 The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World Sarah Stewart Johnson NY Times
833 The Skin We’re In Desmond Cole
Now Toronto
834 The Snow Collectors Tina May Hall Electric Lit
835 The Socrates Express: In Search Of Life Lessons From Dead Philosophers Eric Weiner NPR
836 The Space Between Worlds Micaiah Johnson NPR
837 The Stillness of Winter Barbara Mahany
Chicago Tribune
838 The Story of a Goat Perumal Murugan. Translated by N. Kalyan Raman
New York Times
839 The Subtweet Vivek Shraya Book Riot
840 The Sun Down Motel Simone St. James
Worldly Gentleman
841 The Superrationals Stephanie Lacava
Riff Raff PVD
842 The Sword and the Shield Peniel E. Joseph Time
843 The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (editors) NPR
844 The Taste of Sugar Marisel Vera
Chicago Tribune
845 The Testaments Margaret Atwood
Financial Times
846 The Things They Fancied Molly Young NPR
847 The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia Emma Copley Eisenberg NY Times
848 The Three Billy Goats Buenos Susan Middleton Elya
Warwick Library
849 The Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency Britain Ian Mortimer
Financial Times 2
850 The Torlonia Marbles Salvatore Settis (Text by (Art/Photo Books)) Carlo Gasparri (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
Financial Times
851 The Tunnel A. B. Yehoshu NY Times
852 The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes Elissa R. Sloan
Teen Vogue
853 The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays Elisa Gabbert
Riff Raff PVD
854 The Virus
Evening Standard
855 The Volunteer Salvatore Scibona
Financial Times
856 The Voyage Of The Morning Light: A Novel Marina Endicott NPR
857 The Waiting by Martin Egblewogbe
Brittle Papper
858 The Wax Pack: On The Open Road In Search Of Baseball’s Afterlife Brad Balukjian NPR
859 The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous Joseph Henrich NY Times
860 The Well-Gardened Mind: The Restorative Power of Nature Sue Stuart-Smith
The Globe and Mail
861 The White Dress
Riff Raff PVD
862 The Women In Black: A Novel Madeleine St. John NPR
863 The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion: 250 Years of Design Petra Slinkard (Editor) Lan Morgan (Contribution by) Madelief Hohé (Contribution by) & 1 more
The Globe and Mail
864 The World at Your Feet: Bata Shoe Museum Elizabeth Semmelhack
The Globe and Mail
865 The Worst Best Man Mia Sosa NPR
866 The Writer’s Library
The Globe and Mail
867 The Year of the Witching: A Novel Alexis Henderson NYPL
868 The Yield Tara June Winch Book Riot
869 The Zealot and the Emancipator H.W. Brands
Worldly Gentleman
870 They Said This Would Be Fun Eternity Martis Chatelaine
871 Thin Places: Essays From In Between Jordan Kisner NPR
872 Thinking Again Jan Morris
The Telegraph
873 This Is All I Got: A New Mother’s Search for Home Lauren Sandler NY Times
874 This Is My America Kim Johnson NPR
875 This Is Not the End of Me Dakshana Bascaramurty Chatelaine
876 This Is One Way To Dance: Essays Sejal Shah NPR
877 This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir in Halves
Quill & Quire
878 This Too Shall Last K. J. Ramsey Book Riot
879 Three-Ring Circus: Kobe, Shaq, Phil, and the Crazy Years of the Lakers Dynasty Jeff Pearlman
The Globe and Mail
880 Through The Garden: A Love Story (With Cats) Lorna Crozier
Now Toronto
881 Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy Wolfram Eilenberger
New York Times
882 To Calais, In Ordinary Time James Meek NPR
883 To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Christopher Paolini NYPL
884 To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life Hervé Guibert. Translated by Linda Coverdale
New York Times
885 Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump
Worldly Gentleman
886 Too Much Information: Understanding What You Don’t Want to Know Cass R. Sunstein
The Globe and Mail
887 Topics of Conversation Miranda Popkey Time
888 Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings Valerie Trouet
Washington Independent Review Of Books
889 Troubled Blood Robert Galbraith
Make Use Of
890 Troubles in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand
Warwick Library
891 Twilight of Democracy Anne Applebaum
Financial Times 2
892 Twilight Together: Portraits of Ireland at Home
The Irish Times
893 Twins Varian Johnson NPR
894 Two Rogues Make a Right Cat Sebastian Book Riot
895 Un-American
Brittle Papper
896 Unfree Speech Joshua Wong Time
897 Universal Disorder Bernice Friesen
Quill & Quire
898 Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump’s War on the World’s Most Powerful Office Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes
Washington Independent Review Of Books
899 Unspeakable Acts: True Tales Of Crime, Murder, Deceit, And Obsession Sarah Weinman (editor) NPR
900 Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe Brian Greene NY Times
901 Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, And The Birth Of 24-Hour News Lisa Napoli NPR
902 Utopia Avenue: A Novel David Mitchell NPR
903 Valentine: A Novel
East City Book Shop
904 Valentino and Sagittarius Natalia Ginzburg Avril Bardoni (Translator) Cynthia Zarin (Introduction by) & 1 more
Riff Raff PVD
905 Vanguard Martha S. Jones Time
906 Vegetable Kingdom Bryant Terry
Worldly Gentleman
907 Versailles: From Louis XIV to Jeff Koons
The Globe and Mail
908 Visible Mending: Repair, Renew, Reuse The Clothes You Love
The Globe and Mail
909 Wandering in Strange Lands Morgan Jerkins Time
910 War: How Conflict Shaped Us Margaret MacMillan NY Times
911 Watch Over Me Nina LaCour
Warwick Library
912 Water Birds on the Lakeshore: An Anthology of African Young Adult Fiction
Brittle Papper
913 We Are Water Protectors Carole Lindstrom NPR
914 We Two Alone Jack Wang
Quill & Quire
915 We Will Rock Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins
East City Book Shop
916 Wellness by Design: A Room-by-Room Guide to Optimizing Your Home for Health, Fitness, and Happiness Jamie Gold
The Globe and Mail
917 Wendy Carlos: A Biography Amanda Sewell
The Globe and Mail
918 Whale Day: And Other Poems Billy Collins
Barnes & Noble
919 What Can A Body Do?: How We Meet The Built World Sara Hendren NPR
920 What Happens at Night Peter Cameron
Riff Raff PVD
921 What Happens in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand
Warwick Library
922 What Tech Calls Thinking Adrian Daub
The Globe and Mail
923 What Would Frida Do?: A Guide to Living Boldly Arianna Davis Insider
924 What You Wish For: A Novel
East City Book Shop
925 When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed NPR
926 When These Mountains Burn David Joy
Richland Library
927 When You Were Everything Ashley Woodfolk Book Riot
928 Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook: A Cookbook Carla Lalli Music
East City Book Shop
929 Where Things Touch: A Meditation On Beauty Bahar Orang NPR
930 Whistleblower: My Journey To Silicon Valley And Fight For Justice At Uber Susan Fowler NPR
931 White Fright: The Sexual Panic at the Heart of America’s Racist History Jane Dailey
Chicago Tribune
932 White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Robert P. Jones
Washington Independent Review Of Books
933 Who Gets in and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions Jeffrey Selingo NY Times
934 Why I Don’t Write: And Other Stories Susan Minot NY Times
935 Why the Moon Travels
The Irish Times
936 Willi Smith: Street Couture Alexandra Cunningham Cameron (Editor)
The Globe and Mail
937 Wink Rob Harrell NPR
938 Winter in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand
Warwick Library
939 Wintering: The Power Of Rest And Retreat In Difficult Times Katherine May NPR
940 Women in the Kitchen
The Globe and Mail
941 Wonder Woman: Dead Earth Daniel Warren Johnson with Mike Spicer NPR
942 X+Y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto For Rethinking Gender Eugenia Cheng NPR
943 Xi’an Famous Foods Jason Wang
Worldly Gentleman
944 Yes No Maybe So Becky Albertalli Aisha Saeed Book Riot
945 You Exist Too Much Zaina Arafat Electric Lit
946 You Had Me at Hola: A Novel Alexis Daria
East City Book Shop
947 You Matter Christian Robinson NPR
948 You Want More: Selected Stories Of George Singleton George Singleton NPR
949 You Will Never Be Forgotten: Stories Mary South NYPL
950 Young Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Memoir and a Reckoning Alex Halberstadt
New York Times
951 Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists Lauren 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
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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
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