We’re pulled together a list of the best books of 2020. Join us as we take a look back at 2020 for the highs and lows of the year.
Amy:
2020 New Fiction
1. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
2. Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
3. Greenwood by Michael Christie
4. Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit
5. Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
6. The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow
7. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E.Schwab
8. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
9. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
Honorable Mentions:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
Conjure Women by Afia Atakora
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
Fiction Published Before 2020
1. A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
2. The Warehouse by Rob Hart
3. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
4.Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
5.The World We Knew by Alice Hoffman
6. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
7. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
8. History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Honorable Mentions:
The Witch Elm by Tana French
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia
Non-Fiction
1. Children of the Land by Marcello Hernandez Castillo
2. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
3. She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
4. The Yellow House by Sarah Broom
5. Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
6. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
7. The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede
8. Breath by James Nestor
9. A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper
Honorable Mentions:
The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux
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…. And More Best of 2020 Booklists:
Episode 44: “Magnificent May”
Episode 42: Cheers to the New Library!
Episode 41: Meet Me @ the Library
Episode 40: Make a difference…Volunteer!
Episode 39: Jingle All the Way
Episode 37: Give Thanks
Episode 36: One for the Books
Episode 35: Harvest Time
Episode 34: Teen Power
Episode 33: Sizzling Summer
Episode 32: Make the Magic
Episode 31: Spring Ahead
Episode 30: Rescheduled Due to Weather!
Episode 29: Love Thy Neighbor
Episode 28: “Merry New Year!”
Episode 27: “Season of Giving”
Episode 26: “Trick or Treat Main Street”
Episode 25: “It’s Fall Y’all!”
Episode 24: The Time Is Now
Episode 23: Summer of Possibilities
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