Book Riot's Best Books 2020

by Book Riot
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52 books
Welcome, readers, to our guide to the best books of 2020! Whether they were buzzy or lost in the shuffle, prize-winners or under the radar, we’ve assembled the books from 2020 you must not miss.
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See the source list and commentary at bookriot.com

Children's
Comics
Fantasy
Fiction

Beach Read

Emily Henry, 2021

Conjure Women

A Novel
Afia Atakora, 2020

Deacon King Kong

James McBride, 2020

Even As We Breathe

A Novel
Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, 2020

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

A Novel
Kawai Strong Washburn, 2020

That Time of Year

Marie NDiaye, 2020

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi, 2021

The Henna Artist

Alka Joshi, 2020

The Orchard

A Novel
David Hopen, 2020

The Subtweet

Vivek Shraya, 2020

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett, 2020

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi, 2020

We Ride Upon Sticks

Quan Barry, 2020
Horror
Mystery/Thriller
Nonfiction

A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt, 2020

Hood Feminism

Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall, 2020

Inferno

A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
Catherine Cho, 2020

Intimations

Six Essays
Zadie Smith, 2020

Minor Feelings

An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong, 2021

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, 2021

Wow, No Thank You

Essays
Samantha Irby, 2020
Poetry
Romance
Science Fiction
Young Adult