top 20 books of 2020

This top ten list is the most productive thing I’ve made since March, so indulge me.  Below are the ten books that kept me company the best over the past year…

  1. Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino

  2. Cleanness, Garth Greenwell

  3. Luster, Raven Leilani

  4. Minor Feelings, Cathy Park Hong

  5. Uncanny Valley, Anna Wiener

  6. Pizza Girl, Jean Kyoung Frazier

  7. Memorial, Bryan Washington

  8. The Lightness, Emily Temple

  9. New Waves, Kevin Nguyen

  10. I Hold a Wolf by the Ears, Laura van den Berg

  11. Godshot, Chelsea Bieker

  12. True Love, Sarah Gerard

  13. Hurricane Season, Fernanda Melchor

  14. Just Us, Claudia Rankine

  15. Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid

  16. Perfect Tunes, Emily Gould

  17. Quotients, Tracy O’Neill

  18. Weather, Jenny Offill

  19. Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett

  20. The Exhibition of Persephone Q, Jessi Jezewska Stevens

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