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Best Books of 2020: These 13 Titles Scored Perfect 4-Star Reviews From USA TODAY's Critics

Opioid addiction. Thomas Cromwell. A fictional '60s British rock band. The actual apocalypse. They're topics with little in common, except that they were the subjects of some of the best books released this year. It's hardly novel anymore to note that 2020 has been something of a dumpster fire. What is novel is, well, just how many good novels (and memoirs, essay collections, and other worthy books) hit shelves and helped us through the boredom of social isolation. While our critics raved about dozens of books in 2020, just 13 of them scored the highest of honors: perfect ★★★★ (out of four) reviews.
Here's what we loved reading most this year.
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Home Before Dark (Riley Sager)
Home Before Dark
1
Riley Sager
Transcendent Kingdom (Yaa Gyasi)
Transcendent Kingdom
2
Yaa Gyasi
The Mirror & the Light (Hilary Mantel)
The Mirror & the Light
3
Hilary Mantel
Weather (Jenny Offill)
Weather
4
Jenny Offill
Leave the World Behind (Rumaan Alman)
Leave the World Behind
5
Rumaan Alman
Memorial Drive (Natasha Trethewey)
Memorial Drive
6
Natasha Trethewey
Utopia Avenue (David Mitchell)
Utopia Avenue
7
David Mitchell
Vesper Flights (Helen MacDonald)
Vesper Flights
8
Helen MacDonald
Florence Adler Swims Forever (Rachel Beanland)
Florence Adler Swims Forever
9
Rachel Beanland
The Cold Millions (Jess Walter)
The Cold Millions
10
Jess Walter
White Ivy (Susie Yang)
White Ivy
11
Susie Yang
The New Map (Daniel Yergin)
The New Map
12
Daniel Yergin
The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory (Andrew J. Bacevich)
The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory
13
Andrew J. Bacevich
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