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Booklist Best Books of 2020

Here is a list of the Booklist's editors' best books of the year 2020. How many of these have you read?
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111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl (Rina Singh)
111 Trees: How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl
1
Rina Singh
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball (Jen Bryant)
Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball
2
Jen Bryant
African American Culture (Omari L. Dyson)
African American Culture
3
Omari L. Dyson
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song (Various Authors)
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle & Song
4
Various Authors
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team (Christina Soontornvat)
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team
5
Christina Soontornvat
Ana on the Edge (A.J. Sass)
Ana on the Edge
6
A.J. Sass
The Barnabus Project (Terry Fan)
The Barnabus Project
7
Terry Fan
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person (Frederick Joseph)
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
8
Frederick Joseph
Black Is a Rainbow Color (Angela Joy)
Black Is a Rainbow Color
9
Angela Joy
Blacktop Wasteland (S.A. Cosby)
Blacktop Wasteland
10
S.A. Cosby
Book of the Little Axe (Lauren Francis-Sharma)
Book of the Little Axe
11
Lauren Francis-Sharma
The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity (Amy Alznauer)
The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity
12
Amy Alznauer
Burn (Patrick Ness)
Burn
13
Patrick Ness
A Burning (Megha Majumdar)
A Burning
14
Megha Majumdar
Camp (L. C. Rosen)
Camp
15
L. C. Rosen
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Olivia Waite)
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows
16
Olivia Waite
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
17
Isabel Wilkerson
Catherine House (Elisabeth Thomas)
Catherine House
18
Elisabeth Thomas
Chance: Escape From the Holocaust (Uri Shulevitz)
Chance: Escape From the Holocaust
19
Uri Shulevitz
The Chicken Sisters (K. J. Dell'antonia)
The Chicken Sisters
20
K. J. Dell'antonia
Child of Light (Madison Smartt Bell)
Child of Light
21
Madison Smartt Bell
The City We Became (N.K. Jemisin)
The City We Became
22
N.K. Jemisin
Code Name Helene (Ariel Lawhon)
Code Name Helene
23
Ariel Lawhon
Conditional Citizens (Laila Lalami)
Conditional Citizens
24
Laila Lalami
Covid-19: The Pandemic That Never Should Have Happened (Debora Mackenzie)
Covid-19: The Pandemic That Never Should Have Happened
25
Debora Mackenzie
Crooked Hallelujah (Kelli Jo Ford)
Crooked Hallelujah
26
Kelli Jo Ford
Dancing at the Pity Party (Tyler Feder)
Dancing at the Pity Party
27
Tyler Feder
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
28
James McBride
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Les Payne and Tamara Payne)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
29
Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Dear Justyce (Nic Stone)
Dear Justyce
30
Nic Stone
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America (Eric Cervini)
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
31
Eric Cervini
Dragon Hoops (Gene Luen Yang)
Dragon Hoops
32
Gene Luen Yang
Dress Coded (Carrie Firestone)
Dress Coded
33
Carrie Firestone
Dungeon Critters (Natalie Riess)
Dungeon Critters
34
Natalie Riess
Efrén Divided (Ernesto Cisneros)
Efrén Divided
35
Ernesto Cisneros
Eight Perfect Murders (Peter Swanson)
Eight Perfect Murders
36
Peter Swanson
Everything Sad Is Untrue (Daniel Nayeri)
Everything Sad Is Untrue
37
Daniel Nayeri
Exile Music (Jennifer Steil)
Exile Music
38
Jennifer Steil
Fathoms: The World in the Whale (Rebecca Giggs)
Fathoms: The World in the Whale
39
Rebecca Giggs
Felix Ever After (Kacen Callender)
Felix Ever After
40
Kacen Callender
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