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Kirkus Best Books of 2020: Fiction and Nonfiction

Here is a list of Kirkus Review's best fiction and nonfiction books of 2020. How many have you read?
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28 Summers (Elin Hilderbrand)
28 Summers
1
Elin Hilderbrand
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times (David S. Reynolds)
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
2
David S. Reynolds
Actress (Anne Enright)
Actress
3
Anne Enright
The Address Book (Deidre Mask)
The Address Book
4
Deidre Mask
Afropessimism (Frank B. Wilderson III)
Afropessimism
5
Frank B. Wilderson III
Afterlife (Julia Alvarez)
Afterlife
6
Julia Alvarez
The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century (David Goldblatt)
The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century
7
David Goldblatt
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy (Ben Macintyre)
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
8
Ben Macintyre
All the Devils Are Here (Louise Penny)
All the Devils Are Here
9
Louise Penny
Amnesty (Aravind Adiga)
Amnesty
10
Aravind Adiga
And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain (Elisabeth Åsbrink)
And in the Vienna Woods the Trees Remain
11
Elisabeth Åsbrink
Apollo's Arrow (Nicholas A. Christakis)
Apollo's Arrow
12
Nicholas A. Christakis
The Awkward Black Man (Walter Mosley)
The Awkward Black Man
13
Walter Mosley
Becoming Wild (Carl Safina)
Becoming Wild
14
Carl Safina
Beowulf (Maria Dahvana Headley)
Beowulf
15
Maria Dahvana Headley
Bestiary (K-Ming Chang)
Bestiary
16
K-Ming Chang
Between Everything and Nothing (Joe Meno)
Between Everything and Nothing
17
Joe Meno
Between Two Fires (Joshua Yaffa)
Between Two Fires
18
Joshua Yaffa
The Biggest Bluff (Maria Konnikova)
The Biggest Bluff
19
Maria Konnikova
Black Bottom Saints (Alice Randall)
Black Bottom Saints
20
Alice Randall
Black Sun (Rebecca Roanhorse)
Black Sun
21
Rebecca Roanhorse
Black Sunday (Tola Rotimi Abraham)
Black Sunday
22
Tola Rotimi Abraham
Black Wave (Kim Ghattas)
Black Wave
23
Kim Ghattas
Black Women, Black Love (Dianne M. Stewart)
Black Women, Black Love
24
Dianne M. Stewart
A Black Women's History of the United States (Daina Ramey Berry)
A Black Women's History of the United States
25
Daina Ramey Berry
Blood and Oil (Bradley Hope)
Blood and Oil
26
Bradley Hope
The Book of Rosy (Rosayra Pablo Cruz)
The Book of Rosy
27
Rosayra Pablo Cruz
The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time (Hugh Raffles)
The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time
28
Hugh Raffles
The Book of V. (Anna Solomon)
The Book of V.
29
Anna Solomon
The Bourne Evolution (Brain Freeman)
The Bourne Evolution
30
Brain Freeman
Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop (Nate Patrin)
Bring That Beat Back: How Sampling Built Hip-Hop
31
Nate Patrin
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940 (Jed Perl)
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940
32
Jed Perl
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation (Anne Helen Petersen)
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
33
Anne Helen Petersen
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
34
Isabel Wilkerson
Chasing Chopin (Annik Lafarge)
Chasing Chopin
35
Annik Lafarge
The City We Became (N. K. Jemisin)
The City We Became
36
N. K. Jemisin
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
Cleanness
37
Garth Greenwell
The Cold Millions (Jess Walter)
The Cold Millions
38
Jess Walter
Collected Stories (Shirley Hazzard)
Collected Stories
39
Shirley Hazzard
Collected Stories (Lorrie Moore)
Collected Stories
40
Lorrie Moore
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