List Challenges
Movies Books Travel Food Other
Trending
New
Popular
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

Major Book Awards of 2020

This list contains books from many of the major book awards given in 2020, both winners, runners-up and shortlisted books. The awards include the following and many more: Man Booker International Prize; American Book Awards; Best Translated Book Award; Edgar Allan Poe Award; Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award; Hugo Award; Los Angeles Times Book Prize; National Book Award; National Book Critics Circle Award; Nebula Award; Newbery Medal; The New Criterion Poetry Prize; Poets' Prize; Pulitzer Prize; Walt Whitman Award; British Book Awards – the "Nibbies"; Orwell Prize; Baillie Gifford Prize; Somerset Maugham Award; T. S. Eliot Prize; Costa Book Awards; PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize; PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; PEN/Open Book Award; National Outdoor Book Award; National Poetry Series; Arab American Book Award; Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature; Bancroft Prize.
Read More
379 users · 5,780 views
 
made by Bryan Ness
avg. score: 9 of 422 (2%)
required scores: 1, 2, 4, 7, 13 
type to search

How many have you read?

Page 1 of 11
All the Lives We Never Lived (Anuradha Roy)
All the Lives We Never Lived
1
Anuradha Roy
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
2
Tayari Jones
Disoriental (Négar Djavadi)
Disoriental
3
Négar Djavadi
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (Olga Tokarczuk)
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
4
Olga Tokarczuk
History of Violence (Édouard Louis)
History of Violence
5
Édouard Louis
Milkman (Anna Burns)
Milkman
6
Anna Burns
The Friend (Sigrid Nunez)
The Friend
7
Sigrid Nunez
The Silence of the Girls (Pat Barker)
The Silence of the Girls
8
Pat Barker
There There (Tommy Orange)
There There
9
Tommy Orange
Washington Black (Esi Edugyan)
Washington Black
10
Esi Edugyan
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree (Shokoofeh Azar)
The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree
11
Shokoofeh Azar
The Adventures of China Iron (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara)
The Adventures of China Iron
12
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
Tyll (Daniel Kehlmann)
Tyll
13
Daniel Kehlmann
Hurricane Season (Fernanda Melchor)
Hurricane Season
14
Fernanda Melchor
The Memory Police (Yōko Ogawa)
The Memory Police
15
Yōko Ogawa
The Discomfort of Evening (Marieke Lucas Rijneveld)
The Discomfort of Evening
16
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Felon (Reginald Dwayne Betts)
Felon
17
Reginald Dwayne Betts
Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff (Sara Borjas)
Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff
18
Sara Borjas
Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman (Bob Kaufman)
Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman
19
Bob Kaufman
Crossfire: A Litany for Survival (Staceyann Chin)
Crossfire: A Litany for Survival
20
Staceyann Chin
Sabrina & Corina (Kali Fajardo-Anstine)
Sabrina & Corina
21
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities (Tara Fickle)
The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities
22
Tara Fickle
America for Americans (Erika Lee)
America for Americans
23
Erika Lee
Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers (Jake Skeets)
Eyes Bottle Dark With a Mouthful of Flowers
24
Jake Skeets
They Called Us Enemy (George Takei)
They Called Us Enemy
25
George Takei
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
26
Ocean Vuong
In West Mills (De'shawn Charles Winslow)
In West Mills
27
De'shawn Charles Winslow
Solitary (Albert Woodfox)
Solitary
28
Albert Woodfox
Deaf Republic: Poems (Ilya Kaminsky)
Deaf Republic: Poems
29
Ilya Kaminsky
Gods of the Upper Air (Charles King)
Gods of the Upper Air
30
Charles King
The Old Drift (Namwali Serpell)
The Old Drift
31
Namwali Serpell
The Other Americans (Laila Lalami)
The Other Americans
32
Laila Lalami
When We Were Arabs (Massoud Hayoun)
When We Were Arabs
33
Massoud Hayoun
Between the Ottomans and the Entente (Stacy D. Fahrenthold)
Between the Ottomans and the Entente
34
Stacy D. Fahrenthold
A Theory of Birds (Zaina Alsous)
A Theory of Birds
35
Zaina Alsous
I Was Their American Dream (Malaka Gharib)
I Was Their American Dream
36
Malaka Gharib
A Woman Is No Man (Etaf Rum)
A Woman Is No Man
37
Etaf Rum
Women of the Midan: The Untold Stories of Egypt's Revolutionaries (Sherine Hafez)
Women of the Midan: The Untold Stories of Egypt's Revolutionaries
38
Sherine Hafez
Invasive Species (Marwa Helal)
Invasive Species
39
Marwa Helal
Other Words for Home (Jasmine Warga)
Other Words for Home
40
Jasmine Warga
Page 1 of 11
Click books you've read
Lists Similar to 'Major Book Awards of 2020'
Major Book Awards of 2019
Major Book Awards of 2019
216
440
Major Book Awards of 2018
Major Book Awards of 2018
212
277
Major Book Awards of 2022
Major Book Awards of 2022
209
620
Major Book Awards of 2021
Major Book Awards of 2021
158
651
The English Major's Book Challenge
The English Major's Book Challenge
2,266
161
English Major Book List
English Major Book List
962
124
National Book Awards and Finalists in Fiction 1950-2014
National Book Awards and Finalists in Fiction 1950-2014
821
413
British Book Awards: Books of the Year 2017
British Book Awards: Books of the Year 2017
582
36
Goodreads Book Awards 2011 I'll Read
Goodreads Book Awards 2011 I'll Read
243
100
Goodreads Book Awards 2010 I'll Read
Goodreads Book Awards 2010 I'll Read
232
96
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2020
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2020
231
226
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2021
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2021
223
300
Every "Book Shimmy Awards" Winner
Every "Book Shimmy Awards" Winner
219
98
Goodreads Choice Awards - Favorite Book of 2011
Goodreads Choice Awards - Favorite Book of 2011
217
20
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2018
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2018
201
156
National Book Awards for Nonfiction 1950-2020
National Book Awards for Nonfiction 1950-2020
193
149
The British Book Industry Awards 2016
The British Book Industry Awards 2016
191
24
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2019
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2019
182
206
National Book Critics Circle Awards 2017 Finalists
National Book Critics Circle Awards 2017 Finalists
176
30
Red Dot Book Awards - 2018-19 - Older Readers and Mature Readers
Red Dot Book Awards - 2018-19 - Older Readers and Mature Readers
170
16
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2022
All the Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fiction Book Awards of 2022
168
306
2020 National Book Awards Finalists
2020 National Book Awards Finalists
149
25
National Book Awards for Fiction 2019
National Book Awards for Fiction 2019
148
10
Costa Book Awards Shortlists 2019
Costa Book Awards Shortlists 2019
139
20
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards 2000-2009
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards 2000-2009
133
100
2018 National Book Awards for Translated Literature Longlist
2018 National Book Awards for Translated Literature Longlist
127
10
National Book Awards 2017 Young People's Literature Longlist
National Book Awards 2017 Young People's Literature Longlist
120
10
National Book Awards Fiction Longlist 2021
National Book Awards Fiction Longlist 2021
120
10
VOYA Magazine Perfect Ten Book Awards
VOYA Magazine Perfect Ten Book Awards
117
250
A Trio of American Book Awards
A Trio of American Book Awards
115
106
All Similar Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2025 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN