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New York Public Library Staff Picks 2020: Adult Books

Here is a list of the New York Public Library's staff picks of 2020 for adults. How many have you read?
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10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
1
Elif Shafak
Afterlife (Julia Alvarez)
Afterlife
2
Julia Alvarez
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw (Theodore Rosengarten)
All God's Dangers: The Life of Nate Shaw
3
Theodore Rosengarten
Aloha Kitchen: Recipes From Hawai'i (Alana Kysar)
Aloha Kitchen: Recipes From Hawai'i
4
Alana Kysar
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Terrance Hayes)
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
5
Terrance Hayes
American Spy (Lauren Wilkinson)
American Spy
6
Lauren Wilkinson
An Extraordinary Union (Alyssa Cole)
An Extraordinary Union
7
Alyssa Cole
An Orchestra of Minorities (Chigozie Obioma)
An Orchestra of Minorities
8
Chigozie Obioma
An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up From My American Dream (Julian Castro)
An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up From My American Dream
9
Julian Castro
Ancestral Night (Elizabeth Bear)
Ancestral Night
10
Elizabeth Bear
Antkind (Charlie Kaufman)
Antkind
11
Charlie Kaufman
Ayesha at Last (Uzma Jalaluddin)
Ayesha at Last
12
Uzma Jalaluddin
Babel-17 (Samuel R. Delany)
Babel-17
13
Samuel R. Delany
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (John Carreyrou)
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
14
John Carreyrou
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
15
Roxane Gay
Bad Gateway (Simon Hanselmann)
Bad Gateway
16
Simon Hanselmann
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Zora Neale Hurston)
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
17
Zora Neale Hurston
Before We Were Yours (Lisa Wingate)
Before We Were Yours
18
Lisa Wingate
Being Heumann (Judith Heumann)
Being Heumann
19
Judith Heumann
Being Wagner: A Short Biography of a Larger-Than-Life Man (Simon Callow)
Being Wagner: A Short Biography of a Larger-Than-Life Man
20
Simon Callow
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
21
Toni Morrison
Betty (Tiffany Mcdaniel)
Betty
22
Tiffany Mcdaniel
Between the World and Me (Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Between the World and Me
23
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Binti (Nnedi Okorafor)
Binti
24
Nnedi Okorafor
The Bird King (G.Willow Wilson)
The Bird King
25
G.Willow Wilson
Black Condition Ft. Narcissus (Jayy Dodd)
Black Condition Ft. Narcissus
26
Jayy Dodd
Black Klansman (Ron Stallworth)
Black Klansman
27
Ron Stallworth
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
28
Marlon James
Bluebird, Bluebird (Attica Locke)
Bluebird, Bluebird
29
Attica Locke
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom (Katherine Eban)
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
30
Katherine Eban
The Boyfriend Project (Farrah Rochon)
The Boyfriend Project
31
Farrah Rochon
Braiding Sweetgrass (Robin Wall Kimmerer)
Braiding Sweetgrass
32
Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
A Brief History of Seven Killings
33
Marlon James
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (Ken Liu, Ed.)
Broken Stars: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation
34
Ken Liu, Ed.
The Bromance Book Club (Lyssa Kay Adams)
The Bromance Book Club
35
Lyssa Kay Adams
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
The Brothers Karamazov
36
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Bttm Fdrs (Ezra Claytan Daniels)
Bttm Fdrs
37
Ezra Claytan Daniels
Bunny (Mona Awad)
Bunny
38
Mona Awad
Cane (Jean Toomer)
Cane
39
Jean Toomer
Cannonball (Kelsey Wroten)
Cannonball
40
Kelsey Wroten
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