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The Bookshelf's Best Reads of 2020 (Part 1)

A more international 2020 challenge than those published so far, not just American (or Australian for that matter). This list mostly comprises books published this year and recommended by a panel of authors, critics and podcasters (admittedly some books are just for laughs). Also includes the panel's favourites from earlier years to read over the holiday season. Even an unpublished Ishiguro novel to look forward to!
Both fiction and non-fiction works are included. Books 55-62 are from the 2020 "Prime Minister's Literary Awards" down here in Australia, as detailed below:
55: Fiction winner
56-59: Fiction shortlist
60: Australian history winner
61: Poetry winner
62: Children's literature winner
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All Our Shimmering Skies (Trent Dalton)
All Our Shimmering Skies
1
Trent Dalton
Amnesty (Aravind Adiga)
Amnesty
2
Aravind Adiga
The Animals in That Country (Laura Jean McKay)
The Animals in That Country
3
Laura Jean McKay
Animals Make Us Human (Leah Kaminsky & Meg Keneally (Ed.))
Animals Make Us Human
4
Leah Kaminsky & Meg Keneally (Ed.)
Apeirogon (Colum McCann)
Apeirogon
5
Colum McCann
The Art of Her Deal (Mary Jordan)
The Art of Her Deal
6
Mary Jordan
Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave (Mark Mordue)
Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave
7
Mark Mordue
Change Machine (Jaya Savige)
Change Machine
8
Jaya Savige
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric
9
Claudia Rankine
Clean: The New Science of Skin (James Hamblin)
Clean: The New Science of Skin
10
James Hamblin
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
Cleanness
11
Garth Greenwell
Collisions, Fictions of the Future: An Anthology of Australian Writers of Colour (Leah Jing McIntosh (Ed.))
Collisions, Fictions of the Future: An Anthology of Australian Writers of Colour
12
Leah Jing McIntosh (Ed.)
Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas)
Concrete Rose
13
Angie Thomas
Consolation (Garry Disher)
Consolation
14
Garry Disher
Daddy Cool (Darleen Bungey)
Daddy Cool
15
Darleen Bungey
Dead Letters (Michael Brissenden)
Dead Letters
16
Michael Brissenden
The Deceptions (Suzanne Leal)
The Deceptions
17
Suzanne Leal
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation
18
Jenny Offill
The Details (Tegan Bennett-Daylight)
The Details
19
Tegan Bennett-Daylight
The Dickens Boy (Tom Keneally)
The Dickens Boy
20
Tom Keneally
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World (Lesley M.M. Blume)
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World
21
Lesley M.M. Blume
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud (Clive James)
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud
22
Clive James
Fitzroy Raw (Tom Petsinis)
Fitzroy Raw
23
Tom Petsinis
The Godmother (Hannelore Cayre)
The Godmother
24
Hannelore Cayre
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing
25
Jenny Odell
Infinite Splendours (Sofie Laguna)
Infinite Splendours
26
Sofie Laguna
Inside Story (Martin Amis)
Inside Story
27
Martin Amis
Just Us: An American Conversation (Claudia Rankine)
Just Us: An American Conversation
28
Claudia Rankine
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
29
Cho Nam-Joo
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun
30
Kazuo Ishiguro
The Labyrinth (Amanda Lohrey)
The Labyrinth
31
Amanda Lohrey
The Law of Innocence (Michael Connelly)
The Law of Innocence
32
Michael Connelly
A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing (Jessie Tu)
A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing
33
Jessie Tu
The Lying Life of Adults (Elena Ferrante)
The Lying Life of Adults
34
Elena Ferrante
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities
35
Robert Musil
Max (Alex Miller)
Max
36
Alex Miller
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
Mayflies
37
Andrew O'Hagan
The Mirror and the Light (Hilary Mantel)
The Mirror and the Light
38
Hilary Mantel
O (Stephen Carroll)
O
39
Stephen Carroll
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
40
Albert Camus
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