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The Millions' Great First-Half 2020 Book Preview

I base a lot of my annual reading list on The Millions' previews, and I'm never sorry, even if a book is awful. It's kind of like a literary NFL draft. Sometimes a book justifies the hype and becomes a sensation, sometimes it doesn't but sells a million copies anyway , sometimes a book is excellent but is almost universally ignored. So it's cheaper than a night at a casino.
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Uncanny Valley (Anna Wiener)
Uncanny Valley
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Anna Wiener
Interior Chinatown (Charles Yu)
Interior Chinatown
2
Charles Yu
Topics of Conversation (Miranda Popkey)
Topics of Conversation
3
Miranda Popkey
Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories (Zora Neale Hurston)
Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories
4
Zora Neale Hurston
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
Cleanness
5
Garth Greenwell
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (Mildred D. Taylor)
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come
6
Mildred D. Taylor
Run Me to Earth (Paul Yoon)
Run Me to Earth
7
Paul Yoon
The Gimmicks (Chris McCormick)
The Gimmicks
8
Chris McCormick
A Long Petal of the Sea (Isabel Allende)
A Long Petal of the Sea
9
Isabel Allende
Blue Flowers (Carol Saavedra)
Blue Flowers
10
Carol Saavedra
Little Gods (Meng Jin)
Little Gods
11
Meng Jin
Track Changes (Sayed Kashua)
Track Changes
12
Sayed Kashua
The Third Rainbow Girl (Emma Copley Eisenberg)
The Third Rainbow Girl
13
Emma Copley Eisenberg
The Longing for Less (Kyle Chayka)
The Longing for Less
14
Kyle Chayka
We Wish You Luck (Caroline Zancan)
We Wish You Luck
15
Caroline Zancan
The Black Cathedral (Marcial Gala)
The Black Cathedral
16
Marcial Gala
Fabulous (Lucy Hughes-Hallett)
Fabulous
17
Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Heart of Junk (Luke Geddes)
Heart of Junk
18
Luke Geddes
Children of the Land (Marcelo Hernandez Castillo)
Children of the Land
19
Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
The Majesties (Tiffany Tsao)
The Majesties
20
Tiffany Tsao
Show Them a Good Time (Nicole Flattery)
Show Them a Good Time
21
Nicole Flattery
Small Days and Nights (Tishani Doshi)
Small Days and Nights
22
Tishani Doshi
The Baudelaire Fractal (Lisa Robertson)
The Baudelaire Fractal
23
Lisa Robertson
An Apartment on Uranus (Paul B Preciado)
An Apartment on Uranus
24
Paul B Preciado
Creatures (Crissy Van Meter)
Creatures
25
Crissy Van Meter
A Map Is Only One Story (Nicole Chung)
A Map Is Only One Story
26
Nicole Chung
Dear Edward (Ann Napolitano)
Dear Edward
27
Ann Napolitano
The Resisters (Gish Jen)
The Resisters
28
Gish Jen
Weather (Jenny Offill)
Weather
29
Jenny Offill
Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
Real Life
30
Brandon Taylor
Apeirogon (Colum McCann)
Apeirogon
31
Colum McCann
Verge (Lidia Yuknavitch)
Verge
32
Lidia Yuknavitch
Indelicacy (Amina Cain)
Indelicacy
33
Amina Cain
Trans(Re)Lating House 1 (Poupeh Missaghi)
Trans(Re)Lating House 1
34
Poupeh Missaghi
The Lucky Star (William Vollmann)
The Lucky Star
35
William Vollmann
Little Constructions (Anna Burns)
Little Constructions
36
Anna Burns
Minor Feelings (Cathy Park Hong)
Minor Feelings
37
Cathy Park Hong
Everywhere You Don't Belong (Gabriel Bump)
Everywhere You Don't Belong
38
Gabriel Bump
Apartment (Teddy Wayne)
Apartment
39
Teddy Wayne
And I Do Not Forgive You (Amber Sparks)
And I Do Not Forgive You
40
Amber Sparks
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