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The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2020

The year's notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review.
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The Aosawa Murders (Riku Onda)
The Aosawa Murders
1
Riku Onda
The Beauty in Breaking (Michele Harper)
The Beauty in Breaking
2
Michele Harper
The Beauty of Your Face (Sahar Mustafah)
The Beauty of Your Face
3
Sahar Mustafah
Becoming Wild (Carl Safina)
Becoming Wild
4
Carl Safina
Beheld (Tarashea Nesbit)
Beheld
5
Tarashea Nesbit
The Biggest Bluff (Maria Konnikova)
The Biggest Bluff
6
Maria Konnikova
Black Wave (Kim Ghattas)
Black Wave
7
Kim Ghattas
Blacktop Wasteland (S.A. Cosby)
Blacktop Wasteland
8
S.A. Cosby
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creatures in the Natural World (Patrik Svensson)
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination With the Most Mysterious Creatures in the Natural World
9
Patrik Svensson
The Boy in the Field (Margot Livesey)
The Boy in the Field
10
Margot Livesey
Breasts and Eggs (Mieko Kawakami)
Breasts and Eggs
11
Mieko Kawakami
A Burning (Megha Majumdar)
A Burning
12
Megha Majumdar
Burning Down the House (Julian E. Zelizer)
Burning Down the House
13
Julian E. Zelizer
Caste (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste
14
Isabel Wilkerson
A Children's Bible (Lydia Millet)
A Children's Bible
15
Lydia Millet
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
Cleanness
16
Garth Greenwell
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
17
James McBride
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X (Les Payne and Tamara Payne)
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
18
Les Payne and Tamara Payne
The Death of Jesus (J.M. Coetzee)
The Death of Jesus
19
J.M. Coetzee
The Death of Vivek Oji (Akwaeke Emezi)
The Death of Vivek Oji
20
Akwaeke Emezi
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism (Anne Case, Angus Deaton)
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
21
Anne Case, Angus Deaton
Desert Notebooks (Ben Ehrenreich)
Desert Notebooks
22
Ben Ehrenreich
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (Deepa Anappara)
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
23
Deepa Anappara
A Dominant Character (Samanth Subramanian)
A Dominant Character
24
Samanth Subramanian
The Dragons, the Giant, the Woman (Wayétu Moore)
The Dragons, the Giant, the Woman
25
Wayétu Moore
The Duke Who Didn't (Courtney Milan)
The Duke Who Didn't
26
Courtney Milan
Earthlings (Sayuka Murata)
Earthlings
27
Sayuka Murata
Eat the Buddha (Barbara Demick)
Eat the Buddha
28
Barbara Demick
The End of Everything (Katie MacK)
The End of Everything
29
Katie MacK
Everywhere You Don't Belong (Gabriel Bump)
Everywhere You Don't Belong
30
Gabriel Bump
Exercise of Power (Robert M. Gates)
Exercise of Power
31
Robert M. Gates
Fallout (Lesley M.M. Blume)
Fallout
32
Lesley M.M. Blume
Feed (Tommy Pico)
Feed
33
Tommy Pico
Felon (Reginald Dwayne Betts)
Felon
34
Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Glass Kingdom (Lawrence Osborne)
The Glass Kingdom
35
Lawrence Osborne
The Hardhat Riot (David Paul Kuhn)
The Hardhat Riot
36
David Paul Kuhn
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet
37
Maggie O'farrell
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
38
Robert Kolker
His Only Wife (Peace Adzo Medie)
His Only Wife
39
Peace Adzo Medie
Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
Homeland Elegies
40
Ayad Akhtar
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