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The New York Times Top Books to Read From 2020-2025

From the New York Times Book Review, the best and notable fiction and nonfiction selections from the years 2020-2025.
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Angel Down (Daniel Kraus)
Angel Down
1
Daniel Kraus
The Director (Daniel Kehlman)
The Director
2
Daniel Kehlman
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (Kiran Desai)
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
3
Kiran Desai
The Sisters (Jonas Hassen Khemiri)
The Sisters
4
Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Stone Yard Devotional (Charlotte Wood)
Stone Yard Devotional
5
Charlotte Wood
A Marriage at Sea (Sophie Elmhirst)
A Marriage at Sea
6
Sophie Elmhirst
Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church (Kevin Sack)
Mother Emanuel: Two Centuries of Race, Resistance, and Forgiveness in One Charleston Church
7
Kevin Sack
Mother Mary Comes to Me (Arundhati Roy)
Mother Mary Comes to Me
8
Arundhati Roy
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America (Goldstone, Brian)
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
9
Goldstone, Brian
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin (Sue Prideaux)
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin
10
Sue Prideaux
August Lane (Regina Black)
August Lane
11
Regina Black
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng (Kylie Lee Baker)
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng
12
Kylie Lee Baker
Buckeye (Patrick Ryan)
Buckeye
13
Patrick Ryan
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (Stephen Graham Jones)
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
14
Stephen Graham Jones
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (V.E. Schwab)
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
15
V.E. Schwab
The Colony (Annika Norlin)
The Colony
16
Annika Norlin
Death Takes Me (Cristina Rivera Garza)
Death Takes Me
17
Cristina Rivera Garza
The Doorman (Chris Pavone)
The Doorman
18
Chris Pavone
The Feeling of Iron (Giaime Alonge)
The Feeling of Iron
19
Giaime Alonge
Flesh (David Szalay)
Flesh
20
David Szalay
A Gentleman's Gentleman (TJ Alexander)
A Gentleman's Gentleman
21
TJ Alexander
The Good Liar (Denise Mina)
The Good Liar
22
Denise Mina
A Guardian and a Thief (Megha Majumdar)
A Guardian and a Thief
23
Megha Majumdar
Heart the Lover (Lily King)
Heart the Lover
24
Lily King
Heartwood (Amity Gaige)
Heartwood
25
Amity Gaige
Hollow Spaces (Victor Suthammanont)
Hollow Spaces
26
Victor Suthammanont
The Hounding (Xenobe Purvis)
The Hounding
27
Xenobe Purvis
How to Dodge a Cannonball (Dennard Dayle)
How to Dodge a Cannonball
28
Dennard Dayle
Isola (Allegra Goodman)
Isola
29
Allegra Goodman
Katabasis (R. F. Kuang)
Katabasis
30
R. F. Kuang
Killing Stella (Marlen Haushofer)
Killing Stella
31
Marlen Haushofer
King Sorrow (Joe Hill)
King Sorrow
32
Joe Hill
Lonely Crowds (Stephanie Wambugu)
Lonely Crowds
33
Stephanie Wambugu
Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar (Katie Yee)
Maggie; Or, a Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar
34
Katie Yee
Night Watch: Poems (Kevin Young)
Night Watch: Poems
35
Kevin Young
On the Calculation of Volume III (Solvej Balle)
On the Calculation of Volume III
36
Solvej Balle
Perfection (Vincenzo Latronico)
Perfection
37
Vincenzo Latronico
Playworld (Adam Ross)
Playworld
38
Adam Ross
The Rarest Fruit (Gaëlle Bélem)
The Rarest Fruit
39
Gaëlle Bélem
The Remembered Soldier (Anjet Daanje)
The Remembered Soldier
40
Anjet Daanje
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