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Time's 100 Must Read Books of 2020

From Time.com: "The fiction, nonfiction and poetry that deepened our understanding, ignited our curiosity and helped us escape.
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Actress (Anne Enright)
Actress
1
Anne Enright
The Address Book (Deidre Mask)
The Address Book
2
Deidre Mask
African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle and Song (Kevin Young)
African American Poetry 250 Years of Struggle and Song
3
Kevin Young
Afterlife (Julia Alvarez)
Afterlife
4
Julia Alvarez
The Agency (William Gibson)
The Agency
5
William Gibson
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America & It's Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Eddie S. Glaude Jr.)
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America & It's Urgent Lessons for Our Own
6
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
Big Friendship (Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman)
Big Friendship
7
Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman
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
8
Patrik Svensson
Breasts and Eggs (Mieko Kawakami)
Breasts and Eggs
9
Mieko Kawakami
Brown Album (Porochista Khakpour)
Brown Album
10
Porochista Khakpour
A Burning (Megha Majumdar)
A Burning
11
Megha Majumdar
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation (Anne Helen Petersen)
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
12
Anne Helen Petersen
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Isabel Wilkerson)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
13
Isabel Wilkerson
A Children's Bible (Lydia Millet)
A Children's Bible
14
Lydia Millet
The City We Became (N K Jemisin)
The City We Became
15
N K Jemisin
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
Cleanness
16
Garth Greenwell
Conditional Citizens (Laila Lalami)
Conditional Citizens
17
Laila Lalami
Crooked Hallelujah (Kelli Jo Ford)
Crooked Hallelujah
18
Kelli Jo Ford
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy (Talia Lavin)
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
19
Talia Lavin
Days of Distraction (Alexandra Chang)
Days of Distraction
20
Alexandra Chang
Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
Deacon King Kong
21
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
22
Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (Deepa Anappara)
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
23
Deepa Anappara
The Dragons, the Giant, the Woman (Wayétu Moore)
The Dragons, the Giant, the Woman
24
Wayétu Moore
Earthlings (Sayuka Murata)
Earthlings
25
Sayuka Murata
The End of White Politics (Zerlina Maxwell)
The End of White Politics
26
Zerlina Maxwell
Entangled Life (Merlin Sheldrake)
Entangled Life
27
Merlin Sheldrake
Enter the Aardvark (Jessica Anthony)
Enter the Aardvark
28
Jessica Anthony
Followers (Megan Angelo)
Followers
29
Megan Angelo
A Girl Is a Body of Water (Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi)
A Girl Is a Body of Water
30
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
The Glass Hotel (Emily St. John Mandel)
The Glass Hotel
31
Emily St. John Mandel
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America (Conor Dougherty)
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America
32
Conor Dougherty
Having and Being Had (Eula Biss)
Having and Being Had
33
Eula Biss
Hidden Valley Road (Robert Kolker)
Hidden Valley Road
34
Robert Kolker
His Only Wife (Peace Adzo Medie)
His Only Wife
35
Peace Adzo Medie
Hitler: Downfall 1939-1945 (Volker Ullrich)
Hitler: Downfall 1939-1945
36
Volker Ullrich
Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories (Zora Neale Hurston)
Hitting a Straight Lick With a Crooked Stick: Stories
37
Zora Neale Hurston
Homeland Elegies (Ayad Akhtar)
Homeland Elegies
38
Ayad Akhtar
Hood Feminism (Mikki Kendall)
Hood Feminism
39
Mikki Kendall
How to Pronounce Knife (Souvankham Thammavongsa)
How to Pronounce Knife
40
Souvankham Thammavongsa
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