At the end of the year, there are many “Best Books of 2020” lists. This is the New York Times “Ten Best Books of 2020” for your reading pleasure.
Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Hamnet: a novel of the Plague by Maggie O’Farrell
Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
Promised Land by Barack Obama
Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro
Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener
Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Coming Soon–War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan