Episode 13- Best of 2020

We’re pulled together a list of the best books of 2020. Join us as we take a look back at 2020 for the highs and lows of the year. Amy: 2020 New Fiction 1. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel 2. Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy  3. Greenwood by Michael Christie 4. Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit 5. Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore 6. The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow 7. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E.Schwab 8. The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix 9. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam Honorable Mentions: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Conjure Women by Afia Atakora Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult Fiction Published Before 2020 1. A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza 2. The Warehouse by Rob Hart 3. The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 4.Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi 5.The World We Knew by Alice Hoffman 6. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett 7. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood 8. History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund 9. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Honorable Mentions: The Witch Elm by Tana French The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O’Connor McNees The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia Non-Fiction 1. Children of the Land by Marcello Hernandez Castillo 2. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 3. She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey 4. The Yellow House by Sarah Broom 5. Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker 6. The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean 7. The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede 8. Breath by James Nestor 9. A Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper Honorable Mentions: The Unwinding of the Miracle by Julie Yip-Williams In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters by Anne Boyd Rioux Bonnie: Dear Edward by Anna Napolitanio Breathe by James Nestor Madison: When Things Fall Apart by Peme Chodron Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin JoAnn: Louise Penny Inspector Ganache Series Station 11 by Emily John Mandel …. And More Best of 2020 Booklists: Lit Hub’s Best of 2020 Washington Post’s Best of 2020 NY Time’s Best of 20202 NY Time’s Trump Administration Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020