NYT Editors’ Choice 202001

1.
The Black Cathedral
The Black Cathedral 3.71 avg rating — 788 ratings
2.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,544 ratings
3.
The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life
The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life 3.74 avg rating — 560 ratings
4.
Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley 3.64 avg rating — 34,805 ratings
5.
Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos
Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos 3.87 avg rating — 345 ratings
6.
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World 4.09 avg rating — 77,595 ratings
7.
The Bishop's Bedroom
The Bishop's Bedroom 3.29 avg rating — 756 ratings
8.
Long Bright River
Long Bright River
by: Liz Moore
4.05 avg rating — 164,194 ratings
9.
Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War
Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War 3.88 avg rating — 1,535 ratings
10.
Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises
Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises 3.73 avg rating — 301 ratings
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Cleanness
Cleanness 3.81 avg rating — 9,574 ratings
12.
Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019
Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019 4.30 avg rating — 226 ratings
13.
The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism
The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism 3.47 avg rating — 1,221 ratings
14.
Dear Edward
Dear Edward 4.08 avg rating — 208,619 ratings
15.
Summer Snow: New Poems
Summer Snow: New Poems 3.68 avg rating — 353 ratings
16.
American Dirt
American Dirt 4.37 avg rating — 656,921 ratings
17.
Doppelgänger
Doppelgänger 3.53 avg rating — 541 ratings
18.
Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947
Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 3.99 avg rating — 557 ratings
19.
The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament
The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament 4.22 avg rating — 46 ratings
20.
The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be
The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be 3.89 avg rating — 131 ratings
21.
One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder
One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder 4.63 avg rating — 2,485 ratings
22.
Feed
Feed 4.26 avg rating — 576 ratings
23.
Tiny Love: The Complete Stories
Tiny Love: The Complete Stories 4.21 avg rating — 351 ratings
24.
Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language
Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language 3.74 avg rating — 785 ratings
25.
The Gimmicks
The Gimmicks 3.97 avg rating — 492 ratings
26.
The Heap
The Heap 3.40 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
27.
A Dream Come True: The Collected Stories of Juan Carlos Onetti
A Dream Come True: The Collected Stories of Juan Carlos Onetti 3.92 avg rating — 49 ratings
28.
The Corner That Held Them
The Corner That Held Them 3.94 avg rating — 1,677 ratings
29.
A Bookshop in Berlin
A Bookshop in Berlin 3.86 avg rating — 6,871 ratings
30.
Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1)
Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,659 ratings
31.
Homie
Homie 4.41 avg rating — 7,787 ratings
32.
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America 3.83 avg rating — 1,677 ratings
33.
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope
Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope 4.27 avg rating — 8,992 ratings
34.
Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis
Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis 3.69 avg rating — 9,050 ratings
35.
Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover
Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover 4.18 avg rating — 310 ratings
36.
Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World
Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World 3.86 avg rating — 191 ratings
37.
Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer
Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings
38.
A Storm Blew in from Paradise
A Storm Blew in from Paradise 3.76 avg rating — 1,436 ratings
39.
This Is Happiness
This Is Happiness 4.23 avg rating — 24,460 ratings
40.
The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite 3.74 avg rating — 811 ratings
41.
Abigail
Abigail 4.33 avg rating — 8,961 ratings
42.
Topics of Conversation
Topics of Conversation 2.81 avg rating — 9,638 ratings
43.
A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond
A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond 3.84 avg rating — 1,802 ratings
44.
Lord of All the Dead
Lord of All the Dead 3.62 avg rating — 1,443 ratings
45.
The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory
The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory 3.74 avg rating — 384 ratings
46.
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia 4.14 avg rating — 955 ratings
47.
A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America 4.10 avg rating — 12,589 ratings
48.
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy
Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy 4.43 avg rating — 4,087 ratings
49.
Extreme Economies: What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us About Our Own Future
Extreme Economies: What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us About Our Own Future 4.21 avg rating — 1,104 ratings
50.
Oligarchy
Oligarchy 3.16 avg rating — 2,699 ratings
51.
Little Gods
Little Gods
by: Meng Jin
3.60 avg rating — 5,083 ratings
52.
Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression
Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression 3.98 avg rating — 1,348 ratings
53.
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance 3.97 avg rating — 4,903 ratings