NPR's Best Books of 2020

100.
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind 3.15 avg rating — 163,836 ratings
102.
Flyaway
Flyaway 3.55 avg rating — 3,128 ratings
103.
The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi
The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi 4.03 avg rating — 3,727 ratings
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Flamer
Flamer 4.31 avg rating — 12,182 ratings
105.
The Age of Phillis (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
The Age of Phillis (Wesleyan Poetry Series) 4.41 avg rating — 488 ratings
106.
Agency (Jackpot #2)
Agency (Jackpot #2) 3.81 avg rating — 14,036 ratings
106.
Father of Lions: One Man's Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo
Father of Lions: One Man's Remarkable Quest to Save the Mosul Zoo 4.09 avg rating — 1,026 ratings
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Silent Journey
Silent Journey 3.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
109.
Fantastic Four: Grand Design
Fantastic Four: Grand Design 3.48 avg rating — 408 ratings
110.
Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter
Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter
by: Lan Cao
3.85 avg rating — 173 ratings
111.
All the Way to the Tigers
All the Way to the Tigers 3.76 avg rating — 695 ratings
111.
Falastin: A Cookbook
Falastin: A Cookbook 4.50 avg rating — 1,203 ratings
113.
The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2)
The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 7,735 ratings
114.
American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power 4.22 avg rating — 1,291 ratings
114.
Everything Sad Is Untrue:
Everything Sad Is Untrue: 4.30 avg rating — 40,472 ratings
116.
Amnesty
Amnesty 3.27 avg rating — 4,511 ratings
116.
Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson
Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings
118.
An Incomplete List of Names: Poems (National Poetry Series)
An Incomplete List of Names: Poems (National Poetry Series) 4.37 avg rating — 257 ratings
118.
Everybody Counts: A counting story from 0 to 7.5 billion
Everybody Counts: A counting story from 0 to 7.5 billion 4.34 avg rating — 458 ratings
118.
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box
Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box 4.34 avg rating — 715 ratings
121.
And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories & Other Revenges
And I Do Not Forgive You: Stories & Other Revenges 3.42 avg rating — 2,938 ratings
121.
Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy
Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy 3.76 avg rating — 986 ratings
123.
The Apple Lover's Cookbook
The Apple Lover's Cookbook 4.10 avg rating — 203 ratings
123.
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories
by: Ken Liu
3.93 avg rating — 7,629 ratings
125.
Apple: Skin to the Core
Apple: Skin to the Core 3.76 avg rating — 2,471 ratings
126.
Apsara Engine
Apsara Engine 3.83 avg rating — 579 ratings
127.
Banned Book Club
Banned Book Club 3.98 avg rating — 5,998 ratings
127.
Hearts of Oak
Hearts of Oak 3.60 avg rating — 906 ratings
129.
Barn 8
Barn 8 3.51 avg rating — 2,947 ratings
129.
Heart of Junk
Heart of Junk 3.11 avg rating — 1,095 ratings
131.
The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1)
The Barren Grounds (The Misewa Saga, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 5,545 ratings
131.
The Heap
The Heap 3.40 avg rating — 1,317 ratings
133.
Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker
Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,631 ratings
133.
Headliners (London Celebrities, #5)
Headliners (London Celebrities, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 3,189 ratings
135.
Having and Being Had
Having and Being Had
by: Eula Biss
3.84 avg rating — 6,157 ratings
136.
Hanging Tree Guitars
Hanging Tree Guitars 4.44 avg rating — 36 ratings
137.
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
138.
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close 3.75 avg rating — 24,719 ratings
138.
God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx
God-Level Knowledge Darts: Life Lessons from the Bronx
by: Desus
4.04 avg rating — 2,452 ratings
140.
Black Heroes of the Wild West
Black Heroes of the Wild West 4.17 avg rating — 483 ratings
140.
Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary
Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary 4.04 avg rating — 584 ratings
142.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday 3.64 avg rating — 2,910 ratings
143.
Blacktop Wasteland
Blacktop Wasteland 4.07 avg rating — 52,004 ratings
144.
Blackwood
Blackwood 3.69 avg rating — 1,941 ratings
145.
Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast
Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast 4.08 avg rating — 220 ratings
145.
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto
Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto 4.28 avg rating — 32 ratings
147.
The Blue House
The Blue House 4.31 avg rating — 1,493 ratings
147.
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,011 ratings
149.
The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing
The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing 3.58 avg rating — 1,016 ratings
150.
Born to Be Public
Born to Be Public 4.18 avg rating — 405 ratings
150.
I Will Take the Answer: Essays
I Will Take the Answer: Essays 3.68 avg rating — 66 ratings
152.
Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults
Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America's Most Dangerous Cults 4.14 avg rating — 3,781 ratings
153.
Burnt Sugar
Burnt Sugar 3.25 avg rating — 25,339 ratings
153.
I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad
I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad 3.89 avg rating — 1,596 ratings
155.
I Don't Want to Die Poor: Essays
I Don't Want to Die Poor: Essays 3.72 avg rating — 1,893 ratings
156.
Capital and Ideology
Capital and Ideology 4.28 avg rating — 2,928 ratings
157.
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Feminine Pursuits, #2)
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows (Feminine Pursuits, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 3,406 ratings
157.
The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars
The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
159.
How to Wash the Dishes
How to Wash the Dishes 3.66 avg rating — 353 ratings
160.
Catherine House
Catherine House 3.12 avg rating — 28,035 ratings
160.
How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton
How to Carry Water: Selected Poems of Lucille Clifton 4.58 avg rating — 455 ratings
162.
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 104,808 ratings
162.
Hood Criatura
Hood Criatura 4.48 avg rating — 56 ratings
164.
Children of the Land
Children of the Land 3.98 avg rating — 2,930 ratings
164.
Homie
Homie 4.41 avg rating — 7,787 ratings
166.
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
The City We Became (Great Cities, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 76,606 ratings
167.
Clean: The New Science of Skin
Clean: The New Science of Skin 3.89 avg rating — 5,010 ratings
167.
High as the Waters Rise
High as the Waters Rise 3.08 avg rating — 314 ratings
169.
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America 4.27 avg rating — 4,136 ratings
170.
Conjure Women
Conjure Women 3.87 avg rating — 18,420 ratings
171.
Cook with Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook: A Cookbook
Cook with Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook: A Cookbook 3.97 avg rating — 270 ratings
172.
Cooking for One: Scaled Recipes, No-Waste Solutions, and Time-Saving Tips
Cooking for One: Scaled Recipes, No-Waste Solutions, and Time-Saving Tips 3.95 avg rating — 248 ratings
172.
The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War 4.08 avg rating — 552 ratings
174.
Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes
Cool Beans: The Ultimate Guide to Cooking with the World's Most Versatile Plant-Based Protein, with 125 Recipes
by: Joe Yonan
3.58 avg rating — 1,729 ratings
174.
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3) 4.14 avg rating — 31,377 ratings
176.
Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture
Cool Town: How Athens, Georgia, Launched Alternative Music and Changed American Culture 3.66 avg rating — 526 ratings
176.
Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS
Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS 3.65 avg rating — 604 ratings
178.
Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning
Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning 3.99 avg rating — 380 ratings
178.
Lakewood
Lakewood 3.48 avg rating — 13,437 ratings
180.
King and the Dragonflies
King and the Dragonflies 4.31 avg rating — 9,959 ratings
181.
Crooked Hallelujah
Crooked Hallelujah 3.48 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
182.
Dancing After TEN
Dancing After TEN 4.30 avg rating — 584 ratings
183.
Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey
Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey
by: Bob Avian
4.40 avg rating — 80 ratings
184.
Dark Blood Comes From the Feet
Dark Blood Comes From the Feet 3.87 avg rating — 205 ratings
185.
The Daughters of Ys
The Daughters of Ys 3.83 avg rating — 7,049 ratings
186.
Days of Distraction
Days of Distraction 3.56 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
187.
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
by: Les Payne
4.34 avg rating — 4,840 ratings
187.
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean 3.92 avg rating — 1,197 ratings
189.
Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
by: Nic Stone
4.39 avg rating — 18,903 ratings
189.
Ikenga
Ikenga 3.79 avg rating — 1,953 ratings
191.
Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts
Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts 4.61 avg rating — 118 ratings
192.
Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time
Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time 3.51 avg rating — 827 ratings
193.
Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence
Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence 4.01 avg rating — 7,463 ratings
193.
Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing
Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing 3.98 avg rating — 180 ratings
195.
Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France: A Cookbook
Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France: A Cookbook 4.15 avg rating — 473 ratings
195.
The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature
The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature 3.93 avg rating — 350 ratings
197.
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking 3.66 avg rating — 9,241 ratings
197.
Loathe at First Sight
Loathe at First Sight 3.14 avg rating — 6,012 ratings
199.
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line 3.81 avg rating — 11,604 ratings
200.
Each of Us a Desert
Each of Us a Desert 3.84 avg rating — 1,522 ratings
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