NYT Editors’ Choice 202008

1.
His Only Wife
His Only Wife 3.74 avg rating — 32,253 ratings
2.
Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery
Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery 3.46 avg rating — 211 ratings
3.
Antkind
Antkind 3.71 avg rating — 6,205 ratings
4.
Austen Years: A Memoir in Five Novels
Austen Years: A Memoir in Five Novels 3.47 avg rating — 458 ratings
5.
Fraternity: Stories
Fraternity: Stories 3.54 avg rating — 614 ratings
6.
Luster
Luster 3.51 avg rating — 107,799 ratings
7.
The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice
The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice 3.78 avg rating — 1,914 ratings
8.
The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 87,009 ratings
9.
Pew
Pew 3.70 avg rating — 12,544 ratings
10.
Summer (Seasonal Quartet, #4)
Summer (Seasonal Quartet, #4)
by: Ali Smith
4.04 avg rating — 11,914 ratings
11.
Vesper Flights
Vesper Flights 4.09 avg rating — 8,031 ratings
12.
The Death of Vivek Oji
The Death of Vivek Oji 4.12 avg rating — 66,341 ratings
13.
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir 4.25 avg rating — 22,441 ratings
14.
Love
Love 3.31 avg rating — 4,165 ratings
15.
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism 3.90 avg rating — 16,808 ratings
16.
Concordance
Concordance 3.86 avg rating — 72 ratings
17.
Clean: The New Science of Skin
Clean: The New Science of Skin 3.89 avg rating — 5,010 ratings
18.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.53 avg rating — 156,133 ratings
19.
You Had Me at Hola (Primas of Power, #1)
You Had Me at Hola (Primas of Power, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 41,765 ratings
20.
Kings County
Kings County 3.62 avg rating — 838 ratings
21.
The Beauty of Living: E. E. Cummings in the Great War
The Beauty of Living: E. E. Cummings in the Great War 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings
22.
Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir
Raising a Rare Girl: A Memoir 4.50 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
23.
To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq 4.31 avg rating — 983 ratings
24.
Florence Adler Swims Forever
Florence Adler Swims Forever 3.88 avg rating — 24,182 ratings
25.
Lake Life
Lake Life 3.71 avg rating — 2,031 ratings
26.
Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker
Stanley Kubrick: American Filmmaker 3.78 avg rating — 268 ratings
27.
The Erratics
The Erratics 3.73 avg rating — 5,775 ratings
28.
Dark August
Dark August 3.82 avg rating — 3,823 ratings
29.
The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It
The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It 4.27 avg rating — 3,443 ratings
30.
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes 4.07 avg rating — 1,643 ratings
31.
Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game 4.10 avg rating — 2,024 ratings
32.
The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis
The Bohemians: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis 4.05 avg rating — 806 ratings
33.
Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics 3.32 avg rating — 1,680 ratings
34.
Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy
Time of the Magicians: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reinvented Philosophy 3.93 avg rating — 2,178 ratings
35.
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America 4.21 avg rating — 3,542 ratings
36.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel 3.67 avg rating — 1,293 ratings
37.
True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump
True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump 4.17 avg rating — 1,178 ratings
38.
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane
A Dominant Character: The Radical Science and Restless Politics of J.B.S. Haldane really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 232 ratings
39.
Tender Is the Flesh
Tender Is the Flesh 3.78 avg rating — 338,654 ratings
40.
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think 4.23 avg rating — 3,955 ratings
41.
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World 3.92 avg rating — 21,235 ratings