NYT Editors’ Choice 202010

1.
The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time
The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time 4.05 avg rating — 238 ratings
2.
The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays
The Unreality of Memory: And Other Essays 4.17 avg rating — 1,808 ratings
3.
Likes
Likes 3.63 avg rating — 848 ratings
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Sisters
Sisters 3.47 avg rating — 16,216 ratings
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The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous 4.12 avg rating — 3,968 ratings
6.
Jack (Gilead, #4)
Jack (Gilead, #4) 3.86 avg rating — 9,831 ratings
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Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions
Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions 4.27 avg rating — 4,180 ratings
8.
The Duke Who Didn't (Wedgeford Trials, #1)
The Duke Who Didn't (Wedgeford Trials, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 6,308 ratings
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What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon
What Becomes a Legend Most: A Biography of Richard Avedon 4.09 avg rating — 116 ratings
10.
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music
by: Alex Ross
4.18 avg rating — 1,210 ratings
11.
Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)
Snow (St. John Strafford, #2) 3.52 avg rating — 22,236 ratings
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The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III 4.44 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
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Winter Counts
Winter Counts 3.84 avg rating — 22,673 ratings
14.
The Boy in the Field
The Boy in the Field 3.69 avg rating — 8,892 ratings
15.
Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980
Reaganland: America's Right Turn 1976-1980 4.33 avg rating — 2,234 ratings
16.
Payback: A Novel
Payback: A Novel liked it 3.00 avg rating — 421 ratings
17.
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots 3.99 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
18.
Why I Don't Write
Why I Don't Write 3.40 avg rating — 488 ratings
19.
Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation
Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation 4.38 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
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To Make Their Own Way in the World: The Enduring Legacy of the Zealy Daguerreotypes
To Make Their Own Way in the World: The Enduring Legacy of the Zealy Daguerreotypes 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings
21.
The Memory Monster
The Memory Monster 4.04 avg rating — 2,036 ratings
22.
Red Pill
Red Pill 3.66 avg rating — 6,068 ratings
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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future 4.06 avg rating — 1,155 ratings
24.
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts 4.13 avg rating — 2,856 ratings
25.
Just Us: An American Conversation
Just Us: An American Conversation 4.34 avg rating — 4,189 ratings
26.
El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzmán
El Jefe: The Stalking of Chapo Guzmán 3.76 avg rating — 529 ratings
27.
Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It
Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It 4.09 avg rating — 375 ratings
28.
A Saint from Texas
A Saint from Texas 3.04 avg rating — 879 ratings
29.
The Searcher
The Searcher 3.80 avg rating — 155,232 ratings
30.
What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era
What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era 3.99 avg rating — 1,168 ratings
31.
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life 4.35 avg rating — 2,734 ratings
32.
My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race
My Time to Speak: Reclaiming Ancestry and Confronting Race 4.38 avg rating — 69 ratings
33.
Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America 4.18 avg rating — 3,147 ratings
34.
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing 4.19 avg rating — 6,297 ratings
35.
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy 3.87 avg rating — 5,879 ratings
36.
A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3)
A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 94,862 ratings
37.
Missionaries
Missionaries
by: Phil Klay
3.86 avg rating — 3,772 ratings
38.
The Butterfly Lampshade
The Butterfly Lampshade 3.56 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
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A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America
A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America 4.03 avg rating — 305 ratings
40.
Chasing Chopin: A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions
Chasing Chopin: A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions 3.89 avg rating — 346 ratings
41.
Having and Being Had
Having and Being Had
by: Eula Biss
3.83 avg rating — 6,154 ratings
42.
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains
Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains 3.67 avg rating — 2,171 ratings
43.
God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, his Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, his Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World 3.90 avg rating — 949 ratings
44.
Inside Story
Inside Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,581 ratings
45.
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork 4.09 avg rating — 13,139 ratings
46.
Earthlings
Earthlings 3.60 avg rating — 91,680 ratings
47.
The Hole
The Hole 3.44 avg rating — 13,569 ratings
48.
The Abstainer
The Abstainer 3.59 avg rating — 3,315 ratings
49.
Ring Shout
Ring Shout 3.97 avg rating — 46,521 ratings
50.
The Book of Lamps and Banners (Cass Neary, #4)
The Book of Lamps and Banners (Cass Neary, #4) 3.66 avg rating — 590 ratings
51.
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire 4.04 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
52.
Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1)
Magic Lessons (Practical Magic, #0.1) 4.22 avg rating — 64,242 ratings
53.
Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Straight from the Horse's Mouth 3.66 avg rating — 991 ratings