Globe & Mail - The Globe 100 - Best Books of 2020

1.
Ridgerunner
Ridgerunner 4.13 avg rating — 2,583 ratings
2.
Homeland Elegies
Homeland Elegies 4.13 avg rating — 24,289 ratings
3.
Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind 3.15 avg rating — 163,814 ratings
4.
The Vanishing Half
The Vanishing Half 4.13 avg rating — 831,719 ratings
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Here the Dark: A Novella and Stories
Here the Dark: A Novella and Stories 3.59 avg rating — 577 ratings
6.
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies 4.22 avg rating — 2,284 ratings
7.
Blaze Island
Blaze Island 3.29 avg rating — 472 ratings
8.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,320 ratings
9.
The Pull of the Stars
The Pull of the Stars 3.95 avg rating — 87,001 ratings
10.
Butter Honey Pig Bread
Butter Honey Pig Bread 4.30 avg rating — 12,760 ratings
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The Lying Life of Adults
The Lying Life of Adults 3.67 avg rating — 82,202 ratings
12.
The Beguiling
The Beguiling 3.20 avg rating — 394 ratings
13.
Agency (Jackpot #2)
Agency (Jackpot #2) 3.81 avg rating — 14,032 ratings
14.
Five Little Indians
Five Little Indians 4.47 avg rating — 44,227 ratings
15.
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating — 102,605 ratings
16.
Dominoes at the Crossroads
Dominoes at the Crossroads 3.44 avg rating — 227 ratings
17.
If It Bleeds (Holly Gibney #2)
If It Bleeds (Holly Gibney #2) 3.98 avg rating — 118,131 ratings
18.
Indians on Vacation
Indians on Vacation 3.77 avg rating — 7,544 ratings
19.
Consent
Consent 3.49 avg rating — 4,122 ratings
20.
When We Were Vikings
When We Were Vikings 3.84 avg rating — 13,312 ratings
21.
The Glass Hotel
The Glass Hotel 3.69 avg rating — 190,396 ratings
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The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 44,950 ratings
23.
The Shadow King
The Shadow King 3.66 avg rating — 14,621 ratings
24.
Polar Vortex
Polar Vortex 3.53 avg rating — 1,266 ratings
25.
Songs for the End of the World
Songs for the End of the World 3.82 avg rating — 2,230 ratings
26.
Weather
Weather 3.54 avg rating — 38,753 ratings
27.
Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories
Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories 3.81 avg rating — 1,857 ratings
28.
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories 3.83 avg rating — 19,818 ratings
29.
This Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man
This Is Not the End of Me: Lessons on Living from a Dying Man really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 474 ratings
30.
A History of My Brief Body
A History of My Brief Body 4.18 avg rating — 5,389 ratings
31.
Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey
Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey 4.35 avg rating — 2,254 ratings
32.
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power 4.44 avg rating — 10,167 ratings
33.
Through the Garden: A Love Story
Through the Garden: A Love Story 4.33 avg rating — 261 ratings
34.
Magdalena: River of Dreams
Magdalena: River of Dreams 4.34 avg rating — 1,651 ratings
35.
A Bite of the Apple: Behind the Scenes at Virago Press
A Bite of the Apple: Behind the Scenes at Virago Press 3.80 avg rating — 153 ratings
36.
Reaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos
Reaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos 3.64 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 4.30 avg rating — 131,993 ratings
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Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past
Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past 3.42 avg rating — 3,696 ratings
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Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community
Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community 4.23 avg rating — 2,771 ratings
40.
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy 4.16 avg rating — 16,684 ratings
41.
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
War: How Conflict Shaped Us 3.58 avg rating — 3,781 ratings
42.
Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging
Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging 4.10 avg rating — 737 ratings
43.
Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence
Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populists and Pestilence 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
44.
They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up
They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up 4.30 avg rating — 3,311 ratings
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A Promised Land
A Promised Land 4.32 avg rating — 263,401 ratings
46.
Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers Are Changing the Game
Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers Are Changing the Game 4.09 avg rating — 34 ratings
47.
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years 4.02 avg rating — 123 ratings
48.
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic 4.24 avg rating — 488 ratings
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Black Water
Black Water 4.16 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
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The Expendables: How the Middle Class Got Screwed by Globalization
The Expendables: How the Middle Class Got Screwed by Globalization 3.58 avg rating — 377 ratings
51.
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl
Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World's Largest Owl 4.19 avg rating — 6,058 ratings
52.
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 — 21,230 ratings
53.
The Imperiled Ocean: Human Stories from a Changing Sea
The Imperiled Ocean: Human Stories from a Changing Sea 3.76 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Rage
Rage 4.17 avg rating — 25,715 ratings
55.
Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir
Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir 3.82 avg rating — 1,361 ratings
56.
Snow (St. John Strafford, #2)
Snow (St. John Strafford, #2) 3.52 avg rating — 22,234 ratings
57.
Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes
Blood in the Water: A True Story of Revenge in the Maritimes 3.68 avg rating — 1,166 ratings
58.
The Moroccan Girl
The Moroccan Girl 3.77 avg rating — 3,877 ratings
59.
Squeeze Me (Skink #8)
Squeeze Me (Skink #8) 4.03 avg rating — 37,085 ratings
60.
Metropolis (Bernie Gunther, #14)
Metropolis (Bernie Gunther, #14) 4.17 avg rating — 7,128 ratings
61.
Obsidian (DreadfulWater, #5)
Obsidian (DreadfulWater, #5) 4.03 avg rating — 842 ratings
62.
The Aosawa Murders
The Aosawa Murders
by: Riku Onda
3.60 avg rating — 6,204 ratings
63.
All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16)
All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #16) 4.43 avg rating — 78,869 ratings
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Dark August
Dark August 3.82 avg rating — 3,823 ratings
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The Devil and the Dark Water
The Devil and the Dark Water 3.84 avg rating — 62,285 ratings
66.
Vision
Vision 3.54 avg rating — 488 ratings
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Constantly
Constantly
by: GG
3.76 avg rating — 299 ratings
68.
Paying the Land
Paying the Land
by: Joe Sacco
4.33 avg rating — 3,100 ratings
69.
Wendy, Master of Art
Wendy, Master of Art 4.08 avg rating — 1,351 ratings
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The Man Without Talent
The Man Without Talent 4.05 avg rating — 2,499 ratings
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Dearly
Dearly 3.74 avg rating — 15,387 ratings
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Black Matters
Black Matters 4.29 avg rating — 65 ratings
73.
Home Body
Home Body
by: Rupi Kaur
4.06 avg rating — 152,180 ratings
74.
Word Problems
Word Problems 4.17 avg rating — 86 ratings
75.
Summer Feet
Summer Feet 3.86 avg rating — 59 ratings
76.
Nice Try, Charlie!
Nice Try, Charlie! 3.32 avg rating — 34 ratings
77.
The Most Amazing Bird
The Most Amazing Bird 3.44 avg rating — 104 ratings
78.
The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story
The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story
by: Thao Lam
3.96 avg rating — 687 ratings
79.
I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree
I Found Hope in a Cherry Tree 3.58 avg rating — 122 ratings
80.
The Old Woman
The Old Woman 3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings
81.
I Talk Like a River
I Talk Like a River 4.48 avg rating — 3,979 ratings
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The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman
The Lady with the Books: A Story Inspired by the Remarkable Work of Jella Lepman 4.24 avg rating — 360 ratings
83.
Our Little Kitchen: A Picture Book
Our Little Kitchen: A Picture Book 4.19 avg rating — 946 ratings
84.
The Wall and the Wind
The Wall and the Wind 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
85.
Clap When You Land
Clap When You Land 4.23 avg rating — 107,840 ratings
86.
Wildfire
Wildfire 3.09 avg rating — 330 ratings
87.
The Magic Fish
The Magic Fish 4.49 avg rating — 29,301 ratings
88.
You Were Never Here
You Were Never Here 3.70 avg rating — 1,061 ratings
89.
Charming as a Verb
Charming as a Verb 3.84 avg rating — 7,957 ratings
90.
Okay, Universe: Chronicles of a Woman in Politics
Okay, Universe: Chronicles of a Woman in Politics 3.33 avg rating — 705 ratings
91.
Barry Squires, Full Tilt
Barry Squires, Full Tilt 4.29 avg rating — 239 ratings
92.
The List of Things That Will Not Change
The List of Things That Will Not Change 4.21 avg rating — 8,998 ratings
93.
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (Logans #8)
All the Days Past, All the Days to Come (Logans #8) 4.23 avg rating — 1,477 ratings
94.
We Are Not From Here
We Are Not From Here 4.47 avg rating — 7,551 ratings
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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
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Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery: A Home Cookbook
Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery: A Home Cookbook 4.40 avg rating — 790 ratings
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Baking Day with Anna Olson: Recipes to Bake Together: 120 Sweet and Savory Recipes to Bake with Family and Friends
Baking Day with Anna Olson: Recipes to Bake Together: 120 Sweet and Savory Recipes to Bake with Family and Friends 4.38 avg rating — 92 ratings
98.
Kiin: Recipes and Stories from Northern Thailand
Kiin: Recipes and Stories from Northern Thailand 4.34 avg rating — 56 ratings
99.
The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes
The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained in More Than 100 Essential Recipes 4.08 avg rating — 585 ratings
100.
Falastin: A Cookbook
Falastin: A Cookbook 4.50 avg rating — 1,203 ratings