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The Most Recommended Books of 2020

We counted 5,724 entries from 142 sources in 2020. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson appeared on 23, tied for the most of any book.

A source counts once per book, whatever the result: a win, a shortlist place, or a list pick. We show books named by 3 or more sources. 2020 is the award or list year, not the publication year.

23 sources

  1. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

  2. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

19 sources

  1. Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker

  2. Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

18 sources

  1. Deacon King Kong by James McBride

  2. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

  3. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

17 sources

  1. Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

16 sources

  1. Memorial by Bryan Washington

  2. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

15 sources

  1. A Burning by Megha Majumdar

  2. Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey

14 sources

  1. Luster by Raven Leilani

13 sources

  1. How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

  2. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Tamara Payne and Les Payne

  3. The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

  4. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

12 sources

  1. Real Life by Brandon Taylor

  2. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  3. The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

  4. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

  5. The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

11 sources

  1. A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet

  2. I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James

  3. Just Us by Claudia Rankine

  4. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds

  5. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

  6. The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

  7. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

  8. Weather by Jenny Offill

10 sources

  1. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

  2. Cleanness by Garth Greenwell

  3. Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

  4. King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender

  5. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

  6. Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

  7. Writers & Lovers by Lily King

9 sources

  1. A Promised Land by Barack Obama

  2. Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

  3. I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith

  4. Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

  5. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  6. Owls of the Eastern Ice: A Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl by Jonathan C. Slaght

  7. The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson

  8. We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and Michaela Goade

  9. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

8 sources

  1. Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford

  2. Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera by Candace Fleming

  3. Jack by Marilynne Robinson

  4. Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz

  5. Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko

  6. The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

  7. The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle Evans

  8. Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald

7 sources

  1. Actress by Anne Enright

  2. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

  3. Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang

  4. Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick

  5. Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

  6. Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

  7. Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs

  8. Flamer by Mike Curato

  9. Obit by Victoria Chang

  10. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

  11. Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

  12. Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

  13. The Address Book by Deirdre Mask

  14. The Cold Millions by Jess Walter

  15. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

  16. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

  17. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich

  18. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue

  19. Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt

  20. Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby

6 sources

  1. All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat

  2. Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer

  3. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

  4. Chance: Escape from the Holocaust by Uri Shulevitz

  5. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

  6. Falastin by Sami Tamimi

  7. Homie by Danez Smith

  8. Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

  9. How We Got to the Moon: The People, Technology, and Daring Feats of Science Behind Humanity’s Greatest Adventure by John Rocco

  10. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

  11. Missionaries by Phil Klay

  12. Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford

  13. Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

  14. Sisters by Daisy Johnson

  15. Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake

  16. The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

  17. The Dragons, The Giant, The Women by Wayétu Moore

  18. The Loneliness of the Long-distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine

  19. The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

  20. The Old Truck by Jarrett Pumphrey

  21. The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth by Wade Hudson and Cheryl W. Hudson (eds)

  22. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

  23. Twins by Varian Johnson

  24. Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell

  25. Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

  26. We Are Not from Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez

  27. We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

  28. When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

  29. When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

  30. Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

  31. Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

5 sources

  1. A Knock at Midnight: A story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. Barnett

  2. African American Poetry by Kevin Young

  3. All Because You Matter by Tami Charles

  4. All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny

  5. Almost American Girl by Robin Ha

  6. American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

  7. Apeirogon by Colum McCann

  8. Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson

  9. Begin Again by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

  10. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

  11. Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

  12. Conditional Citizens by Laila Lalami

  13. Days of Distraction by Alexandra Chang

  14. Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

  15. Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina

  16. From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

  17. Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman

  18. Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

  19. Hike by Pete Oswald

  20. His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie

  21. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

  22. If I Had Two Wings by Randall Kenan

  23. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo

  24. Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne

  25. Lot by Bryan Washington

  26. Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

  27. Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

  28. My Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn Shapland

  29. Nana Akua Goes to School by Tricia Elam Walker

  30. Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles

  31. Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki

  32. Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn

  33. Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

  34. Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark

  35. Run Me to Earth by Paul Yoon

  36. Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

  37. The Awkward Black Man: Stories by Walter Mosley

  38. The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

  39. The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars by Jo Marchant

  40. The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

  41. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

  42. The Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine Hubbard

  43. The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story by Thao Lam

  44. The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh by Candace Fleming

  45. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

  46. These Ghosts Are Family: A Novel by Maisy Card

  47. Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

  48. Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum

  49. Untamed by Glennon Doyle

  50. Want by Lynn Steger Strong

  51. Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson

  52. We Are Not Free by Traci Chee

  53. When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole

  54. Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

  55. You Matter by Christian Robinson

  56. You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

4 sources

  1. A Furious Sky by Eric Jay Dolin

  2. A Girl is a Body of Water by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

  3. A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

  4. Afterlife by Julia Alvarez

  5. Agency by William Gibson

  6. All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson

  7. All the Days Past, All the Days to Come by Mildred D. Taylor

  8. Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley

  9. Bestiary by K-Ming Chang

  10. Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East by Kim Ghattas

  11. Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

  12. Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

  13. Class Act by Jerry Craft

  14. Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

  15. Dirt by Bill Buford

  16. Dominicana by Angie Cruz

  17. Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee

  18. Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake

  19. Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

  20. Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks by Suzanne Slade

  21. Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

  22. Finna by Nate Marshall

  23. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

  24. Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

  25. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

  26. Go with the Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann

  27. How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

  28. I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg

  29. If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

  30. Indians on Vacation by Thomas King

  31. Intimations by Zadie Smith

  32. Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez

  33. Kent State by Deborah Wiles

  34. Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

  35. Lakewood by Megan Giddings

  36. Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar

  37. Lift by Minh Lê

  38. Likes by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

  39. Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin

  40. Long Bright River by Liz Moore

  41. Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

  42. Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault

  43. Monogamy: A Novel by Sue Miller

  44. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

  45. My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

  46. One Mighty and Irresistible Tide by Jia Lynn Yang

  47. One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski

  48. One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

  49. Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us by Lauren Castillo

  50. Outside In by Deborah Underwood

  51. Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory

  52. Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay

  53. Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

  54. Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park

  55. Reaganland by Rick Perlstein

  56. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

  57. Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark

  58. Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold

  59. Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

  60. Sharuko by Monica Brown

  61. Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

  62. Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner

  63. Sports is Hell by Ben Passmore

  64. Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World by Amy Stanley

  65. Summer by Ali Smith

  66. Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru

  67. Temporary by Hilary Leichter

  68. The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

  69. The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl

  70. The Chain by Adrian McKinty

  71. The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes

  72. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

  73. The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

  74. The End of Everything by Katie Mack

  75. The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained by Nik Sharma

  76. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

  77. The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

  78. The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

  79. The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

  80. The New Wilderness by Diane Cook

  81. The Next Great Migration by Sonia Shah

  82. The Only Black Girls in Town by Brandy Colbert

  83. The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes by Zachary D. Carter

  84. The Searcher by Tana French

  85. The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

  86. The Topeka School by Ben Lerner

  87. The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson

  88. The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

  89. The Way Back by Gavriel Savit

  90. This Is your Time by Ruby Bridges

  91. Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

  92. We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

  93. We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper

  94. Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne

  95. You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe

3 sources

  1. 'Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis

  2. 100 Cookies by Sarah Kieffer

  3. A Dominant Character by Samanth Subramanian

  4. A Girl Like Me by Angela Johnson

  5. A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

  6. A Sporting Chance by Lori Alexander

  7. A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

  8. Abe by David S. Reynolds

  9. Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant

  10. Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre

  11. And Now She’s Gone by Rachel Howzell Hall

  12. Apple (Skin to the Core) by Eric Gansworth

  13. At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

  14. Beach Read by Emily Henry

  15. Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace by Carl Safina

  16. Bedtime for Sweet Creatures by Nikki Grimes

  17. Beyond Babylon by Igiaba Scego

  18. Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

  19. Big Friendship by Aminatou Sow

  20. Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

  21. Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn

  22. Black Is a Rainbow Color by Angela Joy

  23. Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh

  24. Black Sunday by Tola Rotimi Abraham

  25. Breath by James Nestor

  26. Burn by Patrick Ness

  27. Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

  28. Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

  29. Can't Even by Anne Helen Petersen

  30. Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

  31. Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon

  32. Come Home, Indio: A Memoir by Jim Terry

  33. Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

  34. Consent (for Kids!): Boundaries, Respect, and Being in Charge of You by Rachel Brian

  35. Counterpoint: A Memoir Of Bach And Mourning by Philip Kennicott

  36. Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

  37. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano

  38. Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

  39. Dearly by Margaret Atwood

  40. Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time by Ben Ehrenreich

  41. Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

  42. Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring by Matthew Burgess

  43. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

  44. Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

  45. Eat a Peach by David Chang

  46. Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson

  47. Every Body Looking by candice iloh

  48. Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat

  49. Fable by Adrienne Young

  50. Fauja Singh Keeps Going by Simran Jeet Singh

  51. Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera

  52. Finish the Fight! by Veronica Chambers

  53. Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

  54. Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai

  55. Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

  56. Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

  57. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

  58. Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  59. Godshot by Chelsea Bieker

  60. Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer

  61. Grand Union by Zadie Smith

  62. Group: How One Therapist and A Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate

  63. Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

  64. Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer

  65. How to Make a Slave and Other Essays by Jerald Walker

  66. If You Come to Earth by Sophie Blackall

  67. Igifu by Scholastique Mukasonga

  68. In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes And Stories Of Grandmothers From The Eight African Countries That Touch The Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen

  69. In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

  70. Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto by Michelle Bowdler

  71. Jane Against the World by Karen Blumenthal

  72. Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney

  73. Magdalena: River of Dreams—A Story of Colombia by Wade Davis

  74. Mañanaland by Pam Muñoz Ryan

  75. Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron

  76. Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

  77. Metropolis by Philip Kerr

  78. Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

  79. Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

  80. Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins

  81. My Best Friend by Julie Fogliano

  82. Network Effect by Martha Wells

  83. New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl

  84. New Waves: A Novel by Kevin Nguyen

  85. No Filter by Sarah Frier

  86. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me by Bess Kalb

  87. On the Horizon by Lois Lowry

  88. Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by Maria Hinojosa

  89. One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown

  90. Ordinary Hazards: A Memoir by Nikki Grimes

  91. Out the Door by Christy Hale

  92. Overground Railroad by Candacy A. Taylor

  93. Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome

  94. Packs: Strength in Numbers by Hannah Salyer

  95. Rage by Bob Woodward

  96. Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit

  97. Red Pill by Hari Kunzru

  98. Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson

  99. Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

  100. Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

  101. Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

  102. Salma the Syrian Chef by Ahmad Danny Ramadan

  103. Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future by James Shapiro

  104. Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging by Tessa McWatt

  105. Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran

  106. Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser

  107. Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker

  108. Stakes Is High by Mychal Denzel Smith

  109. Sugar in Milk by Thrity Umrigar

  110. Super Fake Love Song by David Yoon

  111. Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

  112. The Abstainer by Ian McGuire

  113. The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda

  114. The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson

  115. The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova

  116. The Bird Boys by Lisa Sandlin

  117. The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman

  118. The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson

  119. The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders

  120. The Deviant's War by Eric Cervini

  121. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

  122. The Enlightenment of The Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar

  123. The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf

  124. The Great Offshore Grounds by Vanessa Veselka

  125. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

  126. The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu

  127. The Historians by Eavan Boland

  128. The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha

  129. The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley

  130. The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey

  131. The Most Beautiful Thing by Kao Kalia Yang

  132. The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan

  133. The Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton

  134. The Mythic Dream by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe

  135. The Ninja Daughter by Tori Eldridge

  136. The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

  137. The Paper Kingdom by Helena Ku Rhee and Pascal Campion

  138. The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

  139. The Pearl Dagger by L.A. Chandlar

  140. The Pink Line by Mark Gevisser

  141. The Rakess by Scarlett Peckham

  142. The Ratline by Philippe Sands

  143. The Roommate by Rosie Danan

  144. The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

  145. The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

  146. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

  147. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

  148. The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

  149. The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

  150. The Weekend by Charlotte Wood

  151. The Winter Garden Photograph by Reina María Rodríguez

  152. The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott

  153. The Yield by Tara June Winch

  154. They All Fall Down by Rachel Howzell Hall

  155. This Book Is Anti-racist by Tiffany Jewell

  156. This Is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield

  157. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

  158. This Is My America by Kim Johnson

  159. Three-Fifths by John Vercher

  160. Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

  161. To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek

  162. Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump

  163. True Story by Kate Reed Petty

  164. Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

  165. Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross

  166. Wandering in Strange Lands by Morgan Jerkins

  167. War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan

  168. Warhol by Blake Gopnik

  169. Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

  170. We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

  171. What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez

  172. When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father’s War and What Remains by Ariana Neumann

  173. Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

  174. White Ivy by Susie Yang

  175. Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui

  176. Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino

  177. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May

  178. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, And A Woman's Search For Justice In Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

  179. You Call This Democracy? by Elizabeth Rusch

  180. You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria

  181. Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

  182. Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin

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