# Time's best books of 2020

10 books from Time's selection of the best of 2020.

- 141 votes · 10 items
- Jan 9, 2021 · austinartnerd
- https://even.best/en/l/1779/time-s-best-books-of-2020

## Top 10

1. **The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett** (23 · ▲24 ▼1) — Picked by Time.
2. **Shuggie Bain — Douglas Stuart** (18 · ▲20 ▼2) — Picked by Time.
3. **The Mirror & the Light — Hilary Mantel** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — Picked by Time.
4. **Homeland Elegies — Ayad Akhtar** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Picked by Time.
5. **A Children's Bible — Lydia Millet** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Picked by Time.
6. **I Hold a Wolf by the Ears — Laura van den Berg** (8 · ▲12 ▼4) — Picked by Time.
7. **A Burning — Megha Majumdar** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Picked by Time.
8. **Breasts and Eggs — Mieko Kawakami** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Picked by Time.
9. **Deacon King Kong — James McBride** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Picked by Time.
10. **Where the Wild Ladies Are — Aoko Matsuda** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Picked by Time.

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