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Time's best books of 2020

The top 3 according to 141 votes from people: The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett · Shuggie Bain — Douglas Stuart · The Mirror & the Light — Hilary Mantel. (Updated Jan 9, 2021.)

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

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Top 10

  1. 1

    The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 24 ▼ 1

    23
  2. 2

    Shuggie Bain — Douglas Stuart

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 20 ▼ 2

    18
  3. 3

    The Mirror & the Light — Hilary Mantel

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 14 ▼ 2

    12
  4. 4

    Homeland Elegies — Ayad Akhtar

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 1

    11
  5. 5

    A Children's Bible — Lydia Millet

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 10 ▼ 1

    9
  6. 6

    I Hold a Wolf by the Ears — Laura van den Berg

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 12 ▼ 4

    8
  7. 7

    A Burning — Megha Majumdar

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 3

    6
  8. 8

    Breasts and Eggs — Mieko Kawakami

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 2

    6
  9. 9

    Deacon King Kong — James McBride

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 3

    3
  10. 10

    Where the Wild Ladies Are — Aoko Matsuda

    Picked by Time.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 2

    3

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