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2020 Notable New Fiction from The New York Times

By Eric Kettunen
The year’s notable fiction selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review
Blacktop Wasteland
1 Blacktop Wasteland
S.A. Cosby
A Burning
2 A Burning
Megha Majumdar
A Children's Bible: A Novel
3 A Children's Bible: A Novel
Lydia Millet
Cleanness
4 Cleanness
Garth Greenwell
Deacon King Kong
5 Deacon King Kong
James McBride
The Death of Vivek Oji
6 The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
7 Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Deepa Anappara
The Glass Kingdom
8 The Glass Kingdom
Lawrence Osborne
Hamnet
9 Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
His Only Wife
10 His Only Wife
Peace Adzo Medie
Homeland Elegies
11 Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar
How Much of These Hills Is Gold
12 How Much of These Hills Is Gold
C Pam Zhang
Hurricane Season
13 Hurricane Season
Lauren K. Denton
The King at the Edge of the World
14 The King at the Edge of the World
Arthur Phillips
Little Eyes
15 Little Eyes
Samanta Schweblin
Luster
16 Luster
Raven Leilani
Man of My Time
17 Man of My Time
Dalia Sofer
Memorial
18 Memorial
Bryan Washington
The Mercies
19 The Mercies
Kirin Millwood Hargrave
The Mirror & the Light
20 The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel
Missionaries
21 Missionaries
Phil Klay
Monogamy
22 Monogamy
Sue Miller
Real Life
23 Real Life
Brandon Taylor
Red Pill
24 Red Pill
Hari Kunzru
Saint X
25 Saint X
Alexis Schaitkin
Sea Wife
26 Sea Wife
Amity Gaige
Sharks in the Time of Saviors
27 Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn
Shuggie Bain
28 Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
Member's take
Sisters
29 Sisters
Daisy Johnson
Tokyo Ueno Station
30 Tokyo Ueno Station
Yu Miri
The Vanishing Half
31 The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett
Writers & Lovers
32 Writers & Lovers
Lily King
The Aosawa Murders
33 The Aosawa Murders
Riku Onda
The Beauty of Your Face
34 The Beauty of Your Face
Sahar Mustafah
Beheld
35 Beheld
TaraShea Nesbit
The Boy in the Field: A Novel
36 The Boy in the Field: A Novel
Margot Livesey
Breasts and Eggs
37 Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami
The Duke Who Didn't
38 The Duke Who Didn't
Courtney Milan
Everywhere You Don't Belong
39 Everywhere You Don't Belong
Gabriel Bump
Hurricane Season
40 Hurricane Season
Fernanda Melchor
Jack: A Novel
41 Jack: A Novel
Marilynne Robinson
Earthlings: A Novel
42 Earthlings: A Novel
Sayaka Murata
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel
43 Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982: A Novel
Cho Nam-Joo
The Memory Monster
44 The Memory Monster
Yishai Sarid
Minor Detail
45 Minor Detail
Adania Shibli
The Tunnel
46 The Tunnel
A. B. Yehoshua
Why I Don't Write
47 Why I Don't Write
Susan Minot

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