BookRiot Best Books of 2020 (Fiction)

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BookRiot Best Books of 2020 (Fiction)

By Mary Lasica

BookRiot created this list of best books at https://bookriot.com/best-books-of-2020/

A Neon Darkness

1 A Neon Darkness

Lauren Shippen

Beach Read

2 Beach Read

Emily Henry

Blacktop Wasteland

3 Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

Catherine House

4 Catherine House

Elisabeth Thomas

Cemetery Boys

5 Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

Clap When You Land

6 Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

Conjure Women

7 Conjure Women

Afia Atakora

Deacon King Kong

8 Deacon King Kong

James McBride

Even As We Breathe: A Novel

9 Even As We Breathe: A Novel

Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

Grown

10 Grown

Tiffany D. Jackson

Mexican Gothic

11 Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Network Effect

12 Network Effect

Martha Wells

Plain Bad Heroines

13 Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth

Ring Shout

14 Ring Shout

P. Djeli Clark

Saving Ruby King

15 Saving Ruby King

Catherine Adel West

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

16 Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

Spoiler Alert

17 Spoiler Alert

Olivia Dade

Take a Hint, Dani Brown

18 Take a Hint, Dani Brown

Talia Hibbert

The Boyfriend Project

19 The Boyfriend Project

Farrah Rochon

The City We Became

20 The City We Became

N.K. Jemisin

The Death of Vivek Oji

21 The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

The Empire of Gold

22 The Empire of Gold

S.A. Chakraborty

The Henna Artist

23 The Henna Artist

Alka Joshi

The House in the Cerulean Sea

24 The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

25 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

The Only Good Indians

26 The Only Good Indians

Stephen Graham Jones

The Orchard

27 The Orchard

David Hopen

The Sound of Stars

28 The Sound of Stars

Alechia Dow

The Space Between Worlds

29 The Space Between Worlds

Micaiah Johnson

The Vanishing Half

30 The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

The Year of the Witching

31 The Year of the Witching

Alexis Henderson

Transcendent Kingdom

32 Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

We Ride Upon Sticks

33 We Ride Upon Sticks

Quan Barry

When No One Is Watching

34 When No One Is Watching

Alyssa Cole

When You Were Everything

35 When You Were Everything

Ashley Woodfolk

Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog And Chainsaw

36 Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog And Chainsaw

Tatsuki Fujimoto

Now That I've Found You

37 Now That I've Found You

Kristina Forest

That Time of Year

38 That Time of Year

Marie Ndiaye

The Subtweet: A Novel

39 The Subtweet: A Novel

Vivek Shraya

We Are Not Free

40 We Are Not Free

Traci Chee

Whoa.: An "Oops!" Spinoff Novella

41 Whoa.: An "Oops!" Spinoff Novella

Alexandra Warren

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