Powell's picks the Best Books of 2020

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Powell's picks the Best Books of 2020

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Powell's Books lists its staff's picks of the best fiction of 2020.You'll recognize some of these but you likely won't be familiar with others. https://www.powells.com/post/lists/best-fiction-of-2020

A Girl Is A Body of Water

1 A Girl Is A Body of Water

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

Rules for Being Dead

2 Rules for Being Dead

Kim Powers

Actress: A Novel

3 Actress: A Novel

Anne Enright

City of Girls

4 City of Girls

Elizabeth Gilbert

Beach Read

5 Beach Read

Emily Henry

The Pull of the Stars

6 The Pull of the Stars

Emma Donoghue

Circe

7 Circe

Madeline Miller

Leave the World Behind

8 Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam

Deacon King Kong

9 Deacon King Kong

James McBride

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

10 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Elif Shafak

Little Gods

11 Little Gods

Meng Jin

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

12 Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

Indelicacy

13 Indelicacy

Amina Cain

My Dark Vanessa

14 My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

Walking on the Ceiling

15 Walking on the Ceiling

Aysegül Savas

Godshot: A Novel

16 Godshot: A Novel

Chelsea Bieker

The Vanishing Half

17 The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

18 How Much of These Hills Is Gold

C Pam Zhang

Kingdomtide

19 Kingdomtide

Rye Curtis

The Women in Black: A Novel

20 The Women in Black: A Novel

Madeleine St John

Fracture

21 Fracture

Andres Neuman

Hamnet

22 Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

Luster

23 Luster

Raven Leilani

A Small Crowd of Strangers

24 A Small Crowd of Strangers

Joanna Rose

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