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Powell's picks the Best Books of 2020

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 Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Rules for Being Dead Kim Powers
Actress: A Novel Anne Enright
City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert
Beach Read Emily Henry
The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue
Circe
7 Circe
Madeline Miller
Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam
Deacon King Kong James McBride
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Elif Shafak
Little Gods Meng Jin
Sharks in the Time of Saviors Kawai Strong Washburn
Indelicacy Amina Cain
My Dark Vanessa Kate Elizabeth Russell
Walking on the Ceiling Aysegül Savas
Godshot: A Novel Chelsea Bieker
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett
How Much of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang
Kingdomtide Rye Curtis
The Women in Black: A Novel Madeleine St John
Fracture Andres Neuman
Hamnet
22 Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell
Luster
23 Luster
Raven Leilani
A Small Crowd of Strangers Joanna Rose

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