The New York Times: Notable new fiction of 2020

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The New York Times: Notable new fiction of 2020

Here are the NY Times' picks of the year's top novels, with the first five listed in its "The Best 10 Books of 2020" roundup.

Deacon King Kong

1 Deacon King Kong

James McBride

Homeland Elegies

2 Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

The Vanishing Half

3 The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

A Children's Bible: A Novel

5 A Children's Bible: A Novel

Lydia Millet

Blacktop Wasteland

6 Blacktop Wasteland

S.A. Cosby

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

Cleanness

Garth Greenwell

The Death of Vivek Oji

9 The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

10 Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

Deepa Anappara

The Glass Kingdom

11 The Glass Kingdom

Lawrence Osborne

His Only Wife

12 His Only Wife

Peace Adzo Medie

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

13 How Much of These Hills Is Gold

C Pam Zhang

Hurricane Season

14 Hurricane Season

Lauren K. Denton

The King at the Edge of the World

15 The King at the Edge of the World

Arthur Phillips

Little Eyes

Samanta Schweblin

Luster

Raven Leilani

Man of My Time

18 Man of My Time

Dalia Sofer

Memorial

Bryan Washington

The Mercies

Kirin Millwood Hargrave

The Mirror & the Light

21 The Mirror & the Light

Hilary Mantel

Missionaries

22 Missionaries

Phil Klay

Monogamy

Sue Miller

Real Life

Brandon Taylor

Red Pill

Hari Kunzru

Saint X

Alexis Schaitkin

Sea Wife

Amity Gaige

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

28 Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

Shuggie Bain

29 Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

Sisters

Daisy Johnson

Tokyo Ueno Station

31 Tokyo Ueno Station

Yu Miri

Writers & Lovers

32 Writers & Lovers

Lily King

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