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Best Books of 2020 - Fiction, According to O, The Oprah Magazine

From Oprah Magazine https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/books/a34659750/best-books-of-2020/
A Beautiful Crime Christopher Bollen
The Boy in the Field Margot Livesey
The Cold Millions Jess Walter

Suggestions: Diverse Characters by AOC

By Alessandra Torre & Ran Walker
Books #1-7 on this list was built off Ran Walker's suggestions of authors who do a great job of creating diverse characters. To round out the other genres, I have added additional novels.
The Devil in Silver Victor LaValle
The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan
Killing Commendatore Haruki Murakami

Vulture: Best Books of 2020 - Fiction

Best reads from https://www.vulture.com/2020/12/best-books-2020.html
Interior Chinatown Charles Yu
Lakewood Megan Giddings
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka

Stephen King's 20 best novels

The site Screenrant has rated all 61 of Stephen King's novels. Here is their pick of his 20 best works (across multiple genres) — in order. Agree? Disagree? Which are your faves? http://bit.ly/3njjv69
It: A Novel Stephen King
The Shining Stephen King
Misery: A Novel Stephen King

Thrillist: The Best Books of 2020 (fiction)

One of our favorite sites, Thrilllist, just shared its best novels of the year. Check out this best-books list for a change of pace. https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/best-books-of-2020
All My Mother's Lovers Ilana Masad
How Much of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang
The Vanished Birds Simon Jimenez

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

Scandi-cops

This is a list of my favourite Scandinavian crime authors and their books. Awesome detectives from the lands of lakes and ice (and coffee).
An Event in Autumn Henning Mankell
A Treacherous Paradise Henning Mankell
The Troubled Man Henning Mankell

The 25 best spy thrillers by John Le Carre

We were saddened to learn of the passing of spy thriller master (and former spy) John Le Carré. Let's celebrate his memory with this roundup of 25 of his most praised novels.
A Perfect Spy John le Carre
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy John le Carre
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carre