Our friends at Booklist—the book review magazine of the American Library Association—have spent 2020 poring over countless titles for readers of all ages. As the year comes to a close, Booklist staff have announced nine of their favorite new reads from a variety of genres.
Their annual Top of the List picks represent their most highly recommended titles in nine categories: fiction, nonfiction, audiobooks, and graphic novels for adults, and fiction, nonfiction, picture books, audiobooks, and graphic novels, for youth.
Here are their top titles for 2020:
Books for Adults:
Top of the List in Graphic Novels:
Year of the Rabbit, by Tian Veasna
Top of the List Fiction:
These Ghosts Are Family, by Maisy Card
Top of the List Nonfiction:
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration, by Morgan Jerkins
Top of the List Audio:
The Girl with the Louding Voice, by Abi Daré (writer) and Adjoa Andoh (audiobook narrator)
Books for Youth:
Top of the List in Graphic Novels:
Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang (writer and illustrator) and Lark Pien illustrator)
Top of the List Picture Book:
Nana Akua Goes to School, by Tricia Elam Walker (writer) and April Harrison (illustrator)
Top of the List Nonfiction:
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team, by Christina Soontornvat
Top of the List Fiction:
Burn, by Patrick Ness
Top of the List Audio:
Clap When You Land, by Elizabeth Acevedo (writer and audiobook narrator) and Melania Luisa Marte (audiobook narrator)
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