Best Books of 2020
We are thrilled, just thrilled, to see how many, so many, of our books earning spots on best-of-the-year lists. (They say it ain’t bragging if it’s true. And it’s true!) All of the bragging about our fabulous Algonquin Young Readers books is listed below, too.
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie
The New York Times – “100 Notable Books of 2020”
TIME Magazine – “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020”
Buzzfeed – “Best Books of 2020”
Library Journal – “Best Fiction Books of 2020”
SheReads – “Best of 2020: Women’s Fiction”
SheReads – “The Best African & Diaspora books of 2020”
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
TIME Magazine – “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020”
Kirkus Reviews – “Best Fiction Books of 2020”
Kirkus Reviews – “Best 2020 Fiction To Get Your Book Club Talking”
BookPage – “100 Best Books of 2020”
Washington Independent Review of Books – “51 Favorites Books of 2020”
AudioFile Magazine – “Best Audiobooks of 2020”
Latinidad – “Best Latinx Books of 2020”
Chicago Public Library – “Best of the Best Books of 2020”
Books Are Magic (Brooklyn, NY) – “Emma’s Favorites of 2020”
Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui
TIME Magazine – “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020”
NPR – “NPR’s Book Concierge”
San Francisco Chronicle – “10 books by Bay Area authors that should be on your holiday list”
Bloomberg – “The Best Nonfiction Books of 2020”
Washington Independent Review of Books – “51 Favorites Books of 2020”
Goodreads – Science & Technology Award Finalist
East Bay Express – “Book Gift Guide”
Campus Circle – “Best Holiday Books to Gift”
Everywhere You Don’t Belong by Gabriel Bump
The New York Times – “100 Notable Books of 2020”
Electric Literature – “Favorite Novels of 2020”
Chicago Public Library – “Best of the Best Books of 2020”
The Lives of Edie Pritchard by Larry Watson
Kirkus Reviews – “Best Fiction Books of 2020”
Kirkus Reviews – “Best 2020 Fiction To Get Your Book Club Talking”
Booklist – “Editor’s Choice: Adult Books, 2020”
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
NPR – “NPR’s Book Concierge”
Washington Independent Review of Books – “51 Favorites Books of 2020”
Real Simple – “Best Books of 2020”
PopMatters – “The Best Books of 2020: Fiction”
SheReads – “Best of 2020: Historical Fiction”
The Buzz Magazines – “Best Books of 2020 by Genre”
BookBrowse – “The Best Books of 2020”
Flyleaf Books (Chapel Hill, NC) – “2020 Favorites”
Hieroglyphics by Jill McCorkle
Washington Independent Review of Books – “51 Favorites Books of 2020”
Chapel Hill’s Chapelborough.com – “One on One: Books for Holiday Giving”
Garden & Gun– “Favorite Books for Southerners This Year”
Miracle Country by Kendra Atleework
Washington Independent Review of Books – “51 Favorites Books of 2020”
Down Along with That Devil’s Bones by Connor Towne O’Neill
Library Journal – “Best Social Science Books of 2020”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – “10 Best Southern Books of 2020”
Parnassus Books (Nashville, TN) – “Holiday Gift Guide”
Paper Bullets by Jeffrey Jackson
Booklist – “Editor’s Choice: Adult Books, 2020”
Square Books (Oxford, MS) – “Holiday 2020”
Creatures by Crissy Van Meter
NPR – “Book Concierge”
Big Girl Small Town by Michelle Gallen
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – “40 New Books for Holiday Gifts in 2020”
ALGONQUIN YOUNG READERS
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake
Amazon – “Best Books of the Year” Top 20
Amazon – “Holiday Gift Picks: Ages 6-8”
Kirkus Reviews – “Best Middle Grade Books of the Year”
Publisher’s Weekly – “Best Books of 2020”
School Library Journal – “Best Chapter Books of 2020”
Shelf Awareness – “Best Books of 2020”
Booklist – “Editor’s Choice: Middle Grade Books, 2020”
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – “40 New Books for Holiday Gifts in 2020”
Indigo – “Best Book of the Year 2020”
Wild Rumpus – “Holiday Buyer’s Guide”
Chicago Public Library – “Best of the Best Books of 2020”
New York Public Library – “Best Books of the Year”
Evanston Public Library – “101 Great Kids Books of 2020”
Tattered Cover (Denver, CO) – “2020 Book of the Year”
Square Books (Oxford, MS) – “Holiday 2020”
Wild Rumpus (Minneapolis, MN) – “Holiday Buyer’s Guide”
Eight Cousins (Falmouth, MA) – “Holiday Picks 2020”
Community Bookstore (Brooklyn, NY) – “Holiday 2020”
Blue Willow Bookshop (Houston, TX) – “Best Books of 2020”
Copperfield’s Books (California) – “Our Favorite Novels for Children Ages 8-12”
Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry
Kirkus Reviews – “Best Young Adult Books of 2020”
School Library Journal – “Best Book of 2020”
Shelf Awareness – “Best Books of 2020”
Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez
Cosmopolitan – “The 20 Best Young Adult Books You’ll Read All Year”
Kirkus Reviews – “Best Young Adult Books of the Year”
AARP – “12 Great Children’s Book Gift Ideas”
BookRiot Hey YA Podcast – Gift Guide
SheReads – “Best of 2020: Young Adult”
New York Public Library – “Best Books of the Year”
BookPeople (Austin, TX) – “2020 Holiday Guide”
Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Amazon – “Best Books of the Year” Top 20
BookPage – “Best Books of 2020: Middle Grade”
The North Carolina Mountain Times – “16 titles for your Christmas book-giving”
Body Talk by Kelly Jensen
School Library Journal – “Best Book of 2020”
Bookriot’s Hey YA Podcast – Gift Guide
How to Build a Heart by Maria Padian
Kirkus Reviews – “Best Young Adult Books of the Year”
In the Role of Brie Hutchens… by Nicole Melleby
Kirkus Reviews – “Best Middle Grade Book of 2020”
Foreshadow by Nova Ren Suma and Emily X. R. Pan
BookPage – “Best Books of 2020: Young Adult”
Cub by Cynthia Copeland
Bookriot – “10 Middle Grade Graphic Novels to Gift This Year”
Library Lists:
Chicago Public Library – “Best of the Best Books of 2020”
