2020 Notable Books for Adults

Descrição
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 26 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2020 list.
1
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
de Ocean Vuong
3,753 membros
129 resenhas
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Girl, Woman, Other
de Bernardine Evaristo
3,161 membros
132 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary, steller0707
3
The Nickel Boys
de Colson Whitehead
4,028 membros
214 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
4
The Topeka School
de Ben Lerner
1,066 membros
47 resenhas
½ 3.6
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary
5
Trust Exercise
de Susan Choi
1,070 membros
77 resenhas
3.2
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
6
Thick: And Other Essays
de Tressie McMillan Cottom
704 membros
18 resenhas
½ 4.3
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary
7
The Water Dancer
de Ta-Nehisi Coates
2,684 membros
111 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
8
Lost Children Archive
de Valeria Luiselli
1,184 membros
62 resenhas
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, steller0707
9
Lanny
de Max Porter
858 membros
51 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
10
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
de Patrick Radden Keefe
2,361 membros
113 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
11
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
de Adam Higginbotham
1,898 membros
76 resenhas
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
12
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
de David Wallace-Wells
1,492 membros
57 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
13
Normal People
de Sally Rooney
6,829 membros
270 resenhas
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
14
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
de Robert Macfarlane
1,664 membros
54 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
15
Deaf Republic: Poems
de Ilya Kaminsky
421 membros
11 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
sturlington, steller0707
16
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
de Margaret Renkl
353 membros
16 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
17
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century
de Jason DeParle
104 membros
3 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
18
Sabrina & Corina: Stories
de Kali Fajardo-Anstine
438 membros
24 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
19
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
de Brenda Wineapple
245 membros
11 resenhas
4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
20
The Yellow House: A Memoir
de Sarah M. Broom
1,051 membros
41 resenhas
3.9
Member
sturlington
21
Dominicana
de Angie Cruz
628 membros
36 resenhas
4
Member
sturlington
22
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
de Frans de Waal
430 membros
12 resenhas
4.1
Member
sturlington
23
The Tradition
de Jericho Brown
447 membros
14 resenhas
4.1
Member
sturlington
24
The Innocents
de Michael Crummey
355 membros
24 resenhas
3.9
Member
sturlington
25
Everything Inside: Stories
de Edwidge Danticat
332 membros
9 resenhas
3.9
Member
sturlington
26
Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
de Louise Aronson
217 membros
8 resenhas
3.8
Member
sturlington