Top Five Books of 2020

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Hamnet

por Maggie O'Farrell

4,343 membros

228 críticas

4.2

33 Members: innominate, princessmonster, krisa, modlibrary, tyrosine, booksinbed, charl08, thornton37814, N1na, sogamonk, Copperskye, msf59, Iudita, brenzi, celerydog, Leida, HelenBaker, elkiedee, BLBera, ominogue, vancouverdeb, JenMDB, Karen1Usher, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Boand, RandyRasa, Houhoulis, grandmimi, mommamouro, rhonda35, LeonaML, Jack_G, ,
Explicações: Boand: A simply stunning and well paced book which reaches a wonderful crescendo at the very last moment! Words fail me - just read this book!!!

2

The Mirror & the Light

por Hilary Mantel

2,761 membros

103 críticas

½ 4.3

28 Members: anglemark, krisa, Osbaldistone, modlibrary, rarm, smc1, bjappleg8, dhm, LDVoorberg, Capybara_99, sogamonk, KarenRice, eronn, celerydog, lottpoet, Mweb, lothiriel2003, NeilDalley, anju04, JenMDB, VW_Williams, Karen1Usher, This-n-That, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, elphie93, KelAnemone, Boand,
Explicações: Boand: The book I most wanted to read this year and so sad the series has now ended, although already knew the end anyway! It does not disappoint and was a joy to read.

3

Circe

por Madeline Miller

12,336 membros

476 críticas

½ 4.3

22 Members: Osbaldistone, modlibrary, Minthe, smc1, SimoneA, charl08, rhian_of_oz, mcfitz, jencharlap, sturlington, mstruck, Tess_W, caseyface81, lcrichardson, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Katenheimer, Fatima_Anwar, danananas, Mosholu, naesa3597, AnonymousPlatypus, ,LeonaML

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A Promised Land

por Barack Obama

4,545 membros

131 críticas

½ 4.3

21 Members: modlibrary, tyrosine, Micheller7, terran, Romonko, cataloga, loafhunter13, DCBlack, maskarakan, james.proffitt, Wilgot-A-Elf, msjudy, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, cipeciop, ManWithAnAgenda, Houhoulis, Potterydrapes, lekshmijay, luvlee68, eclements87, , , , , ,
Explicações: ManWithAnAgenda: I had kept my list to 5, but I saw 'Promised Land' and others being thumbed down by users who had ONLY thumbed books down and not added anything. So I balanced the scales.

5

The Starless Sea

por Erin Morgenstern

5,109 membros

201 críticas

3.9

19 Members: kbuxton, libraryhead, krisa, Ennas, revbean, SimoneA, JLSMEG, Solnechnaja, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, ArdizzoneFan, Fatima_Anwar, lekshmijay, Jojo21, naesa3597, Bondmom, LeonaML, AnonymousPlatypus, eclements87,Lynsey2

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Piranesi

por Susanna Clarke

5,652 membros

276 críticas

4.2

17 Members: princessmonster, krisa, richardderus, rarm, reader247, Iudita, KatyBee, Watry, melaniehope, peterveen, dbsovereign, msjudy, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, naesa3597, AnonymousPlatypus

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The Dutch House

por Ann Patchett

4,605 membros

271 críticas

4.1

17 Members: Jambyfool, SimoneA, JMC400m, LivelyLady, Copperskye, Leida, Cathyfrank, lanewillson, Lynsey2, Stacy_Krout, RandyRasa, Mosholu, ldl2, Gerry_Fryer, AnonymousPlatypus, eclements87, Jack_G

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The House in the Cerulean Sea

por TJ Klune

6,146 membros

321 críticas

½ 4.3

16 Members: ablachly, Ennas, foggidawn, penelopereader, mcfitz, Watry, bookcookie1920, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Yeti21, audra35, lekshmijay, naesa3597, Bondmom, Tosta, Craftybilda
Explicações: Yeti21: Cute and Light. Perfect for 2020. Also I want to steal Theodore. I have so many buttons for him <3

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Mexican Gothic

por Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4,724 membros

232 críticas

½ 3.7

16 Members: ShelfMonkey, tyrosine, katemcangus, bookcookie1920, caseyface81, noveltea, pussreboots, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Chris64, MariaCapaldi, Houhoulis, lekshmijay, naesa3597, Tosta, AnonymousPlatypus,sogamonk
Explicações: sogamonk : For me, too long. The scary parts were anticlimactic. Repetitive

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Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

por Olga Tokarczuk

2,739 membros

139 críticas

3.9

16 Members: krisa, modlibrary, Euryale, pamelad, astridnr, KatyBee, mstruck, noveltea, dbsovereign, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, Houhoulis, audra35, Tosta, Charon07,

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The Vanishing Half

por Brit Bennett

5,591 membros

237 críticas

4.1

15 Members: krisa, jilld17, Micheller7, lsh63, KatyBee, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, Chris64, RandyRasa, Houhoulis, pencil26, lekshmijay, luvlee68, roojs,ahef1963 ,
Explicações: ahef1963 : I found this book disappointing.

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Shuggie Bain

por Douglas Stuart

2,481 membros

126 críticas

4.2

14 Members: kageeh, richardderus, booksinbed, sogamonk, msf59, Milda-TX, brenzi, edparks, anju04, dbsovereign, .cris, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Houhoulis,summonedbyfells ,Jack_G
Explicações: summonedbyfells : A series of episodic events 'observational fiction' lacking much of a purpose, I had hoped that James Kelman would have had the last word on this depressing genre, sorry.

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The Testaments

por Margaret Atwood

6,115 membros

224 críticas

4.1

16 Members: libraryhead, modlibrary, tyrosine, jonathankws, Baukis, patri50, sturlington, Esquiress, Verkruissen, HeatherMoss, .cris, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda, Houhoulis, sirul, , ,
Explicações: ManWithAnAgenda: Balancing the scales.

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Where the Crawdads Sing

por Delia Owens

14,110 membros

611 críticas

4.1

14 Members: krisa, juliecheri, celerydog, Leida, soldulac, JacobsBeloved, Stacy_Krout, SGilbreath, Mosholu, Jojo21, luvlee68, ldl2, Tosta, AnonymousPlatypus
Explicações: celerydog: suspend belief and be blown away by the creation of the setting ; place is an essential character in this book.

15

H Is for Hawk

por Helen Macdonald

4,345 membros

278 críticas

3.9

13 Members: modlibrary, kageeh, summonedbyfells, cataloga, dbsovereign, gayjeg, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, shedgeco, Houhoulis, Mosholu, Jojo21, Tosta
Explicações: summonedbyfells: A seemingly unworkable pairing of subjects is so well written into a riveting narrative.

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Girl, Woman, Other

por Bernardine Evaristo

3,161 membros

132 críticas

4.2

12 Members: booksinbed, lsh63, msf59, brenzi, celerydog, elkiedee, JenMDB, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Jojo21, luvlee68, roojs
Explicações: celerydog: game-changing book because of characterisation and inter-linking of their stories

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Nothing to See Here

por Kevin Wilson

2,150 membros

133 críticas

4

11 Members: pammab, zhejw, terran, Lidbud, lanewillson, Lynsey2, Stacy_Krout, lordporkchop, lekshmijay, Bondmom, AnonymousPlatypus

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The Searcher

por Tana French

2,157 membros

112 críticas

3.9

11 Members: terran, bjappleg8, KarenRice, cataloga, katemcangus, Lynsey2, Stacy_Krout, mhilgart, audra35, Bondmom, AnonymousPlatypus

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The Glass Hotel

por Emily St. John Mandel

3,021 membros

172 críticas

3.8

10 Members: plaugher, jilld17, mdexter, N1na, sogamonk, cataloga, BLBera, Stacy_Krout, lekshmijay, Charon07

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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

por V. E. Schwab

8,724 membros

287 críticas

4.1

10 Members: kbuxton, Euryale, Ennas, oceancat, OphelieDepoortere, Stacy_Krout, Fatima_Anwar, audra35, els1224, AnonymousPlatypus

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The Pull of the Stars

por Emma Donoghue

1,552 membros

93 críticas

4

10 Members: ablachly, krisa, reader247, Micheller7, raidergirl3, Whisper1, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Fatima_Anwar, Bondmom

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Ninth House

por Leigh Bardugo

5,607 membros

178 críticas

4.1

10 Members: ablachly, librookian, jencharlap, katemcangus, OphelieDepoortere, msjudy, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, eclements87,noveltea

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Network Effect

por Martha Wells

2,444 membros

173 críticas

½ 4.4

9 Members: tardis, richardderus, majkia, oceancat, souloftherose, kaydern, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda, RandyRasa

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The Great Believers

por Rebecca Makkai

1,969 membros

109 críticas

½ 4.3

8 Members: charl08, bjappleg8, Copperskye, katemcangus, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, ArdizzoneFan

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Toda a luz que não podemos ver

por Anthony Doerr

18,755 membros

880 críticas

½ 4.3

8 Members: lothiriel2003, 19anne44, mstruck, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu, ldl2, Bondmom, Jack_G

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Writers & Lovers

por Lily King

1,582 membros

99 críticas

4

8 Members: JMC400m, Micheller7, N1na, BLBera, megbmore, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Houhoulis

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The House of the Spirits

por Isabel Allende

13,954 membros

245 críticas

4.1

8 Members: tyrosine, mstruck, BoekenTrol71, NinieB, Stacy_Krout, missjudgment, rcarpent, lekshmijay

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

por Alix E. Harrow

3,335 membros

169 críticas

4

7 Members: Ennas, reader247, mooingzelda, mcfitz, marysneedle, JacobsBeloved, Stacy_Krout

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

por Patrick Radden Keefe

2,361 membros

113 críticas

½ 4.4

7 Members: aron124, sipthereader, fannyprice, anju04, mstruck, Stacy_Krout, mhilgart

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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

por Grady Hendrix

2,728 membros

133 críticas

3.9

8 Members: librookian, mstrust, Stacy_Krout, MikeFinnFiction, lekshmijay, Bondmom, Tosta, AnonymousPlatypus

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My Dark Vanessa

por Kate Elizabeth Russell

2,524 membros

139 críticas

4.1

8 Members: IMBOS, hthbooks, sogamonk, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Fatima_Anwar, caralynn483, AnonymousPlatypus,

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The Witches Are Coming

por Lindy West

748 membros

41 críticas

4

7 Members: libraryhead, caseyface81, noveltea, kristilabrie, Bondmom, Tosta, eclements87

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The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy

por Martha Wells

137 membros

1 crítica

4.2

7 Members: osunale, terran, oceancat, SirThomas, Tos, TempleCat, Stacy_Krout,timetunnel

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The Overstory

por Richard Powers

5,344 membros

244 críticas

4.1

7 Members: modlibrary, jeanned, FAMeulstee, KarenRice, anju04, JenMDB, Stacy_Krout

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A Deadly Education

por Naomi Novik

3,862 membros

148 críticas

4.2

6 Members: kbuxton, foggidawn, jencharlap, oceancat, Verkruissen, Stacy_Krout

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All the Devils Are Here

por Louise Penny

1,640 membros

102 críticas

4.2

7 Members: terran, kteeley, Copperskye, eronn, sjgoins, Stacy_Krout, Bondmom
Explicações: sjgoins: Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books show such introspection by Gamache and also his humanity.

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A Little Life

por Hanya Yanagihara

7,441 membros

326 críticas

4.1

7 Members: patri50, BoekenTrol71, dbsovereign, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, maschi, Fatima_Anwar

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How to Be an Antiracist

por Ibram X. Kendi

4,047 membros

98 críticas

4.2

8 Members: kidzdoc, karenmarie, cataloga, kaydern, Stacy_Krout, quondame, audra35, luvlee68, ,

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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

por Isabel Wilkerson

4,154 membros

162 críticas

½ 4.4

7 Members: modlibrary, eo206, chellerystick, cataloga, Stacy_Krout, RandyRasa, luvlee68
Explicações: modlibrary: This should be required reading for every high school student

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Olive, Again

por Elizabeth Strout

2,055 membros

128 críticas

4.2

6 Members: jilld17, mojobee, kteeley, snash, Stacy_Krout, luvlee68

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Milkman

por Anna Burns

2,350 membros

115 críticas

½ 3.7

6 Members: innominate, aprille, celerydog, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, audra35

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Between the World and Me

por Ta-Nehisi Coates

7,727 membros

368 críticas

½ 4.4

7 Members: lemontwist, tyrosine, caseyface81, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda, Houhoulis, luvlee68,
Explicações: ManWithAnAgenda: Balancing the scales.

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Valentine

por Elizabeth Wetmore

873 membros

55 críticas

4

6 Members: agjuba, lsh63, BLBera, Stacy_Krout, Chris64, ldl2

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Summer

por Ali Smith

593 membros

32 críticas

4

6 Members: Parker51, thorold, CarltonC, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, rebamill3

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

por Hallie Rubenhold

1,534 membros

67 críticas

4.2

6 Members: thewordygecko, fannyprice, souloftherose, ominogue, Stacy_Krout, AnonymousPlatypus
Explicações: thewordygecko: A stunning book about the lives of the women who were murdered by the Ripper; not the horrible murders themselves, but the women's lives, as much as the author could discover from her research. Reveals the injustices and prejudices and misogyny of the era in which they lived. Grateful to the author for giving these women some voice and making them 'real' people, without the sensationalism.

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Daisy Jones and The Six

por Taylor Jenkins Reid

6,026 membros

332 críticas

4

6 Members: foggidawn, charl08, cooch45, ahef1963, Stacy_Krout, eclements87

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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

por Susanna Clarke

26,948 membros

772 críticas

3.9

7 Members: tyrosine, amanda4242, cbeausan, Stacy_Krout, Houhoulis, audra35, AnonymousPlatypus,oceancat ,
Explicações: amanda4242: This one languished on my shelves for ten years before I finally read it. I've now read it twice in three years and plan on reading it again.
: Absolutely impenetrable.

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Harrow the Ninth

por Tamsyn Muir

2,151 membros

85 críticas

4.1

5 Members: Aquila, bookwoman84, souloftherose, Watry, Stacy_Krout

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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

por Caroline Fraser

1,180 membros

71 críticas

4.1

6 Members: IsolaBlue, lothiriel2003, Tess_W, olegalCA, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout,eo206

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An American Marriage

por Tayari Jones

3,935 membros

256 críticas

3.9

6 Members: astridnr, MissBrangwen, Stacy_Krout, luvlee68, Bondmom, eclements87

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The Goldfinch

por Donna Tartt

14,842 membros

799 críticas

3.9

6 Members: mojobee, patri50, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu, Jack_G

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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

por Italo Calvino

12,498 membros

257 críticas

4.1

5 Members: razorsoccam, patri50, eronn, pperez333, Stacy_Krout

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Station Eleven

por Emily St. John Mandel

11,645 membros

777 críticas

4.1

6 Members: modlibrary, petescisco, mstrust, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, eclements87

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So You Want to Talk About Race

por Ijeoma Oluo

2,712 membros

87 críticas

½ 4.5

6 Members: lemontwist, tyrosine, njinthesun, ReadHanded, caseyface81, Stacy_Krout,

55

The Martian

por Andy Weir

18,097 membros

1,240 críticas

½ 4.3

5 Members: sipthereader, mcfitz, amerynth, Stacy_Krout, Potterydrapes

56

Stoner

por John Williams

6,680 membros

353 críticas

½ 4.3

5 Members: patri50, Cfraser, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu

57

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

por Michelle Alexander

5,281 membros

139 críticas

½ 4.4

5 Members: fannyprice, msf59, ReadHanded, Stacy_Krout, Tosta

58

The Memory Police

por Yoko Ogawa

2,156 membros

93 críticas

½ 3.7

5 Members: stretch, AnnieMod, mstruck, flying_monkeys, Stacy_Krout

59

Possession

por A.S. Byatt

12,947 membros

288 críticas

4

5 Members: patri50, cbl_tn, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Gerry_Fryer

60

The Yellow House: A Memoir

por Sarah M. Broom

1,051 membros

41 críticas

3.9

5 Members: kidzdoc, Euryale, cataloga, mstruck, Stacy_Krout

61

Dear Edward

por Ann Napolitano

1,702 membros

92 críticas

4

5 Members: IMBOS, tjblue, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu, Bondmom

62

Middlemarch

por George Eliot

17,703 membros

330 críticas

4.2

5 Members: Minthe, cbeausan, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Jack_G

63

The Island of Sea Women

por Lisa See

1,649 membros

92 críticas

4.1

4 Members: ReluctantTechie, sallylou61, elkiedee, DidIReallyReadThat
Explicações: elkiedee: Absorbing story but also a historical setting and culture etc that I knew nothing about.

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