2020 Notable Books for Adults

Descrizione
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
di Ocean Vuong
3,773 utenti
129 recensioni
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Girl, Woman, Other
di Bernardine Evaristo
3,177 utenti
133 recensioni
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary, steller0707
3
I ragazzi della Nickel
di Colson Whitehead
4,047 utenti
216 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
4
The Topeka School
di Ben Lerner
1,067 utenti
47 recensioni
½ 3.5
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary
5
Trust Exercise
di Susan Choi
1,072 utenti
77 recensioni
3.2
3 Members
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6
Thick: And Other Essays
di Tressie McMillan Cottom
707 utenti
18 recensioni
½ 4.3
3 Members
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7
The Water Dancer
di Ta-Nehisi Coates
2,702 utenti
111 recensioni
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
8
Archivio dei bambini perduti
di Valeria Luiselli
1,187 utenti
62 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, steller0707
9
Lanny
di Max Porter
861 utenti
52 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
10
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
di Patrick Radden Keefe
2,368 utenti
113 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
11
Mezzanotte a Cernobyl'. La storia mai raccontata del più grande disastro nucleare del XX secolo
di Adam Higginbotham
1,906 utenti
76 recensioni
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
12
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
di David Wallace-Wells
1,502 utenti
58 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
13
Persone normali
di Sally Rooney
6,861 utenti
272 recensioni
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
14
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
di Robert Macfarlane
1,670 utenti
54 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
15
Deaf Republic: Poems
di Ilya Kaminsky
424 utenti
11 recensioni
½ 4.5
2 Members
sturlington, steller0707
16
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
di Margaret Renkl
357 utenti
17 recensioni
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
17
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century
di Jason DeParle
104 utenti
3 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
18
Sabrina & Corina: Stories
di Kali Fajardo-Anstine
438 utenti
24 recensioni
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
19
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
di Brenda Wineapple
246 utenti
11 recensioni
4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
20
The Yellow House: A Memoir
di Sarah M. Broom
1,050 utenti
41 recensioni
3.9
Member
sturlington
21
Dominicana
di Angie Cruz
629 utenti
36 recensioni
4
Member
sturlington
22
Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
di Frans de Waal
431 utenti
12 recensioni
4.1
Member
sturlington
23
The Tradition
di Jericho Brown
450 utenti
14 recensioni
4.1
Member
sturlington
24
The Innocents
di Michael Crummey
355 utenti
24 recensioni
3.9
Member
sturlington
25
Everything Inside: Stories
di Edwidge Danticat
334 utenti
9 recensioni
3.9
Member
sturlington
26
Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
di Louise Aronson
218 utenti
8 recensioni
3.8
Member
sturlington