Top Five Books of 2020

Descrizione
Add your favorite books read in 2020. Define favorite however you wish. Books don't need to be a 2020 pub date, just ones you read this year. You can see the LT Staffer picks at the LT Blog: https://blog.librarything.com/main/2020/12/top-5-books-2020/ And participate in the conversation on Talk: https://www.librarything.com/topic/327305
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A Promised Land
di Barack Obama
4,566 utenti
131 recensioni
½ 4.3
Classifica globale 4
21 Members
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Spiegazioni
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.
2
La metà scomparsa
di Brit Bennett
5,615 utenti
237 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 11
15 Members
krisa, jilld17, Micheller7, lsh63, KatyBee, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, Chris64, RandyRasa, Houhoulis, pencil26, lekshmijay, luvlee68, roojs,ahef1963 ,
Spiegazioni
ahef1963 : I found this book disappointing.
3
Girl, Woman, Other
di Bernardine Evaristo
3,177 utenti
133 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 16
12 Members
booksinbed, lsh63, msf59, brenzi, celerydog, elkiedee, JenMDB, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Jojo21, luvlee68, roojs
Spiegazioni
celerydog: game-changing book because of characterisation and inter-linking of their stories
4
Where the Crawdads Sing
di Delia Owens
14,157 utenti
612 recensioni
4.1
Classifica globale 14
14 Members
krisa, juliecheri, celerydog, Leida, soldulac, JacobsBeloved, Stacy_Krout, SGilbreath, Mosholu, Jojo21, luvlee68, ldl2, Tosta, AnonymousPlatypus
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celerydog: suspend belief and be blown away by the creation of the setting ; place is an essential character in this book.
5
Olive, Again
di Elizabeth Strout
2,068 utenti
131 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 40
6 Members
jilld17, mojobee, kteeley, snash, Stacy_Krout, luvlee68
6
How to Be an Antiracist
di Ibram X. Kendi
4,057 utenti
99 recensioni
4.2
Classifica globale 38
8 Members
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Between the World and Me
di Ta-Nehisi Coates
7,738 utenti
368 recensioni
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 42
7 Members
lemontwist, tyrosine, caseyface81, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda, Houhoulis, luvlee68,
Spiegazioni
ManWithAnAgenda: Balancing the scales.
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An American Marriage
di Tayari Jones
3,946 utenti
256 recensioni
3.9
Classifica globale 50
6 Members
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9
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
di Isabel Wilkerson
4,174 utenti
163 recensioni
½ 4.4
Classifica globale 39
7 Members
modlibrary, eo206, chellerystick, cataloga, Stacy_Krout, RandyRasa, luvlee68
Spiegazioni
modlibrary: This should be required reading for every high school student