2020 Notable Books for Adults

Beschreibung
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
Auf Erden sind wir kurz grandios
von Ocean Vuong
3,759 Mitglieder
129 Rezensionen
3.9
4 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda
2
Mädchen, Frau etc.
von Bernardine Evaristo
3,165 Mitglieder
132 Rezensionen
4.2
4 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary, steller0707
3
The Nickel Boys
von Colson Whitehead
4,035 Mitglieder
214 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
4
The Topeka School
von Ben Lerner
1,067 Mitglieder
47 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary
5
Trust Exercise
von Susan Choi
1,072 Mitglieder
77 Rezensionen
3.2
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
6
Thick: And Other Essays
von Tressie McMillan Cottom
707 Mitglieder
18 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, ShawIslandLibrary
7
The Water Dancer
von Ta-Nehisi Coates
2,690 Mitglieder
111 Rezensionen
4.1
3 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy, steller0707
8
Lost Children Archive
von Valeria Luiselli
1,186 Mitglieder
62 Rezensionen
3.8
2 Members
sturlington, steller0707
9
Lanny
von Max Porter
860 Mitglieder
51 Rezensionen
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
10
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
von Patrick Radden Keefe
2,364 Mitglieder
113 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
11
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
von Adam Higginbotham
1,900 Mitglieder
76 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
12
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
von David Wallace-Wells
1,493 Mitglieder
57 Rezensionen
3.9
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
13
Normale Menschen
von Sally Rooney
6,835 Mitglieder
271 Rezensionen
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
14
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
von Robert Macfarlane
1,667 Mitglieder
54 Rezensionen
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
15
Deaf Republic: Poems
von Ilya Kaminsky
424 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
½ 4.5
2 Members
sturlington, steller0707
16
Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss
von Margaret Renkl
353 Mitglieder
16 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
17
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century
von Jason DeParle
104 Mitglieder
3 Rezensionen
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, ShawIslandLibrary
18
Sabrina & Corina: Stories
von Kali Fajardo-Anstine
438 Mitglieder
24 Rezensionen
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
19
The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation
von Brenda Wineapple
246 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
20
The Yellow House: A Memoir
von Sarah M. Broom
1,050 Mitglieder
41 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
21
Dominicana
von Angie Cruz
629 Mitglieder
36 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
22
Mamas letzte Umarmung: Die Emotionen der Tiere und was sie über uns aussagen
von Frans de Waal
431 Mitglieder
12 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
23
The Tradition
von Jericho Brown
448 Mitglieder
14 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
24
The Innocents
von Michael Crummey
355 Mitglieder
24 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
25
Everything Inside: Stories
von Edwidge Danticat
334 Mitglieder
9 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
26
Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life
von Louise Aronson
218 Mitglieder
8 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington