The countdown begins: Top literary stories of 2020, part I

Literary Hub, like many of us, has begun its year-end countdown.

The roundup of the biggest bookish stories opens with a promise that not all of the entries are doom-and-gloom-y.

And if you don’t believe them, we can vouch that number fifty is, in fact, fun and games.

Items fifty through thirty-one are available for your browsing, with the next installment set to come out December 17.