The ultimate best-of-2020 book list

Literary Hub has done some extremely heavy lifting, for which we are quite grateful.

Specifically, they’ve condensed the 952 books appearing on over forty best-of lists to create one list to rule them all.

Head to Lit Hub to see all of the books that appeared on at least six best-of lists, grouped by total appearances; we grabbed the eight most frequently chosen ones for your quick perusing.

• The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett (25 mentions) 

• Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alam (20 mentions) 

• Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi (17 mentions) 

• Luster, by Raven Leilani (16 mentions)

• Deacon King Kong, by James McBride (16 mentions)

• Hamnet, by Maggie O’Farrell (15 mentions) 

• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, by Isabel Wilkerson (15 mentions)

• Memorial, by Bryan Washington (14 mentions)