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Top Five Books of 2020

Description: 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

Members: 348 participating members (show all)

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1
Hamnet
by Maggie O'Farrell
2,130 members, 140 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: rhonda35 (1), brenzi (1), mommamouro (1), ominogue (1), Copperskye (1), Iudita (1), thornton37814 (1), booksinbed (1), charl08 (1), BLBera (1), vancouverdeb (1) — 18 more, N1na (1), krisa (2), princessmonster (2), Karen1Usher (2), Stacy_Krout (2), Boand (2), msf59 (2), innominate (2), sogamonk (2), elkiedee (3), RandyRasa (3), celerydog (4), JenMDB (4), HelenBaker (5), tyrosine (6), Houhoulis (7), Rchlwtsn (21), modlibrary

Score: 98.2

Explanations:

Boand (2): A simply stunning and well paced book which reaches a wonderful crescendo at the very last moment! Words fail me - just read this book!!!

2
The Mirror & the Light
by Hilary Mantel
1,835 members, 83 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: krisa (1), Karen1Usher (1), Stacy_Krout (1), KelAnemone (1), Osbaldistone (1), eronn (1), VW_Williams (1), KarenRice (1), lothiriel2003 (1), sogamonk (1), elphie93 (1) — 16 more, This-n-That (1), LDVoorberg (1), Mweb (1), Boand (1), rarm (1), lottpoet (1), celerydog (2), NeilDalley (3), Capybara_99 (3), anglemark (4), anju04 (5), JenMDB (5), bjappleg8 (5), dhm (6), Rchlwtsn (20), modlibrary

Score: 94.74

Explanations:

Boand (1): The book I most wanted to read this year and so sad the series has now ended, although already knew the end anyway! It does not disappoint and was a joy to read.… (more)

3
Circe
by Madeline Miller
6,229 members, 332 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: Katenheimer (1), Danhanae (1), lcrichardson (1), mstruck (1), Mosholu (1), danananas (1), caseyface81 (1), Tess_W (1), Fatima_Anwar (2), charl08 (2), mcfitz (2) — 9 more, Osbaldistone (3), Stacy_Krout (3), sturlington (3), jencharlap (4), SimoneA (4), rhian_of_oz (5), Rchlwtsn (23), Minthe, modlibrary

Thumbs down: 064

Score: 64.41

4
A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
2,553 members, 99 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: cataloga (1), james.proffitt (1), luvlee68 (1), maskarakan (1), loafhunter13 (1), DCBlack (1), msjudy (1), Micheller7 (1), cipeciop (1), Potterydrapes (1), Wilgot-A-Elf (1) — 9 more, tyrosine (1), Houhoulis (1), Stacy_Krout (5), terran (6), lekshmijay (6), ManWithAnAgenda (6), Romonko (6), Rchlwtsn (25), modlibrary

Thumbs down: Raspberrymocha, sunqueen, bibliopolitan, nathanm, johnlrice

Score: 58.69

Explanations:

ManWithAnAgenda (6): 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.… (more)

5
Piranesi
by Susanna Clarke
2,515 members, 134 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: princessmonster (1), reader247 (1), melaniehope (1), Watry (1), emquixotic (1), dbsovereign (1), KatyBee (1), Danhanae (2), msjudy (2), peterveen (2), Iudita (2) — 5 more, rarm (2), krisa (3), richardderus (3), Stacy_Krout (4), Rchlwtsn (22)

Thumbs down: Kuiperdolin (9)

Score: 53.57

6
The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
2,819 members, 144 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Bondmom (1), Jojo21 (1), kbuxton (1), ArdizzoneFan (1), libraryhead (1), SimoneA (1), revbean (2), JLSMEG (2), lekshmijay (3), krisa (4), Danhanae (4) — 5 more, Fatima_Anwar (4), Solnechnaja (5), Stacy_Krout (10), Rchlwtsn (28), Ennas

Thumbs down: Lynsey2

Score: 49.95

7
The House in the Cerulean Sea
by TJ Klune
2,111 members, 124 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: Tosta (1), audra35 (1), mcfitz (1), bookcookie1920 (1), Bondmom (2), Watry (2), Danhanae (3), ablachly (3), lekshmijay (4), foggidawn (4), Yeti21 (5) — 4 more, deborah2202 (5), Stacy_Krout (9), Rchlwtsn (29), Ennas

Score: 46.89

Explanations:

Yeti21 (5): Cute and Light. Perfect for 2020. Also I want to steal Theodore. I have so many buttons for him <3

8
Shuggie Bain
by Douglas Stuart
1,339 members, 84 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: msf59 (1), Milda-TX (1), anju04 (1), kageeh (1), .cris (1), brenzi (2), booksinbed (2), richardderus (2), edparks (3), dbsovereign (3), sogamonk (4) — 3 more, Stacy_Krout (6), Houhoulis (8), Rchlwtsn (24)

Thumbs down: summonedbyfells

Score: 43.74

Explanations:

summonedbyfells (0): A series of episodic events 'observational fiction' lacking much of a purpose, I had hoped that James Kelman would have had the last word on this depressing genre, sorry.… (more)

9
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
by Olga Tokarczuk
1,629 members, 83 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: pamelad (1), Charon07 (2), Tosta (2), audra35 (2), mstruck (2), emquixotic (2), Euryale (2), astridnr (5), KatyBee (5), noveltea (5), dbsovereign (5) — 5 more, krisa (6), Houhoulis (11), Stacy_Krout (12), Rchlwtsn (36), modlibrary

Thumbs down: Kuiperdolin (11)

Score: 43.42

10
The Dutch House
by Ann Patchett
3,020 members, 204 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Cathyfrank (1), Gerry_Fryer (1), ldl2 (1), JMC400m (1), LivelyLady (1), Jambyfool (2), Copperskye (2), Lynsey2 (2), lanewillson (3), Mosholu (4), SimoneA (5) — 2 more, RandyRasa (8), Stacy_Krout (14)

Score: 43.08

11
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood
3,857 members, 173 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: Baukis (1), Esquiress (1), Verkruissen (2), KarenRice (2), libraryhead (2), tyrosine (2), sturlington (2), jonathankws (3), HeatherMoss (3), .cris (3), patri50 (6) — 5 more, Houhoulis (6), ManWithAnAgenda (10), Stacy_Krout (13), Rchlwtsn (35), modlibrary

Thumbs down: nathanm, claire.rivers

Score: 43.05

Explanations:

ManWithAnAgenda (10): Balancing the scales.

12
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
2,992 members, 161 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: roojs (1), RandyRasa (1), pencil26 (1), Chris64 (1), luvlee68 (2), jilld17 (2), lsh63 (2), KatyBee (2), Micheller7 (3), krisa (5), lekshmijay (5) — 4 more, emquixotic (5), Stacy_Krout (8), Houhoulis (10), Rchlwtsn (26)

Thumbs down: JeannieHeart, ahef1963

Score: 42.92

Explanations:

ahef1963 (0): I found this book disappointing.

13
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2,214 members, 136 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: pussreboots (1), MariaCapaldi (1), lekshmijay (2), caseyface81 (2), ShelfMonkey (2), bookcookie1920 (2), Tosta (3), noveltea (3), Houhoulis (3), tyrosine (4), katemcangus (4) — 4 more, Danhanae (5), Chris64 (5), Stacy_Krout (11), Rchlwtsn (27)

Thumbs down: sogamonk, Kuiperdolin (7)

Score: 41.53

Explanations:

sogamonk (0): For me, too long. The scary parts were anticlimactic. Repetitive

14
Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo
1,847 members, 96 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: celerydog (1), Rchlwtsn (1), roojs (2), JenMDB (2), luvlee68 (3), Jojo21 (3), brenzi (3), booksinbed (3), elkiedee (4), msf59 (4), lsh63 (5) — 1 more, Stacy_Krout (29)

Score: 36.94

Explanations:

celerydog (1): game-changing book because of characterisation and inter-linking of their stories

15
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
7,171 members, 425 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: soldulac (1), SGilbreath (1), ldl2 (2), juliecheri (2), JacobsBeloved (2), Tosta (4), luvlee68 (4), Jojo21 (4), celerydog (5), krisa (7), Mosholu (11) — 1 more, Stacy_Krout (28)

Score: 35.65

Explanations:

celerydog (5): suspend belief and be blown away by the creation of the setting ; place is an essential character in this book.

16
H Is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald
3,567 members, 240 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: summonedbyfells (1), cataloga (2), Jojo21 (2), Mosholu (2), kageeh (2), shedgeco (2), dbsovereign (4), Tosta (5), Houhoulis (9), Stacy_Krout (17), Rchlwtsn (33) — 1 more, modlibrary

Score: 34.27

Explanations:

summonedbyfells (1): A seemingly unworkable pairing of subjects is so well written into a riveting narrative.

17
Nothing to See Here
by Kevin Wilson
1,319 members, 88 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: lekshmijay (1), JulieW121 (1), lanewillson (2), pammab (2), Bondmom (3), terran (3), zhejw (5), lordporkchop (5), Lynsey2 (6), Stacy_Krout (22)

Score: 30.56

18
The Glass Hotel
by Emily St. John Mandel
1,772 members, 124 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: plaugher (1), jilld17 (1), Charon07 (3), cataloga (3), mdexter (3), sogamonk (3), BLBera (4), N1na (5), lekshmijay (7), Stacy_Krout (30)

Score: 29.83

19
The Pull of the Stars
by Emma Donoghue
963 members, 72 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Whisper1 (1), reader247 (2), Fatima_Anwar (3), raidergirl3 (3), Bondmom (4), Micheller7 (4), ablachly (5), krisa (8), Stacy_Krout (19), Rchlwtsn (34)

Score: 27.73

20
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab
2,993 members, 138 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: els1224 (1), OphelieDepoortere (2), oceancat (2), audra35 (3), Euryale (4), kbuxton (5), Fatima_Anwar (6), Stacy_Krout (18), Ennas

Score: 26.81

21
Network Effect
by Martha Wells
1,277 members, 104 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: oceancat (1), souloftherose (2), majkia (3), richardderus (4), ManWithAnAgenda (5), kaydern (5), tardis (6), RandyRasa (7), Stacy_Krout (26)

Score: 25.37

22
The Searcher
by Tana French
1,224 members, 77 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: mhilgart (2), terran (2), bjappleg8 (2), cataloga (4), audra35 (4), Bondmom (5), katemcangus (5), Lynsey2 (8), Stacy_Krout (24)

Score: 25.28

23
The Great Believers
by Rebecca Makkai
1,311 members, 86 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: bjappleg8 (1), katemcangus (1), ArdizzoneFan (2), charl08 (3), Copperskye (4), emquixotic (4), Stacy_Krout (15), Rchlwtsn (30)

Score: 23.8

24
Ninth House
by Leigh Bardugo
2,327 members, 108 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: librookian (1), jencharlap (2), OphelieDepoortere (3), emquixotic (3), katemcangus (3), ablachly (4), msjudy (6), Stacy_Krout (16), Rchlwtsn (31)

Thumbs down: noveltea

Score: 23.56

25
Writers & Lovers
by Lily King
947 members, 71 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: megbmore (1), JMC400m (2), Micheller7 (2), BLBera (2), N1na (4), Houhoulis (5), Stacy_Krout (25), Rchlwtsn (32)

Score: 23.07

26
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
12,397 members, 219 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: rcarpent (1), missjudgment (1), NinieB (2), mstruck (5), BoekenTrol71 (5), tyrosine (8), lekshmijay (9), Stacy_Krout (48)

Score: 22.92

27
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
by Alix E. Harrow
1,939 members, 119 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: JacobsBeloved (1), mooingzelda (1), reader247 (3), marysneedle (3), mcfitz (3), Stacy_Krout (20), Ennas

Score: 22.05

28
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
by Patrick Radden Keefe
1,490 members, 79 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: mhilgart (1), aron124 (1), fannyprice (2), anju04 (3), sipthereader (5), mstruck (6), Stacy_Krout (21)

Score: 21.5

29
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
13,777 members, 752 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: 19anne44 (1), ldl2 (3), mstruck (3), Mosholu (3), lothiriel2003 (3), Bondmom (6), Stacy_Krout (37)

Score: 20.34

31
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
by Grady Hendrix
1,159 members, 64 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: mstrust (1), MikeFinnFiction (2), librookian (3), Tosta (6), Bondmom (8), lekshmijay (8), Stacy_Krout (51)

Score: 19.21

32
A Deadly Education
by Naomi Novik
1,542 members, 67 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: Verkruissen (1), jencharlap (1), kbuxton (2), foggidawn (3), oceancat (3), Stacy_Krout (35)

Score: 19.09

33
All the Devils Are Here
by Louise Penny
1,047 members, 69 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: sjgoins (1), eronn (3), kteeley (4), Copperskye (5), Bondmom (7), terran (7), Stacy_Krout (41)

Score: 19.04

Explanations:

sjgoins (1): Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books show such introspection by Gamache and also his humanity.

34
My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
1,219 members, 92 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: caralynn483 (1), Fatima_Anwar (1), hthbooks (1), sogamonk (5), Stacy_Krout (36), Rchlwtsn (38), IMBOS

Thumbs down: techeditor

Score: 18.96

35
A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara
4,496 members, 265 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: maschi (1), dbsovereign (2), BoekenTrol71 (3), Fatima_Anwar (5), patri50 (7), Stacy_Krout (27), Rchlwtsn (40)

Score: 18.88

36
How to Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi
2,438 members, 67 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: karenmarie (2), kidzdoc (2), quondame (2), kaydern (2), audra35 (5), cataloga (6), luvlee68 (6), Stacy_Krout (45)

Thumbs down: sunqueen, FirstandGoal

Score: 18.79

37
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
2,163 members, 108 reviews
4.45 stars (4.45 stars)

Lists: chellerystick (1), eo206 (2), RandyRasa (4), cataloga (5), luvlee68 (9), Stacy_Krout (89), modlibrary

Score: 18.48

Explanations:

modlibrary (15): This should be required reading for every high school student

38
Olive, Again
by Elizabeth Strout
1,453 members, 103 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: snash (1), kteeley (2), jilld17 (3), mojobee (3), luvlee68 (5), Stacy_Krout (34)

Score: 17.77

39
Milkman
by Anna Burns
1,695 members, 90 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: innominate (1), Rchlwtsn (2), celerydog (3), aprille (3), audra35 (6), Stacy_Krout (40)

Score: 17.59

40
The Witches Are Coming
by Lindy West
475 members, 31 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: noveltea (2), kristilabrie (2), caseyface81 (3), libraryhead (3), Tosta (7), Bondmom (9)

Score: 17.57

41
Valentine
by Elizabeth Wetmore
557 members, 45 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: lsh63 (1), Chris64 (3), BLBera (3), ldl2 (4), agjuba (5), Stacy_Krout (32)

Score: 17.26

42
The Overstory
by Richard Powers
3,427 members, 168 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: JenMDB (1), FAMeulstee (2), jeanned (3), anju04 (4), Stacy_Krout (38), modlibrary

Score: 16.84

43
Summer
by Ali Smith
361 members, 19 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: rebamill3 (1), Parker51 (2), thorold (2), CarltonC (4), Stacy_Krout (33), Rchlwtsn (39)

Score: 16.83

44
Harrow the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
877 members, 47 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (1), Aquila (1), bookwoman84 (3), Watry (3), Stacy_Krout (54)

Score: 15.55

45
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
6,003 members, 320 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: lemontwist (1), Houhoulis (2), tyrosine (3), caseyface81 (5), luvlee68 (7), ManWithAnAgenda (7), Stacy_Krout (59)

Thumbs down: johnlrice, Kuiperdolin (10)

Score: 15.44

Explanations:

ManWithAnAgenda (7): Balancing the scales.

46
Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder
by Caroline Fraser
866 members, 58 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: IsolaBlue (1), lothiriel2003 (2), Tess_W (2), olegalCA (2), Stacy_Krout (31), Rchlwtsn (37)

Thumbs down: eo206

Score: 15.41

47
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
11,123 members, 232 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: razorsoccam (1), eronn (2), patri50 (4), pperez333 (4), Stacy_Krout (39)

Score: 14.62

48
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
955 members, 49 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: fannyprice (1), ominogue (2), thewordygecko (4), souloftherose (5), Stacy_Krout (90)

Score: 14.17

Explanations:

thewordygecko (4): A stunning book about the lives of the women who were murdered by the Ripper; not the horrible murders themselves, but the women's lives, as much as the author could discover from her research. Reveals the injustices and prejudices and misogyny of the era in which they lived. Grateful to the author for giving these women some voice and making them 'real' people, without the sensationalism.… (more)

49
So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeoma Oluo
1,759 members, 68 reviews
4.49 stars (4.49 stars)

Lists: lemontwist (2), ReadHanded (3), caseyface81 (4), njinthesun (4), tyrosine (7), Stacy_Krout (42)

Thumbs down: sunqueen

Score: 14.09

50
The Martian
by Andy Weir
13,972 members, 1,097 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: Potterydrapes (2), amerynth (2), sipthereader (4), mcfitz (4), Stacy_Krout (43)

Score: 13.95

51
Stoner
by John Williams
5,324 members, 306 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: patri50 (1), Cfraser (2), Mosholu (5), Rchlwtsn (12), Stacy_Krout (44)

Score: 13.74

52
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
3,944 members, 110 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: ReadHanded (1), msf59 (3), fannyprice (4), Tosta (8), Stacy_Krout (55)

Score: 13.72

53
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
24,677 members, 722 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: cbeausan (1), amanda4242 (1), Houhoulis (4), tyrosine (5), audra35 (7), Stacy_Krout (46)

Thumbs down: oceancat, LyndaInOregon

Score: 13.5

Explanations:

LyndaInOregon (0): Absolutely impenetrable.

amanda4242 (1): This one languished on my shelves for ten years before I finally read it. I've now read it twice in three years and plan on reading it again.

54
The Memory Police
by Yoko Ogawa
1,160 members, 58 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: AnnieMod (3), stretch (3), flying_monkeys (3), mstruck (4), Stacy_Krout (47)

Score: 13.47

55
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
12,009 members, 269 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Gerry_Fryer (2), cbl_tn (2), patri50 (5), Rchlwtsn (6), Stacy_Krout (65)

Score: 13.37

56
Daisy Jones & The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
2,429 members, 217 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: cooch45 (1), foggidawn (5), charl08 (5), ahef1963 (6), Stacy_Krout (74)

Score: 13.27

57
The Yellow House: A Memoir
by Sarah M. Broom
705 members, 33 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: Euryale (1), kidzdoc (5), cataloga (7), mstruck (7), Stacy_Krout (62)

Score: 13.02

58
An American Marriage
by Tayari Jones
2,975 members, 229 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: MissBrangwen (1), astridnr (4), luvlee68 (8), Bondmom (10), Stacy_Krout (88)

Score: 12.76

59
Dear Edward
by Ann Napolitano
1,056 members, 61 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: tjblue (1), Bondmom (11), Mosholu (15), Stacy_Krout (63), IMBOS

Score: 12.69

60
The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
1,043 members, 65 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (2), sallylou61 (2), DidIReallyReadThat (4), ReluctantTechie (4)

Score: 12.38

Explanations:

elkiedee (2): Absorbing story but also a historical setting and culture etc that I knew nothing about.

61
Deacon King Kong
by James McBride
1,057 members, 65 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: mdexter (1), lanewillson (1), cataloga (8), modlibrary

Score: 12.38

62
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
11,927 members, 710 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: patri50 (2), mojobee (4), Mosholu (6), Rchlwtsn (16), Stacy_Krout (49)

Score: 12.26

63
The Once and Future Witches
by Alix E. Harrow
938 members, 39 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: marysneedle (1), RandyRasa (2), kbuxton (3), Stacy_Krout (52)

Score: 11.89

64
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
8,540 members, 659 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: mstrust (2), petescisco (4), Rchlwtsn (10), Stacy_Krout (67), modlibrary

Score: 11.84

65
The Shadow King
by Maaza Mengiste
472 members, 22 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ghefferon (1), N1na (2), HelenBaker (3), Stacy_Krout (81)

Score: 11.74

66
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
3,151 members, 219 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: foggidawn (1), Yeti21 (2), mahsdad (4), Stacy_Krout (53)

Score: 11.68

67
Or What You Will
by Jo Walton
199 members, 11 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: NinjaMuse (1), quondame (3), jsburbidge (4), Stacy_Krout (56)

Score: 11.33

68
The Girl With the Louding Voice
by Abi Daré
827 members, 30 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: astridnr (1), KamGeb (2), Micheller7 (9), Stacy_Krout (57)

Score: 11.13

69
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
by Becky Chambers
3,479 members, 249 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: maskarakan (2), ahef1963 (2), jaelquinn (4), Stacy_Krout (58)

Score: 11.01

70
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
3,038 members, 222 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: Porua (1), bookwoman84 (2), Bondmom (12), Stacy_Krout (75)

Score: 10.87

71
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
6,050 members, 305 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: olegalCA (1), agjuba (7), Tosta (9), modlibrary

Score: 10.77

72
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar
1,739 members, 116 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: rhian_of_oz (2), anglemark (3), msjudy (4), Stacy_Krout (61)

Score: 10.66

73
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
6,206 members, 369 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: maryzee (1), Mosholu (7), Bondmom (13), modlibrary

Score: 10.57

74
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne
1,623 members, 122 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: HelenBaker (1), almin (1), Rchlwtsn (7)

Score: 10.46

75
A Man Called Ove
by Fredrik Backman
7,796 members, 554 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: Rchlwtsn (3), lordporkchop (3), dara85 (4), Stacy_Krout (64)

Score: 10.32

76
The Silent Wife
by Karin Slaughter
430 members, 20 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: JLSMEG (1), OphelieDepoortere (4), Bondmom (14), Stacy_Krout (93)

Score: 10.18

77
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
18,189 members, 227 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Capybara_99 (1), Rchlwtsn (5), Stacy_Krout (98), modlibrary

Score: 9.95

78
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
15,430 members, 298 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: Rchlwtsn (4), cbeausan (5), Stacy_Krout (66), Minthe

Score: 9.95

79
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
by Herman Melville
2,427 members, 76 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: Luisali (1), cbeausan (2), patri50 (3), Stacy_Krout (50)

Thumbs down: Raspberrymocha

Score: 9.91

80
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,931 members, 130 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: cbl_tn (1), NinieB (1), Stacy_Krout (69)

Score: 9.39

81
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
2,009 members, 107 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: deborah2202 (1), bookwoman84 (1), Stacy_Krout (70)

Score: 9.38

82
Lanny
by Max Porter
585 members, 35 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Lynsey2 (1), EMS_24 (1), Stacy_Krout (71)

Score: 9.38

83
Horizon
by Barry Lopez
235 members, 2 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: warrickwynne (1), dhm (1), Stacy_Krout (72)

Score: 9.37

Explanations:

dhm (1): For me a Big book, will go on my shelf of treasures. (5 stars)

84
One More Lie
by Amy Lloyd
59 members, 4 reviews
3.1 stars (3.1 stars)

Lists: goldenlobo (1), tina1969 (1), Stacy_Krout (73)

Score: 9.37

85
Lead from the Outside: How to Build Your Future and Make Real Change
by Stacey Abrams
184 members, 7 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: james.proffitt (2), waylandseal (2), ManWithAnAgenda (8), Houhoulis (12)

Thumbs down: nathanm

Score: 9.26

Explanations:

ManWithAnAgenda (8): Balancing the scales.

86
The Plague
by Albert Camus
16,223 members, 210 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: SCPeterson (1), FAMeulstee (4), aron124 (5), Stacy_Krout (60)

Thumbs down: Ennas

Score: 8.94

Explanations:

Ennas (0): Boring and depressing

87
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
1,914 members, 84 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: revbean (1), SimoneA (2), Stacy_Krout (76)

Score: 8.72

88
Exhalation: Stories
by Ted Chiang
1,867 members, 90 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: Edward (1), jeanned (2), Stacy_Krout (77)

Score: 8.71

89
A Prayer for the Dying
by Stewart O'Nan
633 members, 38 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: mahsdad (1), mojobee (2), Stacy_Krout (78)

Score: 8.71

90
Utopia Avenue
by David Mitchell
750 members, 51 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: peterveen (1), mahsdad (2), Stacy_Krout (79)

Score: 8.71

91
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
by Daniel Immerwahr
609 members, 17 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: spounds (1), waitingtoderail (2), Stacy_Krout (80)

Score: 8.7

92
Ten Days that Shook the World
by John Reed
2,056 members, 27 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: fulner (1), cbeausan (3), ManWithAnAgenda (9), Stacy_Krout (82)

Thumbs down: nathanm

Score: 8.68

Explanations:

ManWithAnAgenda (9): Balancing the scales.

93
The Relentless Moon
by Mary Robinette Kowal
332 members, 25 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: Aquila (2), tardis (3), kbuxton (4), Stacy_Krout (83)

Thumbs down: Kuiperdolin (12)

Score: 8.56

94
A Thousand Ships
by Natalie Haynes
657 members, 24 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: N1na (3), charl08 (4), jonathankws (5)

Score: 8.54

95
Salvage the Bones
by Jesmyn Ward
2,320 members, 144 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: katimae (1), Stacy_Krout (84), Minthe

Score: 8.36

96
Apeirogon
by Colum McCann
637 members, 45 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: njinthesun (1), innominate (3), Stacy_Krout (85)

Score: 8.36

97
The Magic Fish
by Trung Le Nguyen
206 members, 18 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: Faranae (1), ManWithAnAgenda (3), Stacy_Krout (86)

Score: 8.35

98
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
16,509 members, 306 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: elahrairah (1), Dilara86 (4), Stacy_Krout (87)

Score: 8.14

Explanations:

elahrairah (1): Wow, what a story, what writing. Stunning!

99
Peace Talks
by Jim Butcher
931 members, 41 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: JalenV (1), eronn (4), Stacy_Krout (91)

Score: 8.12

100
The Future of Another Timeline
by Annalee Newitz
517 members, 22 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: lavaturtle (1), revbean (4), Stacy_Krout (92)

Score: 8.12

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