NYT Editors’ Choice 202001 (53 books)

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1	The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala 3.72 avg rating — 825 ratings score: 362, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.94 avg rating — 582,397 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life by Andrew Blauner (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 595 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 35,529 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos by Peter Bergen 3.87 avg rating — 348 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 87,224 ratings score: 184, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Homie by Danez Smith 4.40 avg rating — 8,030 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Bishop's Bedroom by Piero Chiara 3.28 avg rating — 803 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Long Bright River by Liz Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 202,181 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War by Steve Inskeep 3.87 avg rating — 1,571 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises by Jodie Adams Kirshner (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 307 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Cleanness by Garth Greenwell (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 10,189 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019 by James Wood 4.31 avg rating — 245 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism by Kyle Chayka (Goodreads Author) 3.45 avg rating — 1,290 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 222,227 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Summer Snow: New Poems by Robert Hass 3.67 avg rating — 372 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 703,484 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Doppelgänger by Daša Drndić 3.53 avg rating — 570 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 by Norman Lebrecht 3.98 avg rating — 579 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament by Orlando Patterson 4.20 avg rating — 54 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be by Thomas Lynch 3.91 avg rating — 137 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder by Brian Doyle 4.62 avg rating — 2,712 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Feed by Tommy Pico 4.25 avg rating — 579 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Tiny Love: The Complete Stories by Larry Brown 4.21 avg rating — 377 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari 3.74 avg rating — 809 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Gimmicks by Chris McCormick (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 515 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Heap by Sean Adams 3.41 avg rating — 1,369 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	A Dream Come True: The Collected Stories of Juan Carlos Onetti by Juan Carlos Onetti 3.92 avg rating — 51 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner 3.91 avg rating — 2,013 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel 3.86 avg rating — 7,117 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1) by Naomi Kritzer (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 2,711 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 1,754 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 9,214 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 9,372 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover by Ruth Marcus 4.20 avg rating — 318 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World – A Biography of the Bloomsbury Group, Maternal Legacies, and Creative Voice by Gillian Gill 3.86 avg rating — 199 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer by Carol Sklenicka (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	A Storm Blew in from Paradise by Johannes Anyuru 3.77 avg rating — 1,509 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	This Is Happiness by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 33,430 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite by Michael Lind 3.74 avg rating — 839 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Abigail by Magda Szabó 4.33 avg rating — 10,938 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey (Goodreads Author) 2.81 avg rating — 9,860 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond by Daniel Susskind 3.83 avg rating — 1,915 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Lord of All the Dead by Javier Cercas 3.63 avg rating — 1,551 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory by Andrew J. Bacevich 3.74 avg rating — 400 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia by Joshua Yaffa (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,003 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker 4.10 avg rating — 12,706 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino 4.43 avg rating — 4,328 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Extreme Economies: What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us About Our Own Future by Richard Davies 4.20 avg rating — 1,173 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Oligarchy by Scarlett Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.15 avg rating — 2,751 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Little Gods by Meng Jin (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 5,204 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression by Christopher Knowlton (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 1,478 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston 3.97 avg rating — 5,107 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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4.66 One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder for the Spiritual and Nonspiritual Alike by Brian Doyle
4.48 Homie by Danez Smith
4.42 Serious Noticing: Selected Essays, 1997-2019 by James Wood
4.39 Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino
4.38 Abigail by Magda Szabó
4.32 Feed by Tommy Pico
4.32 American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins (Goodreads Author)
4.31 Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope by Nicholas D. Kristof (Goodreads Author)
4.22 This Is Happiness by Niall Williams (Goodreads Author)
4.21 Tiny Love: The Complete Stories by Larry Brown
4.21 The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament by Orlando Patterson
4.20 Supreme Ambition: Brett Kavanaugh and the Conservative Takeover by Ruth Marcus
4.18 Extreme Economies: What Life at the World's Margins Can Teach Us about Our Own Future by Richard Davies
4.13 Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (Goodreads Author)
4.10 A Dream Come True: The Collected Stories of Juan Carlos Onetti by Juan Carlos Onetti
4.09 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak (Goodreads Author)
4.08 Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet #1) by Naomi Kritzer
4.06 Long Bright River by Liz Moore
4.05 Alice Adams: Portrait of a Writer by Carol Sklenicka (Goodreads Author)
4.03 A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker
4.00 Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia by Joshua Yaffa (Goodreads Author)
3.99 The Gimmicks by Chris McCormick (Goodreads Author)
3.97 The Art of War: A New Translation by Michael Nylan by Sun Tzu
3.97 Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain (Goodreads Author)
3.96 Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston
3.95 Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression by Christopher Knowlton (Goodreads Author)
3.94 The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner
3.94 Genius & Anxiety: How Jews Changed the World, 1847-1947 by Norman Lebrecht
3.93 Trump and His Generals: The Cost of Chaos by Peter Bergen
3.91 Cleanness by Garth Greenwell (Goodreads Author)
3.85 Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War by Steve Inskeep
3.85 A Bookshop in Berlin by Françoise Frenkel
3.84 The Depositions: New and Selected Essays on Being and Ceasing to Be by Thomas Lynch
3.84 A World Without Work: Technology, Automation, and How We Should Respond by Daniel Susskind
3.83 Virginia Woolf: And the Women Who Shaped Her World by Gillian Gill
3.82 Summer Snow: New Poems by Robert Hass
3.77 A Storm Blew in from Paradise by Johannes Anyuru
3.76 The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala
3.75 The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite by Michael Lind
3.75 The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory by Andrew J. Bacevich
3.74 Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari
3.73 The Peanuts Papers: Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life by Andrew Blauner (Editor)
3.71 Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis by Ada Calhoun (Goodreads Author)
3.71 Broke: Hardship and Resilience in a City of Broken Promises by Jodie Adams Kirshner (Goodreads Author)
3.68 Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener (Goodreads Author)
3.65 Doppelgänger by Daša Drndić
3.59 Lord of All the Dead by Javier Cercas
3.58 The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism by Kyle Chayka (Goodreads Author)
3.54 Little Gods by Meng Jin (Goodreads Author)
3.43 The Heap by Sean Adams (Goodreads Author)
3.26 The Bishop's Bedroom by Piero Chiara
3.23 Oligarchy by Scarlett Thomas (Goodreads Author)
2.79 Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey (Goodreads Author)

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