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The Bookshelf's Best Reads of 2020 (Part 1)

A more international 2020 challenge than those published so far, not just American (or Australian for that matter). This list mostly comprises books published this year and recommended by a panel of authors, critics and podcasters (admittedly some books are just for laughs). Also includes the panel's favourites from earlier years to read over the holiday season. Even an unpublished Ishiguro novel to look forward to!
Both fiction and non-fiction works are included. Books 55-62 are from the 2020 "Prime Minister's Literary Awards" down here in Australia, as detailed below:
55: Fiction winner
56-59: Fiction shortlist
60: Australian history winner
61: Poetry winner
62: Children's literature winner
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All Our Shimmering Skies (Trent Dalton)
All Our Shimmering Skies (Trent Dalton)
2
Amnesty (Aravind Adiga)
Amnesty (Aravind Adiga)
3
The Animals in That Country (Laura Jean McKay)
The Animals in That Country (Laura Jean McKay)
4
Animals Make Us Human (Leah Kaminsky & Meg Keneally (Ed.))
Animals Make Us Human (Leah Kaminsky & Meg Keneally (Ed.))
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Apeirogon (Colum McCann)
Apeirogon (Colum McCann)
6
The Art of Her Deal (Mary Jordan)
The Art of Her Deal (Mary Jordan)
7
Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave (Mark Mordue)
Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave (Mark Mordue)
8
Change Machine (Jaya Savige)
Change Machine (Jaya Savige)
9
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
Citizen: An American Lyric (Claudia Rankine)
10
Clean: The New Science of Skin (James Hamblin)
Clean: The New Science of Skin (James Hamblin)
11
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
Cleanness (Garth Greenwell)
12
Collisions, Fictions of the Future: An Anthology of Australian Writers of Colour (Leah Jing McIntosh (Ed.))
Collisions, Fictions of the Future: An Anthology of Australian Writers of Colour (Leah Jing McIntosh (Ed.))
13
Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas)
Concrete Rose (Angie Thomas)
14
Consolation (Garry Disher)
Consolation (Garry Disher)
15
Daddy Cool (Darleen Bungey)
Daddy Cool (Darleen Bungey)
16
Dead Letters (Michael Brissenden)
Dead Letters (Michael Brissenden)
17
The Deceptions (Suzanne Leal)
The Deceptions (Suzanne Leal)
18
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
Dept. of Speculation (Jenny Offill)
19
The Details (Tegan Bennett-Daylight)
The Details (Tegan Bennett-Daylight)
20
The Dickens Boy (Tom Keneally)
The Dickens Boy (Tom Keneally)
21
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World (Lesley M.M. Blume)
Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World (Lesley M.M. Blume)
22
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud (Clive James)
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud (Clive James)
23
Fitzroy Raw (Tom Petsinis)
Fitzroy Raw (Tom Petsinis)
24
The Godmother (Hannelore Cayre)
The Godmother (Hannelore Cayre)
25
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
How to Do Nothing (Jenny Odell)
26
Infinite Splendours (Sofie Laguna)
Infinite Splendours (Sofie Laguna)
27
Inside Story (Martin Amis)
Inside Story (Martin Amis)
28
Just Us: An American Conversation (Claudia Rankine)
Just Us: An American Conversation (Claudia Rankine)
29
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 (Cho Nam-Joo)
30
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
Klara and the Sun (Kazuo Ishiguro)
31
The Labyrinth (Amanda Lohrey)
The Labyrinth (Amanda Lohrey)
32
The Law of Innocence (Michael Connelly)
The Law of Innocence (Michael Connelly)
33
A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing (Jessie Tu)
A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing (Jessie Tu)
34
The Lying Life of Adults (Elena Ferrante)
The Lying Life of Adults (Elena Ferrante)
35
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
The Man Without Qualities (Robert Musil)
36
Max (Alex Miller)
Max (Alex Miller)
37
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
38
The Mirror and the Light (Hilary Mantel)
The Mirror and the Light (Hilary Mantel)
39
O (Stephen Carroll)
O (Stephen Carroll)
40
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
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