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The Bookshelf's Best Reads of 2020 (Part 2)

This list mostly comprises books published last year and recommended by a panel of authors, critics and podcasters. It also includes some of the panel's favourites from earlier years. Both fiction and non-fiction works are included.
Ransom (David Malouf) & The White Earth (Andrew McGahan) are representative works of their respective authors. Part 1 at the link.
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This Is: Essays on Jazz (Aaron Gilbreath)
This Is: Essays on Jazz (Aaron Gilbreath)
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Everything We Don't Know (Aaron Gilbreath)
Everything We Don't Know (Aaron Gilbreath)
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
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The Cold Six Thousand (James Ellroy)
The Cold Six Thousand (James Ellroy)
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Public Enemies: Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox, Ray Denning and the Golden Age of Armed Robbery (Mark Dapin)
Public Enemies: Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox, Ray Denning and the Golden Age of Armed Robbery (Mark Dapin)
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The Death of Music Journalism (Simon Sweetman)
The Death of Music Journalism (Simon Sweetman)
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Broken Greek (Pete Paphides)
Broken Greek (Pete Paphides)
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Ransom (David Malouf)
Ransom (David Malouf)
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Sailor's Knot (Omar Sakr)
Sailor's Knot (Omar Sakr)
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Lowside of the Road (Barney Hoskyns)
Lowside of the Road (Barney Hoskyns)
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The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott)
The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott)
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Urashima Taro and Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories (Florence Sakade, Yoshio Hayashi)
Urashima Taro and Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories (Florence Sakade, Yoshio Hayashi)
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (The Brothers Grimm)
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (The Brothers Grimm)
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Stone Sky Gold Mountain (Mirandi Riwoe)
Stone Sky Gold Mountain (Mirandi Riwoe)
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On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
On the Beach (Nevil Shute)
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A Kinder Sea (Felicity Plunkett)
A Kinder Sea (Felicity Plunkett)
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The White Earth (Andrew McGahan)
The White Earth (Andrew McGahan)
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Song of the Crocodile (Nardi Simpson)
Song of the Crocodile (Nardi Simpson)
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Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
Girl, Woman, Other (Bernardine Evaristo)
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After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne (Stephanie Convery)
After the Count: The Death of Davey Browne (Stephanie Convery)
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We Can't Say We Didn't Know (Sophie McNeill)
We Can't Say We Didn't Know (Sophie McNeill)
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Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
Hamnet (Maggie O'farrell)
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague (Albert Camus)
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Practical Magic (Alice Hoffman)
Practical Magic (Alice Hoffman)
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Windows (Patrick Guest)
Windows (Patrick Guest)
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The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
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It Sounded Better in My Head (Nina Kenwood)
It Sounded Better in My Head (Nina Kenwood)
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Fly on the Wall (Remy Lai)
Fly on the Wall (Remy Lai)
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Humans (Brandon Stanton)
Humans (Brandon Stanton)
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Mr Wilder and Me (Jonathan Coe)
Mr Wilder and Me (Jonathan Coe)
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Lucky's (Andrew Pippos)
Lucky's (Andrew Pippos)
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Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
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Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse (Cassandra Pybus)
Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse (Cassandra Pybus)
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Rivers: The Lifeblood of Australia (Ian Hoskins)
Rivers: The Lifeblood of Australia (Ian Hoskins)
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Beowulf: A New Translation (Maria Dahvana Headley)
Beowulf: A New Translation (Maria Dahvana Headley)
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Collected Stories (Shirley Hazzard)
Collected Stories (Shirley Hazzard)
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The Searcher (Tana French)
The Searcher (Tana French)
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Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
Mayflies (Andrew O'Hagan)
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Almost a Mirror (Kirsten Krauth)
Almost a Mirror (Kirsten Krauth)
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Endell Street: The Suffragette Surgeons of World War One (Wendy Moore)
Endell Street: The Suffragette Surgeons of World War One (Wendy Moore)
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