The tumultuous year of 2020 is finally coming to a close. With COVID and quarantining still in effect many places, this year has really emphasized the power of books to take you away. Luckily for all of us book lovers, a pandemic cannot stop great literature! So many must-reads came out this year, and here are our favorites! From debut novels to pulitzer prize winning bestsellers, love stories to murder mysteries, find your favorite genre and settle in for a riveting read.

Literature

A Children's Bible

Lydia Millet

from: $4.29

Deacon King Kong

James McBride

from: $7.69

Hamnet

Maggie O'Farrell

from: $4.59

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

from: $4.29

A Burning

Megha Majumdar

from: $4.19

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

from: $4.39

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

from: $6.29

Homeland Elegies

Ayad Akhtar

from: $4.79

Cleanness

Garth Greenwell

from: $4.99

Intimations: Six Essays

Zadie Smith

from: $4.19

The Mirror & the Light

Hilary Mantel

from: $5.19

Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

from: $4.89

Memorial

Bryan Washington

from: $5.19

The Lying Life of Adults

Elena Ferrante

from: $4.09

Luster

Raven Leilani

from: $4.29

How Much of These Hills Is Gold

C Pam Zhang

from: $4.79

The Cold Millions

Jess Walter

from: $4.79

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

from: $4.19

Real Life

Brandon Taylor

from: $6.39

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid

from: $3.99

Children's Books

Animals in the Sky

Sara Gillingham

from: $12.03

The Little Mermaid

Jerry Pinkney

from: $6.99

Sugar in Milk

Thrity Umrigar

from: $4.59

I Talk Like a River

Jordan Scott

from: $7.29

Black Is a Rainbow Color

Angela Joy

from: $4.59

¡Vamos! Let’s Go Eat

Raúl the Third

Out of Stock

All Because You Matter

Tami Charles

from: $4.59

The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story

Aya Khalil

from: $9.29

Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks

Suzanne Slade

from: $6.59

Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

Candace Fleming

from: $9.99

A Whale of the Wild

Rosanne Parry

from: $4.09

Class Act

Jerry Craft

from: $4.79

Mañanaland

Pam Muñoz Ryan

from: $3.99

Prairie Lotus

Linda Sue Park

from: $4.49

We Dream of Space

Erin Entrada Kelly

from: $4.89

When Stars Are Scattered

Omar Mohamed

from: $5.49

King and the Dragonflies

Kacen Callender

from: $4.29

This Is Your Time

Ruby Bridges

from: $5.39

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Janae Marks

from: $4.29

Romance

Take a hint Dani Brown

Talia Hibbert

from: $7.49

Beach Read

Emily Henry

from: $6.99

Boyfriend Material

Alexis Hall

from: $6.29

You Had Me at Hola

Alexis Daria

from: $4.19

The Happy Ever After Playlist

Abby Jimenez

from: $10.49

Ties That Tether

Jane Igharo

from: $4.59

Party of Two

Jasmine Guillory

from: $4.09

Conventionally Yours

Annabeth Albert

from: $5.29

The Trouble with Hating You

Sajni Patel

from: $6.29

The Honey-Don't List

Christina Lauren

from: $7.39

Real Men Knit

Kwana Jackson

from: $5.39

How to Fail at Flirting

Denise Williams

from: $4.19

If I Never Met You

Mhairi McFarlane

from: $5.49

The Boyfriend Project

Farrah Rochon

from: $4.79

Alpha Night

Nalini Singh

from: $4.99

Well Played

Jen DeLuca

from: $7.19

Queen Move

Kennedy Ryan

from: $15.99

Undercover Bromance

Lyssa Kay Adams

from: $6.09

The Heir Affair

Heather Cocks

from: $5.49

Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense

The Searcher

Tana French

from: $6.09

The Sun Down Motel

Simone St. James

from: $8.89

Leave the World Behind

Rumaan Alam

from: $6.09

The Boy from the Woods

Harlan Coben

from: $3.59

The Guest List

Lucy Foley

from: $5.29

Blacktop Wasteland

S. A. Cosby

from: $6.09

The Thursday Murder Club

Richard Osman

from: $7.89

Home Before Dark

Riley Sager

from: $8.69

Walk the Wire

David Baldacci

from: $3.59

Little Secrets

Jennifer Hillier

from: $8.89

The Devil and the Dark Water

Stuart Turton

from: $6.79

Long Bright River

Liz Moore

from: $4.69

All the Devils Are Here

Louise Penny

from: $4.89

Unspeakable Things

Jess Lourey

from: $7.89

The Night Swim

Megan Goldin

from: $4.19

The Missing American

Kwei Quartey

from: $4.79

The Law of Innocence

Michael Connelly

from: $4.19

Dear Child

Romy Hausmann

from: $4.29

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars

Christopher Paolini

from: $7.49

The Book of Koli

M R Carey

from: $8.69

The City We Became

N.K. Jemisin

from: $6.39

Peace Talks

Jim Butcher

from: $7.19

Riot Baby

Tochi Onyebuchi

from: $4.69

The New Wilderness

Diane Cook

from: $4.79

The Once and Future Witches

Alix E. Harrow

from: $15.19

The House in the Cerulean Sea

T.J. Klune

from: $15.98

The Vanished Birds

Simon Jimenez

from: $10.39

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

from: $16.88

A Deadly Education: A Novel

Naomi Novik

from: $7.09

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

Ken Liu

from: $10.29

Eden

Tim Lebbon

from: $5.89

The Last Human

Zack Jordan

from: $4.79

Devolution

Max Brooks

from: $9.99

The Last Emperox

John Scalzi

from: $8.59

Harrow the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

from: $16.88

Rhythm of War

Brandon Sanderson

from: $12.35

House of Earth and Blood

Sarah J. Maas

from: $16.58

Nonfiction

Memorial Drive

Natasha Trethewey

from: $4.19

The Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson

from: $5.29

Dirt

Bill Buford

from: $4.99

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson

from: $7.99

Group

Christie Tate

from: $4.39

Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future

James Shapiro

from: $4.99

Adolf Hitler

Volker Ullrich

from: $10.39

Having and Being Had

Eula Biss

from: $14.97

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

from: $6.29

The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Les Payne

from: $8.19

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Cathy Park Hong

from: $7.19

The World: A Brief Introduction

Richard Haass

from: $6.69

The Beauty in Breaking

Michele Harper

from: $4.49

A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom

Brittany K Barnett

from: $4.79

Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

Sierra Crane Murdoch

from: $5.39

Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In

Phuc Tran

from: $6.39

We Keep the Dead Close

Becky Cooper

from: $4.89

Good Morning, Monster

Catherine Gildiner

from: $12.69

Teen & Young Adult

Stamped

Ibram X. Kendi

from: $4.19

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)

Suzanne Collins

from: $8.59

You Should See Me in a Crown

Leah Johnson

from: $3.89

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

from: $4.69

Punching the Air

Yusef Salaam

from: $4.29

Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

from: $4.39

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

from: $5.29

Dear Justyce

Nic Stone

from: $5.29

We Used to Be Friends

Amy Spalding

from: $5.09

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

from: $6.69

Midnight Sun

Stephenie Meyer

from: $6.79

Cinderella Is Dead

Kalynn Bayron

from: $10.80

Majesty

Katharine McGee

from: $5.09

Cemetery Boys

Aiden Thomas

from: $7.79

Grown

Tiffany D. Jackson

from: $6.99

Furia

Yamile Saied Méndez

from: $4.89

The Gravity of Us

Phil Stamper

from: $4.89

Dragon Hoops

Gene Luen Yang

from: $6.49

The Cousins

Karen M. McManus

from: $5.09

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Best Books of 2020