Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders
Search results
The online retailer has unveiled its best-selling books of 2020, many of which were written by women. Here at IndyBest, we review books across all genres throughout the year.
Nov 19, 2020 · To see all of the Best Books of the Year, visit www.amazon.com/bestbooks2020. There you’ll find our overall top 20 picks, plus favorites in popular genres from biographies, to literary fiction, to romance and sci-fi (and everything in between).
Nov 19, 2020 · Given the tumult of this past year, we've needed stories more than ever. And fortunately, while 2020 has fallen wildly short of many expectations, it's been a boon for readers who enjoy great books. Each month the Amazon Books editorial team chooses 10 favorites.
- Erin Kodicek
- Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami
- Where The Wild Ladies Are, Aoko Matsuda
- Deacon King Kong, James Mcbride
- A Burning, Megha Majumdar
- I Hold A Wolf by The Ears, Laura Van Den Berg
- Homeland Elegies, Ayad Akhtar
- A Children’s Bible, Lydia Millet
- The Mirror & The Light, Hilary Mantel
- Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart
- The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
In her first novel published in English, Japanese author Mieko Kawakami follows three women and their relationships with their changing bodies. There’s 30-year-old Natsu, her older sister Makiko and Makiko’s daughter Midoriko. The first half of Breasts and Eggs, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd, centers on Makiko’s quest to plan a breast enhan...
In Where the Wild Ladies Are, Japanese author Aoko Matsuda guides readers through supernatural events and introduces them to otherworldly characters as if they were completely ordinary. That understated and witty touch is what makes this short story collection, translated to English by Polly Barton, so special. Matsuda updates traditional Japanese ...
It’s September 1969 when Sportcoat, the grumpy old deacon of a church in the Causeway Houses project in Brooklyn, shoots local drug dealer Deems in the face. The whole neighborhood is buzzing with the news: Sportcoat pulled a .38 from his pocket and blew the ear off of the boy he used to coach in baseball. Why on earth would he do such a thing? Eve...
After witnessing a terrorist attack, Jivan, a poor Muslim woman living in the slums of Kolkata, makes a comment on Facebook criticizing her government’s response to the tragic event. It’s an action with terrible consequences, as she’s taken into custody and accused of aiding the attackers. In her exquisitely plotted debut novel, Megha Majumdar writ...
The 11 stories that comprise Laura van den Berg’s beautiful and bold collection feature a cast of contemplative women navigating situations that are strange, sad and unsettling. Among them are the “grief freelancer” who brings in extra income by impersonating the dead, the wife who is unknowingly being drugged by her husband with sedative-spiked se...
Every so often we are gifted a novel that combines deep intelligence, meticulous prose and something profound to say about the state of our world. In Homeland Elegies, Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtargives readers just that in the story of a man very much like himself, who shares his name and was born to Pakistani immigrants in the American Midwes...
On a vacation like no other, a group of families share a lakeside summer home, where the parents care little about what their children are up to. When a catastrophic storm tears through the house, the adults choose to ignore the chaos and turn to the liquor cabinet instead, leaving the kids to seek safety on their own. In the slim and propulsive no...
Few novels were as eagerly anticipated this year as The Mirror & The Light, the conclusion to British author Hilary Mantel’s blockbuster Wolf Hall trilogy. Mantel’s evocation of Tudor England and her ear for political drama were just as immersive as ever, and the book climbed to the top of bestseller lists in the U.S. and U.K. In 900 richly detaile...
Douglas Stuart’s acclaimed debut novel draws heavily on his upbringing in 1980s Glasgow, where, like Stuart did, Hugh “Shuggie” Bain is growing up with an alcoholic mother and facing a culture of homophobia that makes him feel like an outcast. His father and two older siblings have left home, long before he can. Against the backdrop of a city negle...
Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half lives just outside the realm of realism, in that space where a touch of fantasy serves to underscore the strangeness of reality. In her second novel, Bennett invents the tiny Black town of Mallard, La., where the residents pride themselves on their light skin, and identical twins Stella and Desiree Vignes are growi...
- Lucy Feldman
Nov 20, 2020 · Yesterday, Amazon released their picks for the best books of 2020. The list, selected by Amazon editors, includes a total of 100 titles from a wide range of genres, including biography and memoir, literature and fiction, mystery and thriller, children’s, science, and more.
Jun 24, 2020 · SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 24, 2020-- Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN)-- Today, Amazon announced its choices for 2020’s Best Books of the Year So Far, selecting Abi Daré’s debut novel, The Girl with the Louding Voice, as the top pick.
People also ask
Is 2020 a good year for books?
Where can I buy a new book in 2020?
How many favorite books are there in 2020?
What are the best books of 2020?
Why was 2020 a good year for Fiction?
How many books are on Amazon Books' Best Books of the Year list?
Oct 26, 2024 · The 23 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now. No Time to Die, Killer Heat, and American Fiction are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week. Still from...
8.0/10 (4612 reviews)
Get 3 Audiobooks Free with a 30 day free trial. Start your free trial now - sign up free. 500,000+ Audiobooks, Unlimited audio news, sleep & relaxation, audio magazines and more.
Free Shipping Available. Buy on eBay. Money Back Guarantee!
Download wonderful eBooks & Audiobooks now - for Free!
