Top Five Books of 2020

Beschrijving: Add your favorite books read in 2020. Define favorite however you wish. Books don't need to be a 2020 pub date, just ones you read this year. You can see the LT Staffer picks at the LT Blog: https://blog.librarything.com/main/2020/12/top-5-books-2020/ And participate in the conversation on Talk: https://www.librarything.com/topic/327305

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Plaats Titel Auteur Toegevoegd

Profiel Houhoulis

Een beloofd land

door Barack Obama

4,567 leden

131 besprekingen

½ 4.3

Algemene Rangorde 4

21 Members: modlibrary, tyrosine, Micheller7, terran, Romonko, cataloga, loafhunter13, DCBlack, maskarakan, james.proffitt, Wilgot-A-Elf, msjudy, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, cipeciop, ManWithAnAgenda, Houhoulis, Potterydrapes, lekshmijay, luvlee68, eclements87, , , , , ,
Verklaringen: ManWithAnAgenda: I had kept my list to 5, but I saw 'Promised Land' and others being thumbed down by users who had ONLY thumbed books down and not added anything. So I balanced the scales.

Tussen de wereld en mij

door Ta-Nehisi Coates

7,739 leden

368 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Algemene Rangorde 42

7 Members: lemontwist, tyrosine, caseyface81, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda, Houhoulis, luvlee68,
Verklaringen: ManWithAnAgenda: Balancing the scales.

Mexican Gothic

door Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4,726 leden

233 besprekingen

½ 3.7

Algemene Rangorde 9

16 Members: ShelfMonkey, tyrosine, katemcangus, bookcookie1920, caseyface81, noveltea, pussreboots, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Chris64, MariaCapaldi, Houhoulis, lekshmijay, naesa3597, Tosta, AnonymousPlatypus,sogamonk
Verklaringen: sogamonk : For me, too long. The scary parts were anticlimactic. Repetitive

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

door Susanna Clarke

26,983 leden

775 besprekingen

3.9

Algemene Rangorde 47

7 Members: tyrosine, amanda4242, cbeausan, Stacy_Krout, Houhoulis, audra35, AnonymousPlatypus,oceancat ,
Verklaringen: amanda4242: This one languished on my shelves for ten years before I finally read it. I've now read it twice in three years and plan on reading it again.
: Absolutely impenetrable.

Writers & Lovers

door Lily King

1,592 leden

99 besprekingen

Algemene Rangorde 26

8 Members: JMC400m, Micheller7, N1na, BLBera, megbmore, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Houhoulis

De testamenten

door Margaret Atwood

6,133 leden

225 besprekingen

4.1

Algemene Rangorde 13

16 Members: libraryhead, modlibrary, tyrosine, jonathankws, Baukis, patri50, sturlington, Esquiress, Verkruissen, HeatherMoss, .cris, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda, Houhoulis, sirul, , ,
Verklaringen: ManWithAnAgenda: Balancing the scales.

Hamnet

door Maggie O'Farrell

4,373 leden

230 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 1

33 Members: innominate, princessmonster, krisa, modlibrary, tyrosine, booksinbed, charl08, thornton37814, N1na, sogamonk, Copperskye, msf59, Iudita, brenzi, celerydog, Leida, HelenBaker, elkiedee, BLBera, ominogue, vancouverdeb, JenMDB, Karen1Usher, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Boand, RandyRasa, Houhoulis, grandmimi, mommamouro, rhonda35, LeonaML, Jack_G, ,
Verklaringen: Boand: A simply stunning and well paced book which reaches a wonderful crescendo at the very last moment! Words fail me - just read this book!!!

Shuggie Bain

door Douglas Stuart

2,464 leden

126 besprekingen

4.2

Algemene Rangorde 12

14 Members: kageeh, richardderus, booksinbed, sogamonk, msf59, Milda-TX, brenzi, edparks, anju04, dbsovereign, .cris, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Houhoulis,summonedbyfells ,Jack_G
Verklaringen: summonedbyfells : A series of episodic events 'observational fiction' lacking much of a purpose, I had hoped that James Kelman would have had the last word on this depressing genre, sorry.