Top Five Books of 2020

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Hamnet

door Maggie O'Farrell

4,352 leden

228 besprekingen

4.2

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!!!

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De spiegel & het licht

door Hilary Mantel

2,756 leden

103 besprekingen

½ 4.3

28 Members: anglemark, krisa, Osbaldistone, modlibrary, rarm, smc1, bjappleg8, dhm, LDVoorberg, Capybara_99, sogamonk, KarenRice, eronn, celerydog, lottpoet, Mweb, lothiriel2003, NeilDalley, anju04, JenMDB, VW_Williams, Karen1Usher, This-n-That, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, elphie93, KelAnemone, Boand,
Verklaringen: Boand: The book I most wanted to read this year and so sad the series has now ended, although already knew the end anyway! It does not disappoint and was a joy to read.

3

Circe

door Madeline Miller

12,362 leden

476 besprekingen

½ 4.3

22 Members: Osbaldistone, modlibrary, Minthe, smc1, SimoneA, charl08, rhian_of_oz, mcfitz, jencharlap, sturlington, mstruck, Tess_W, caseyface81, lcrichardson, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Katenheimer, Fatima_Anwar, danananas, Mosholu, naesa3597, AnonymousPlatypus, ,LeonaML

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Een beloofd land

door Barack Obama

4,551 leden

131 besprekingen

½ 4.3

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.

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The Starless Sea

door Erin Morgenstern

4,974 leden

201 besprekingen

3.9

19 Members: kbuxton, libraryhead, krisa, Ennas, revbean, SimoneA, JLSMEG, Solnechnaja, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, ArdizzoneFan, Fatima_Anwar, lekshmijay, Jojo21, naesa3597, Bondmom, LeonaML, AnonymousPlatypus, eclements87,Lynsey2

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Piranesi

door Susanna Clarke

5,663 leden

276 besprekingen

4.2

17 Members: princessmonster, krisa, richardderus, rarm, reader247, Iudita, KatyBee, Watry, melaniehope, peterveen, dbsovereign, msjudy, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, naesa3597, AnonymousPlatypus

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The Dutch House

door Ann Patchett

4,536 leden

271 besprekingen

4.1

17 Members: Jambyfool, SimoneA, JMC400m, LivelyLady, Copperskye, Leida, Cathyfrank, lanewillson, Lynsey2, Stacy_Krout, RandyRasa, Mosholu, ldl2, Gerry_Fryer, AnonymousPlatypus, eclements87, Jack_G

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The House in the Cerulean Sea

door TJ Klune

6,153 leden

321 besprekingen

½ 4.3

16 Members: ablachly, Ennas, foggidawn, penelopereader, mcfitz, Watry, bookcookie1920, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Yeti21, audra35, lekshmijay, naesa3597, Bondmom, Tosta, Craftybilda
Verklaringen: Yeti21: Cute and Light. Perfect for 2020. Also I want to steal Theodore. I have so many buttons for him <3

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Mexican Gothic

door Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4,713 leden

232 besprekingen

½ 3.7

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

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Jaag je ploeg over de botten van de doden

door Olga Tokarczuk

2,742 leden

139 besprekingen

3.9

16 Members: krisa, modlibrary, Euryale, pamelad, astridnr, KatyBee, mstruck, noveltea, dbsovereign, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, Houhoulis, audra35, Tosta, Charon07,

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De vervlogen helft

door Brit Bennett

5,600 leden

237 besprekingen

4.1

15 Members: krisa, jilld17, Micheller7, lsh63, KatyBee, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, Chris64, RandyRasa, Houhoulis, pencil26, lekshmijay, luvlee68, roojs,ahef1963 ,
Verklaringen: ahef1963 : I found this book disappointing.

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Shuggie Bain

door Douglas Stuart

2,459 leden

126 besprekingen

4.2

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.

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De testamenten

door Margaret Atwood

6,119 leden

224 besprekingen

4.1

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

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Daar waar de rivierkreeften zingen

door Delia Owens

14,131 leden

612 besprekingen

4.1

14 Members: krisa, juliecheri, celerydog, Leida, soldulac, JacobsBeloved, Stacy_Krout, SGilbreath, Mosholu, Jojo21, luvlee68, ldl2, Tosta, AnonymousPlatypus
Verklaringen: celerydog: suspend belief and be blown away by the creation of the setting ; place is an essential character in this book.

15

De H is van havik

door Helen Macdonald

4,348 leden

278 besprekingen

3.9

13 Members: modlibrary, kageeh, summonedbyfells, cataloga, dbsovereign, gayjeg, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, shedgeco, Houhoulis, Mosholu, Jojo21, Tosta
Verklaringen: summonedbyfells: A seemingly unworkable pairing of subjects is so well written into a riveting narrative.

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Meisje, vrouw, anders

door Bernardine Evaristo

3,168 leden

132 besprekingen

4.2

12 Members: booksinbed, lsh63, msf59, brenzi, celerydog, elkiedee, JenMDB, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Jojo21, luvlee68, roojs
Verklaringen: celerydog: game-changing book because of characterisation and inter-linking of their stories

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Nothing to See Here

door Kevin Wilson

2,142 leden

133 besprekingen

4

11 Members: pammab, zhejw, terran, Lidbud, lanewillson, Lynsey2, Stacy_Krout, lordporkchop, lekshmijay, Bondmom, AnonymousPlatypus

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The Searcher

door Tana French

2,158 leden

112 besprekingen

3.9

11 Members: terran, bjappleg8, KarenRice, cataloga, katemcangus, Lynsey2, Stacy_Krout, mhilgart, audra35, Bondmom, AnonymousPlatypus

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The Glass Hotel

door Emily St. John Mandel

3,024 leden

172 besprekingen

3.8

10 Members: plaugher, jilld17, mdexter, N1na, sogamonk, cataloga, BLBera, Stacy_Krout, lekshmijay, Charon07

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Het onzichtbare leven van Addie LaRue

door V. E. Schwab

8,744 leden

288 besprekingen

4.1

10 Members: kbuxton, Euryale, Ennas, oceancat, OphelieDepoortere, Stacy_Krout, Fatima_Anwar, audra35, els1224, AnonymousPlatypus

21

The Pull of the Stars

door Emma Donoghue

1,554 leden

93 besprekingen

4

10 Members: ablachly, krisa, reader247, Micheller7, raidergirl3, Whisper1, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Fatima_Anwar, Bondmom

22

Het negende huis

door Leigh Bardugo

5,505 leden

178 besprekingen

4.1

10 Members: ablachly, librookian, jencharlap, katemcangus, OphelieDepoortere, msjudy, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, eclements87,noveltea

23

Network Effect

door Martha Wells

2,452 leden

173 besprekingen

½ 4.4

9 Members: tardis, richardderus, majkia, oceancat, souloftherose, kaydern, Stacy_Krout, ManWithAnAgenda, RandyRasa

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Een stralende toekomst

door Rebecca Makkai

1,975 leden

109 besprekingen

½ 4.3

8 Members: charl08, bjappleg8, Copperskye, katemcangus, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, emquixotic, ArdizzoneFan

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Als je het licht niet kunt zien

door Anthony Doerr

18,773 leden

880 besprekingen

½ 4.3

8 Members: lothiriel2003, 19anne44, mstruck, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu, ldl2, Bondmom, Jack_G

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Writers & Lovers

door Lily King

1,585 leden

99 besprekingen

4

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

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Het huis met de geesten

door Isabel Allende

13,963 leden

245 besprekingen

4.1

8 Members: tyrosine, mstruck, BoekenTrol71, NinieB, Stacy_Krout, missjudgment, rcarpent, lekshmijay

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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

door Alix E. Harrow

3,340 leden

169 besprekingen

4

7 Members: Ennas, reader247, mooingzelda, mcfitz, marysneedle, JacobsBeloved, Stacy_Krout

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Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

door Patrick Radden Keefe

2,364 leden

113 besprekingen

½ 4.4

7 Members: aron124, sipthereader, fannyprice, anju04, mstruck, Stacy_Krout, mhilgart

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The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

door Grady Hendrix

2,709 leden

133 besprekingen

3.9

8 Members: librookian, mstrust, Stacy_Krout, MikeFinnFiction, lekshmijay, Bondmom, Tosta, AnonymousPlatypus

31

My Dark Vanessa

door Kate Elizabeth Russell

2,531 leden

139 besprekingen

4.1

8 Members: IMBOS, hthbooks, sogamonk, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Fatima_Anwar, caralynn483, AnonymousPlatypus,

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The Witches Are Coming

door Lindy West

749 leden

41 besprekingen

4

7 Members: libraryhead, caseyface81, noveltea, kristilabrie, Bondmom, Tosta, eclements87

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The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy

door Martha Wells

136 leden

1 bespreking

4.2

7 Members: osunale, terran, oceancat, SirThomas, Tos, TempleCat, Stacy_Krout,timetunnel

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Tot in de hemel

door Richard Powers

5,349 leden

244 besprekingen

4.1

7 Members: modlibrary, jeanned, FAMeulstee, KarenRice, anju04, JenMDB, Stacy_Krout

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Een dodelijke opleiding, Les één van de Scholomance

door Naomi Novik

3,873 leden

148 besprekingen

4.2

6 Members: kbuxton, foggidawn, jencharlap, oceancat, Verkruissen, Stacy_Krout

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All the Devils Are Here

door Louise Penny

1,630 leden

102 besprekingen

4.2

7 Members: terran, kteeley, Copperskye, eronn, sjgoins, Stacy_Krout, Bondmom
Verklaringen: sjgoins: Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache books show such introspection by Gamache and also his humanity.

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Een klein leven

door Hanya Yanagihara

7,454 leden

326 besprekingen

4.1

7 Members: patri50, BoekenTrol71, dbsovereign, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, maschi, Fatima_Anwar

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How to Be an Antiracist

door Ibram X. Kendi

4,051 leden

98 besprekingen

4.2

8 Members: kidzdoc, karenmarie, cataloga, kaydern, Stacy_Krout, quondame, audra35, luvlee68, ,

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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

door Isabel Wilkerson

4,166 leden

162 besprekingen

½ 4.4

7 Members: modlibrary, eo206, chellerystick, cataloga, Stacy_Krout, RandyRasa, luvlee68
Verklaringen: modlibrary: This should be required reading for every high school student

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Opnieuw Olive

door Elizabeth Strout

2,063 leden

128 besprekingen

4.2

6 Members: jilld17, mojobee, kteeley, snash, Stacy_Krout, luvlee68

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Melkboer

door Anna Burns

2,354 leden

115 besprekingen

½ 3.7

6 Members: innominate, aprille, celerydog, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, audra35

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Tussen de wereld en mij

door Ta-Nehisi Coates

7,734 leden

368 besprekingen

½ 4.4

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

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Valentine

door Elizabeth Wetmore

873 leden

55 besprekingen

4

6 Members: agjuba, lsh63, BLBera, Stacy_Krout, Chris64, ldl2

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Zomer

door Ali Smith

596 leden

32 besprekingen

4

6 Members: Parker51, thorold, CarltonC, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, rebamill3

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

door Hallie Rubenhold

1,536 leden

67 besprekingen

4.2

6 Members: thewordygecko, fannyprice, souloftherose, ominogue, Stacy_Krout, AnonymousPlatypus
Verklaringen: thewordygecko: A stunning book about the lives of the women who were murdered by the Ripper; not the horrible murders themselves, but the women's lives, as much as the author could discover from her research. Reveals the injustices and prejudices and misogyny of the era in which they lived. Grateful to the author for giving these women some voice and making them 'real' people, without the sensationalism.

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Daisy Jones and The Six

door Taylor Jenkins Reid

6,042 leden

332 besprekingen

4

6 Members: foggidawn, charl08, cooch45, ahef1963, Stacy_Krout, eclements87

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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

door Susanna Clarke

26,959 leden

772 besprekingen

3.9

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.

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Harrow the Ninth

door Tamsyn Muir

2,154 leden

85 besprekingen

4.1

5 Members: Aquila, bookwoman84, souloftherose, Watry, Stacy_Krout

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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder

door Caroline Fraser

1,181 leden

71 besprekingen

4.1

6 Members: IsolaBlue, lothiriel2003, Tess_W, olegalCA, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout,eo206

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An American Marriage

door Tayari Jones

3,940 leden

256 besprekingen

3.9

6 Members: astridnr, MissBrangwen, Stacy_Krout, luvlee68, Bondmom, eclements87

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Het puttertje

door Donna Tartt

14,853 leden

799 besprekingen

3.9

6 Members: mojobee, patri50, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu, Jack_G

52

Als op een winternacht een reiziger

door Italo Calvino

12,506 leden

257 besprekingen

4.1

5 Members: razorsoccam, patri50, eronn, pperez333, Stacy_Krout

53

Station elf

door Emily St. John Mandel

11,666 leden

777 besprekingen

4.1

6 Members: modlibrary, petescisco, mstrust, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, eclements87

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So You Want to Talk About Race

door Ijeoma Oluo

2,715 leden

87 besprekingen

½ 4.5

6 Members: lemontwist, tyrosine, njinthesun, ReadHanded, caseyface81, Stacy_Krout,

55

Mars

door Andy Weir

18,109 leden

1,240 besprekingen

½ 4.3

5 Members: sipthereader, mcfitz, amerynth, Stacy_Krout, Potterydrapes

56

Stoner

door John Williams

6,686 leden

353 besprekingen

½ 4.3

5 Members: patri50, Cfraser, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu

57

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

door Michelle Alexander

5,280 leden

139 besprekingen

½ 4.4

5 Members: fannyprice, msf59, ReadHanded, Stacy_Krout, Tosta

58

De geheugenpolitie

door Yoko Ogawa

2,130 leden

93 besprekingen

½ 3.7

5 Members: stretch, AnnieMod, mstruck, flying_monkeys, Stacy_Krout

59

Obsessie

door A.S. Byatt

12,951 leden

288 besprekingen

4

5 Members: patri50, cbl_tn, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Gerry_Fryer

60

The Yellow House: A Memoir

door Sarah M. Broom

1,050 leden

41 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: kidzdoc, Euryale, cataloga, mstruck, Stacy_Krout

61

Lieve Edward

door Ann Napolitano

1,705 leden

92 besprekingen

4

5 Members: IMBOS, tjblue, Stacy_Krout, Mosholu, Bondmom

62

Middlemarch

door George Eliot

17,697 leden

330 besprekingen

4.2

5 Members: Minthe, cbeausan, Rchlwtsn, Stacy_Krout, Jack_G

63

The Island of Sea Women

door Lisa See

1,653 leden

93 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: ReluctantTechie, sallylou61, elkiedee, DidIReallyReadThat
Verklaringen: elkiedee: Absorbing story but also a historical setting and culture etc that I knew nothing about.

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