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Best of 2020: Staff Favorites

Best Books of 2020

The Westport Library staff has picked our favorite 50 books from 2020! Read them for free with your Library Card!

Link to The invisible life of Addie Larue by V E Schwab in the catalog
Link to Caste by Isabel Wilkerson in the catalog
Link to Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue in the catalog
Link to The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson in the catalog
Link to My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell in the catalog
Link to Hill Women by Chambers in the catalog
Link to A deadly education by Novik in the catalog
Link to The only good indians by Jones in the catalog
Link to The black cathedral by Gala in the catalog
Link to Burning down the House by Julian E. Zelizer in the catalog
Link to Tiny imperfections by Alli Frank and Asha Youmans in the catalog
Link to Last Flight by Julie Clark in the catalog
Link to Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas in the catalog
Link to The Empire of Gold by Chakraborty in the catalog
Link to Wink by Harrell in the catalog
Link to The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. in the catalog
Link to Afterlife by Alvarez in the catalog
Link to Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman in the catalog
Link to The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd in the caalog
Link to Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell in the catalog
Link to Alone in the wild by Armstrong in the catalog
Link to Never Ask Me by Jeff Abbott in the catalog
Link to Chaos Reigning by Jessie Mihalik in the catalog
Link to Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano in the catalog
Link to Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler in the catalog
Link to The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune in the catalog
Link to Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore in the catalog
Link to Have You Seen Me? by Kate Whie in the catalog
Link to The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler. in the catalog
Link to House of Trelawney by Hannah Rothschild in the catalog
Link to The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley in the catalog
Link to The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett in the catalog
Link to Things in Jars by Jess Kidd in the catalog
Link to Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui in the catalog
Link to The Split by Sharon Bolton in the catalog
Link to When You See Me by Lisa Gardner in the catalog
Link to Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs in the catalog
10 Things I Hate about Pinky by Sandhya Menon in the catalog
Link to American Demon by Kim Harrison in the catalog
Link to Valentine by Wetmore in the catalog
Link to City We Became by N.K Jemisin in the catalog
Link to Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie in the catalog
Link to Code name Helene lby Lawhon in the catalog
Link to Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Reynolds and Kendi in the catalog
Link to Hood Feminism by Kendall in the catalog
Link to Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett in the catalog
Link to The Bird Way by Ackerman in the catalog
Link to American dirt by Cummins in the catalog
Link to Lurking by Mcneil in the catalog
Link to What Were We Thinking by lozada in the catalog

Looking for amazing kids books?  Check out The Westport Library's Best of 2020 list for youth!

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