152: Top 9*‡ of 2020

In This Episode:

It’s a new year and so naturally the first thing we do is look back at 2020-published reads that we particularly loved… but each year, this list thing feels more difficult, doesn’t it? I mean, we still did it (we made a Top*‡ 9, because of the ‘gram) but we have some thoughts about all this LIST stuff…

The Ep. 152 Bookshelf

THE SMDB TOP**‡ 9 OF 2020:

The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender
Parakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino
You Never Forget Your First by Alexis Coe
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Pew by Catherine Lacey
Luster by Raven Leilani
A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet
Homie by Danez Smith
The Lightness by Emily Temple

ALSO MENTIONED:

2 A.M. at the Cat’s Pajamas by Marie-Helene Bertino
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
”The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington” by P. Djélì Clark
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens