The Dusty Jacket’s Top 10 Picks for 2020*
Adult Fiction/Biography/Historical Fiction
- The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer (reviewed January 2020)
- Jewel by Bret Lott (reviewed January 2020)
- Paris is Always a Good Idea by Nicolas Barreau (reviewed February 2020)
- State. Ever. A Florida Man Defends His Homeland by Dave Barry (reviewed March 2020)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Historical Fiction) by Mary Ann Shaffer (reviewed April 2020)
- Tracks by Jim Black (reviewed May 2020)
- Tuesdays with Morrie (Memoir) by Mitch Albom (reviewed June 2020)
- A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding (Historical Fiction) by Jackie Copleton (reviewed June 2020)
- The Walk (Inspirational) by Richard Paul Evans (reviewed July 2020)
- The Zookeeper’s Wife (Non-Fiction) by Diane Ackerman (reviewed August 2020)
Juvenile/Young Adult
- Dovey Coe by Frances O’Roark (reviewed January 2020)
- Shadow of a Bull (Newbery Medal) by Maia Wojciechowska (reviewed February 2020)
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Historical Fiction) by John Boyne (reviewed March 2020)
- We Were Here by Matt de la Peña (reviewed April 2020)
- Bronze and Sunflower (Historical Fiction) by Cao Wenxuan (reviewed April 2020)
- A Moment Comes (Historical Fiction) by Jennifer Bradbury (reviewed May 2020)
- The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio (Fantasy) by Lloyd Alexander (reviewed June 2020)
- Esperanza Rising (Historical Fiction) by Pam Muñoz Ryan (reviewed July 2020)
- It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini (reviewed October 2020)
- Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley (Historical Fiction) by Ann Rinaldi (reviewed October 2020)
*List contains books reviewed in 2020 and not published