Editors' Picks 2020
Last updated: May 22, 2024
Each year the Five Books editors pick their best reads of the year. Working at Five Books involves reading a lot of new writing and staying up to date with literary trends. Here, our editors pick some of the best new books of 2020, the books that grabbed their attention and stayed with them long after they turned the last page.
Very Short Books You Can Read In A Day, recommended by Cal Flyn
Talked a lot of big talk about writing that novel in lockdown, or repainting the house? Us too. When it came down to it, many of us have felt too frantic to take on big projects – and that goes for our reading lives too. Here, Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn recommends some very short books that might be read over the course of a day or, being small and easily surmountable, might just break a reading drought.
Editors’ Picks: Notable New Novels of Early 2020, recommended by Cal Flyn
Five Books deputy editor Cal Flyn rounds up the most hotly anticipated new novels of early 2020, including the final instalment in Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy and new work from the authors of Dept. of Speculation, Eileen and Station Eleven.
