2020 BookPage (Awarded by BookPage)

Awards List

Best Fiction

The Vanishing Half
(#1)
Brit Bennett

Such a Fun Age
(#4)
Kiley Reid

The Lost Book of Adana Moreau
(#18)
Michael Zapata

Deacon King Kong
(#9)
James McBride

The Glass Hotel
(#5)
Emily St. John Mandel

The Mirror & the Light
(#10)
Hilary Mantel

Afterlife
(#6)
Julia Alvarez

Code Name Helene
(#19)
Ariel Lawhon

How Much of These Hills Is Gold
(#13)
C. Pam Zhang

Valentine
(#16)
Elizabeth Wetmore

Happy and You Know It
(#20)
Laura Hankin

Hamnet
(#7)
Maggie O'Farrell

The Death of Vivek Oji
(#12)
Akwaeke Emezi

Sisters
(#17)
Daisy Johnson

The Lying Life of Adults
(#15)
Elena Ferrante

Monogamy
(#14)
Sue Miller

Piranesi
(#3)
Susanna Clarke

Transcendent Kingdom
(#2)
Yaa Gyasi

Leave the World Behind
(#11)
Rumaan Alam

Memorial
(#8)
Bryan Washington

Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books

Everything Sad Is Untrue
(#1)
Daniel Nayeri

King and the Dragonflies
(#4)
Kacen Callender

The Only Black Girls in Town
(#6)
Brandy Colbert

Echo Mountain
(#8)
Lauren Wolk

Our Friend Hedgehog
(#5)
Lauren Castillo

We Dream of Space
(#9)
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fighting Words
(#3)
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Land of the Cranes
(#7)
Aida Salazar

Premeditated Myrtle
(#10)
Elizabeth C. Bunce

Best Mystery & Suspense

Blacktop Wasteland
(#1)
S.A. Cosby

Perfect Little Children
(#10)
Sophie Hannah

Take Me Apart
(#6)
Sara Sligar

The Distant Dead
(#3)
Heather Young

The Bright Lands
(#5)
John Fram

Mexican Gothic
(#2)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

When No One Is Watching
(#8)
Alyssa Cole

The Book of Lamps and Banners
(#4)
Elizabeth Hand

Dear Child
(#7)
Romy Hausmann

The Devil and the Dark Water
(#9)
Stuart Turton

Best Picture Books

The Old Truck
(#1)
Jarrett Pumphrey; Jerome Pumphrey

In a Jar
(#5)
Deborah Marcero

The Paper Kingdom
(#9)
Helena Ku Rhee

13 Stories About Harris
(#3)
Amy Schwartz

Prairie Days
(#10)
Patricia MacLachlan

Me & Mama
(#4)
Cozbi A. Cabrera

I Talk Like a River
(#8)
Jordan Scott

Rain Before Rainbows
(#2)
Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Sugar in Milk
(#6)
Thrity Umrigar

The Little Mermaid
(#7)
Jerry Pinkney

Best Romance

Take a Hint, Dani Brown
(#1)
Talia Hibbert

Whiteout
(#9)
Adriana Anders

Love Lettering
(#2)
Kate Clayborn

Headliners
(#5)
Lucy Parker

If I Never Met You
(#8)
Mhairi McFarlane

The Rakess
(#10)
Scarlett Peckham

Boyfriend Material
(#3)
Alexis Hall

Season of the Wolf
(#6)
Maria Vale

Ties That Tether
(#7)
Jane Igharo

Spoiler Alert
(#4)
Olivia Dade

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy

Or What You Will
(#1)
Jo Walton

The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
(#10)
K.S. Villoso

The Vanished Birds
(#7)
Simon Jimenez

The Unspoken Name
(#8)
A.K. Larkwood

The House in the Cerulean Sea
(#6)
T.J. Klune

The Obsidian Tower
(#4)
Melissa Caruso

Unconquerable Sun
(#2)
Kate Elliott

The Doors of Eden
(#3)
Adrian Tchaikovsky

A Deadly Education
(#9)
Naomi Novik

The Once and Future Witches
(#5)
Alix E. Harrow

Best Young Adult

Dragon Hoops
(#1)
Gene Luen Yang

Not So Pure and Simple
(#7)
Lamar Giles

The Gravity of Us
(#6)
Phil Stamper

Kent State
(#8)
Deborah Wiles

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
(#10)
Maggie Tokuda-Hall

We Are Not From Here
(#4)
Jenny Torres Sanchez

Girl, Unframed
(#9)
Deb Caletti

Elatsoe
(#5)
Darcie Little Badger

Legendborn
(#2)
Tracy Deonn

Award Categories

Best AudioBooks

Best Fiction

Best Middle Grade & Chapter Books

Best Mystery & Suspense

Best Picture Books

Best Romance

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy

Best Young Adult

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