2020 LibraryReads (Awarded by LibraryReads)

Awards List

Hall of Fame

Big Lies in a Small Town
(*)
Diane Chamberlain

Lady Clementine
(*)
Marie Benedict

A Long Petal of the Sea
(*)
Isabel Allende

The Sun Down Motel
(*)
Simone St. James

Eight Perfect Murders
(*)
Peter Swanson

The Honey-Don't List
(*)
Christina Lauren

The Red Lotus
(*)
Chris Bohjalian

Rodham
(*)
Curtis Sittenfeld

Alpha Night
(*)
Nalini Singh

Dance Away with Me
(*)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Party of Two
(*)
Jasmine Guillory

The Dilemma
(*)
B.A. Paris

Home Before Dark
(*)
Riley Sager

Malorie
(*)
Josh Malerman

Outsider
(*)
Linda Castillo

Emerald Blaze
(*)
Ilona Andrews

The Lions of Fifth Avenue
(*)
Fiona Davis

Playing Nice
(*)
J.P. Delaney

Anxious People
(*)
Fredrik Backman

The Book of Two Ways
(*)
Jodi Picoult

Don't Look for Me
(*)
Wendy Walker

One by One
(*)
Ruth Ware

Tools of Engagement
(*)
Tessa Bailey

A Deadly Education
(*)
Naomi Novik

In a Holidaze
(*)
Christina Lauren

Invisible Girl
(*)
Lisa Jewell

Magic Lessons
(*)
Alice Hoffman

The Searcher
(*)
Tana French

Archangel's Sun
(*)
Nalini Singh

Crazy Stupid Bromance
(*)
Lyssa Kay Adams

Love Your Life
(*)
Sophie Kinsella

Moonflower Murders
(*)
Anthony Horowitz

The Dark Archive
(*)
Genevieve Cogman

Perestroika in Paris
(*)
Jane Smiley

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
(*)
Marie Benedict

Starred Review

All the Ways We Said Goodbye
(*)
Beatriz Williams

American Dirt
(*)
Jeanine Cummins

Big Lies in a Small Town
(*)
Diane Chamberlain

Dear Edward
(*)
Ann Napolitano

Followers
(*)
Megan Angelo

How Quickly She Disappears
(*)
Raymond Fleischmann

Lady Clementine
(*)
Marie Benedict

Long Bright River
(*)
Liz Moore

A Long Petal of the Sea
(*)
Isabel Allende

Love Her or Lose Her
(*)
Tessa Bailey

You Were There Too
(*)
Colleen Oakley

The Authenticity Project
(*)
Clare Pooley

The Bear
(*)
Andrew Krivak

The Girl in White Gloves
(*)
Kerri Maher

Golden in Death
(*)
J.D. Robb

Highfire
(*)
Eoin Colfer

Mercy House
(*)
Alena Dillon

Oona Out of Order
(*)
Margarita Montimore

Saint X
(*)
Alexis Schaitkin

The Sun Down Motel
(*)
Simone St. James

When We Were Vikings
(*)
Andrew David MacDonald

The Worst Best Man
(*)
Mia Sosa

Darling Rose Gold
(*)
Stephanie Wrobel

Eight Perfect Murders
(*)
Peter Swanson

The Glass Hotel
(*)
Emily St. John Mandel

A Good Neighborhood
(*)
Therese Anne Fowler

The Honey-Don't List
(*)
Christina Lauren

If I Never Met You
(*)
Mhairi McFarlane

In Five Years
(*)
Rebecca Serle

A Murderous Relation
(*)
Deanna Raybourn

My Dark Vanessa
(*)
Kate Elizabeth Russell

The Other Mrs.
(*)
Mary Kubica

The Red Lotus
(*)
Chris Bohjalian

The Return
(*)
Rachel Harrison

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
(*)
Josie Silver

Undercover Bromance
(*)
Lyssa Kay Adams

A Bad Day for Sunshine
(*)
Darynda Jones

The Book of Longings
(*)
Sue Monk Kidd

The Book of Lost Friends
(*)
Lisa Wingate

Chosen Ones
(*)
Veronica Roth

Girl Gone Viral
(*)
Alisha Rai

The Happy Ever After Playlist
(*)
Abby Jimenez

Little Secrets
(*)
Jennifer Hillier

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
(*)
Grady Hendrix

You Deserve Each Other
(*)
Sarah Hogle

All Adults Here
(*)
Emma Straub

Beach Read
(*)
Emily Henry

Big Summer
(*)
Jennifer Weiner

A Good Marriage
(*)
Kimberly McCreight

Happy and You Know It
(*)
Laura Hankin

Network Effect
(*)
Martha Wells

Recipe for Persuasion
(*)
Sonali Dev

Rodham
(*)
Curtis Sittenfeld

The Wife Stalker
(*)
Liv Constantine

Alpha Night
(*)
Nalini Singh

The Boyfriend Project
(*)
Farrah Rochon

Dance Away with Me
(*)
Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Devolution
(*)
Max Brooks

The Girl from Widow Hills
(*)
Megan Miranda

The Guest List
(*)
Lucy Foley

The Jane Austen Society
(*)
Natalie Jenner

The Last Flight
(*)
Julie Clark

The Lies That Bind
(*)
Emily Giffin

Party of Two
(*)
Jasmine Guillory

Something to Talk About
(*)
Meryl Wilsner

Take a Hint, Dani Brown
(*)
Talia Hibbert

The Vanishing Half
(*)
Brit Bennett

Boyfriend Material
(*)
Alexis Hall

Crooked Hallelujah
(*)
Kelli Jo Ford

The Dilemma
(*)
B.A. Paris

The Empire of Gold
(*)
S.A. Chakraborty

He Started It
(*)
Samantha Downing

The Heir Affair
(*)
Heather Cocks; Jessica Morgan

Home Before Dark
(*)
Riley Sager

The Lost and Found Bookshop
(*)
Susan Wiggs

Malorie
(*)
Josh Malerman

Mexican Gothic
(*)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

One to Watch
(*)
Kate Stayman-London

The Only Good Indians
(*)
Stephen Graham Jones

Outsider
(*)
Linda Castillo

Peace Talks
(*)
Jim Butcher

The Silent Wife
(*)
Karin Slaughter

Survivor Song
(*)
Paul Tremblay

What You Wish For
(*)
Katherine Center

Emerald Blaze
(*)
Ilona Andrews

Harrow the Ninth
(*)
Tamsyn Muir

The Lions of Fifth Avenue
(*)
Fiona Davis

The Night Swim
(*)
Megan Goldin

No Offense
(*)
Meg Cabot

Playing Nice
(*)
J.P. Delaney

The Switch
(*)
Beth O'Leary

Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
(*)
Roselle Lim

You Had Me at Hola
(*)
Alexis Daria

Anxious People
(*)
Fredrik Backman

The Book of Two Ways
(*)
Jodi Picoult

Don't Look for Me
(*)
Wendy Walker

The Exiles
(*)
Christina Baker Kline

Monogamy
(*)
Sue Miller

One by One
(*)
Ruth Ware

Piranesi
(*)
Susanna Clarke

A Rogue of One's Own
(*)
Evie Dunmore

The Roommate
(*)
Rosie Danan

Squeeze Me
(*)
Carl Hiaasen

Tools of Engagement
(*)
Tessa Bailey

Transcendent Kingdom
(*)
Yaa Gyasi

Well Played
(*)
Jen DeLuca

When No One Is Watching
(*)
Alyssa Cole

Battle Ground
(*)
Jim Butcher

Black Sun
(*)
Rebecca Roanhorse

Confessions on the 7:45
(*)
Lisa Unger

A Deadly Education
(*)
Naomi Novik

Goodnight Beautiful
(*)
Aimee Molloy

In a Holidaze
(*)
Christina Lauren

Invisible Girl
(*)
Lisa Jewell

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
(*)
V.E. Schwab

Leave the World Behind
(*)
Rumaan Alam

Magic Lessons
(*)
Alice Hoffman

The Midnight Library
(*)
Matt Haig

The Once and Future Witches
(*)
Alix E. Harrow

Plain Bad Heroines
(*)
Emily M. Danforth

Ring Shout
(*)
P. Djeli Clark

The Searcher
(*)
Tana French

Spoiler Alert
(*)
Olivia Dade

The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
(*)
Fannie Flagg

Archangel's Sun
(*)
Nalini Singh

Before the Coffee Gets Cold
(*)
Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Boy Toy
(*)
Nicola Marsh

The Burning God
(*)
R.F. Kuang

Crazy Stupid Bromance
(*)
Lyssa Kay Adams

Love Your Life
(*)
Sophie Kinsella

Miss Benson's Beetle
(*)
Rachel Joyce

Moonflower Murders
(*)
Anthony Horowitz

Murder in Old Bombay
(*)
Nev March

The Office of Historical Corrections
(*)
Danielle Evans

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany
(*)
Lori Nelson Spielman

White Ivy
(*)
Susie Yang

Written in the Stars
(*)
Alexandria Bellefleur

The Arctic Fury
(*)
Greer Macallister

The Dark Archive
(*)
Genevieve Cogman

How to Catch a Queen
(*)
Alyssa Cole

How to Fail at Flirting
(*)
Denise Williams

Perestroika in Paris
(*)
Jane Smiley

Take It Back
(*)
Kia Abdullah

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke
(*)
Loretta Chase

This Time Next Year
(*)
Sophie Cousens

Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder
(*)
T.A. Willberg

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
(*)
Marie Benedict

Pretty Little Wife
(*)
Darby Kane

Ten Rules for Faking It
(*)
Sophie Sullivan

The Wrong Family
(*)
Tarryn Fisher

Top Pick

Dear Edward
(*)
Ann Napolitano

The Authenticity Project
(*)
Clare Pooley

My Dark Vanessa
(*)
Kate Elizabeth Russell

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
(*)
Grady Hendrix

Something to Talk About
(*)
Meryl Wilsner

Mexican Gothic
(*)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Peace Talks
(*)
Jim Butcher

You Had Me at Hola
(*)
Alexis Daria

When No One Is Watching
(*)
Alyssa Cole

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
(*)
V.E. Schwab

Miss Benson's Beetle
(*)
Rachel Joyce

How to Fail at Flirting
(*)
Denise Williams

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