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2020 Time Winners

Browse the 2020 Time winners and nominees by category. Each category starts with the winner, followed by nominees and other recognized titles.

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Best Fiction Books

Winner and nominees for the 2020 Time Best Fiction Books category.

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Winner

The Vanishing Half

Bennett, Brit

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Jun-2020 2020 Time winner

Breasts and Eggs

Kawakami, Mieko

Standalone · Literary

Apr-2020 2020 Time *

A Burning

Majumdar, Megha

Standalone · Literary

Jun-2020 2020 Time *

A Children's Bible

Millet, Lydia

Standalone · Literary

May-2020 2020 Time *

Deacon King Kong

McBride, James

Standalone · General Fiction

Mar-2020 2020 Time *

Homeland Elegies

Akhtar, Ayad

Standalone · General Fiction

Sep-2020 2020 Time *

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears: Stories

Van Den Berg, Laura

Standalone · General Fiction

Aug-2020 2020 Time *

The Mirror & the Light

Mantel, Hilary

Anne Boleyn Series · Book 3 · Literary

Mar-2020 2020 Time *

Shuggie Bain

Stuart, Douglas

Standalone · Literary

Feb-2020 2020 Time *

Where the Wild Ladies Are

Matsuda, Aoko

Standalone · Women's Fiction

Oct-2020 2020 Time *

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