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From prize-winning novels to the cutting edge ideas books, stocking fillers to nature writing, graphic novels to children's books
discover the best books of 2020 as selected by the Guardian

Fiction

Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Price £8.36 RRP £8.99
The Mirror and the Light
The Mirror and the Light
Price £21.75 RRP £25.00
This Lovely City
This Lovely City
Price £11.30 RRP £12.99
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other
Price £8.36 RRP £8.99
Love and Other Thought Experiments
Love and Other Thought Experiments
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Hamnet
Hamnet
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00

Stocking fillers

The Roasting Tin Around the World
The Roasting Tin Around the World
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
The Ickabog
The Ickabog
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00
What Cats Want
What Cats Want
Price £11.30 RRP £12.99
Essex Girls
Essex Girls
Price £7.43 RRP £7.99
The Best of Me
The Best of Me
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99

Children's

Memoirs of a Basque Cow
Memoirs of a Basque Cow
Price £9.29 RRP £9.99
Anisha, Accidental Detective
Anisha, Accidental Detective
Price £5.57 RRP £5.99
Eight Pieces of Silva
Eight Pieces of Silva
Price £7.43 RRP £7.99
The Lost Spells
The Lost Spells
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Serpentine
Serpentine
Price £7.43 RRP £7.99
The Midnight Guardians
The Midnight Guardians
Price £7.43 RRP £7.99

Graphic novels

J + K
J + K
Price £30.44 RRP £34.99
Dragman
Dragman
Price £16.52 RRP £18.99
The Wolf of Baghdad
The Wolf of Baghdad
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
Flake
Flake
Price £16.52 RRP £18.99
Altitude
Altitude
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99

Crime

Our Fathers
Our Fathers
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
The Man on the Street
The Man on the Street
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Summer of Reckoning
Summer of Reckoning
Price £7.43 RRP £7.99
The Last Protector
The Last Protector
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Broken
Broken
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00

Poetry

Magnetic Field
Magnetic Field
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
RENDANG
RENDANG
Price £9.56 RRP £10.99
The Air Year
The Air Year
Price £9.29 RRP £9.99
Paris
Paris
Price £9.29 RRP £9.99
Tongues of Fire
Tongues of Fire
Price £9.30 RRP £10.00
Sanatorium
Sanatorium
Price £9.29 RRP £9.99

Memoir

Square Haunting
Square Haunting
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00
My Wild and Sleepless Nights
My Wild and Sleepless Nights
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
Motherwell
Motherwell
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
Inferno
Inferno
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
Broken Greek
Broken Greek
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00
The Wild Silence
The Wild Silence
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99

Science

Silent Spring
Silent Spring
£9.99
Explaining Humans
Explaining Humans
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
The Rules of Contagion
The Rules of Contagion
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
The Double X Economy
The Double X Economy
Price £16.52 RRP £18.99
Outbreaks and Epidemics
Outbreaks and Epidemics
Price £8.36 RRP £8.99
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00

Nature

Diary of a Young Naturalist: WINNER OF THE 2020 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
Diary of a Young Naturalist: WINNER OF THE 2020 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING
Price £13.92 RRP £16.00
Vesper Flights
Vesper Flights
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
The Book of Trespass
The Book of Trespass
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00
English Pastoral
English Pastoral
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00
The Lost Spells
The Lost Spells
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
The Consolation of Nature
The Consolation of Nature
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99

Ideas books

The Dance Cure
The Dance Cure
Price £9.29 RRP £9.99
This Too Shall Pass
This Too Shall Pass
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Me and White Supremacy
Me and White Supremacy
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Difficult Women
Difficult Women
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
Notes from an Apocalypse
Notes from an Apocalypse
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
Out of My Skull
Out of My Skull
Price £19.97 RRP £22.95

Sport

Mud, Maul, Mascara
Mud, Maul, Mascara
Price £16.52 RRP £18.99
The Farther Corner
The Farther Corner
Price £14.78 RRP £16.99
The Unforgiven
The Unforgiven
Price £17.39 RRP £19.99
Born Fighter
Born Fighter
Price £11.30 RRP £12.99
The Rodchenkov Affair
The Rodchenkov Affair
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00

Food

Falastin: A Cookbook
Falastin: A Cookbook
Price £24.36 RRP £28.00
The Pastry Chef's Guide
The Pastry Chef's Guide
Price £16.52 RRP £18.99
One Tin Bakes
One Tin Bakes
Price £15.65 RRP £17.99
Cook, Eat, Repeat
Cook, Eat, Repeat
Price £22.62 RRP £26.00
Towpath
Towpath
Price £23.49 RRP £27.00

Politics

Tribes
Tribes
Price £17.40 RRP £20.00
Putin's People
Putin's People
Price £21.75 RRP £25.00
Greece
Greece
Price £11.30 RRP £12.99
Tacky's Revolt
Tacky's Revolt
Price £25.19 RRP £28.95
Feminism, Interrupted
Feminism, Interrupted
Price £9.29 RRP £9.99
Me and White Supremacy
Me and White Supremacy
Price £13.04 RRP £14.99
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