Literary fiction · 2020

Best Literary Fiction Books of 2020

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell was the most-recognized literary fiction book of 2020, named by 3 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 4 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2020 is the award or list year in our catalog.