NPR Book Concierge's 29 Best Historical Fiction of 2020

December 19, 2021
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National Public Radio's 29 best historical fiction books of 2020 as aggregated by Rose Friedman, Petra Mayer, Beth Novey, and Meghan Sullivan with Executive Producer Ellen Silva.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Women In Black: 'An uplifting book for our times' Observer Madeleine St. John	3.67	3 reads
The Voyage of the Morning Light Marina Endicott	0	0 reads
Utopia Avenue David Mitchell	4.05	37 reads
To Calais, in Ordinary Time James Meek	4	1 read
They Went Left Monica Hesse	0	2 reads
Swimming in the Dark Tomasz Jedrowski	4.37	81 reads
The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste	3.5	10 reads
Run Me to Earth Paul Yoon	3.5	2 reads
The Rakess Scarlett Peckham	4.5	7 reads
Prairie Lotus Linda Sue Park	4	4 reads
The Other Bennet Sister Janice Hadlow	4	17 reads
The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich	4.08	48 reads
The Mountains Sing Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai	4.38	13 reads
Miss Iceland Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir	4.25	4 reads
Speilet og lyset Hilary Mantel	4.58	13 reads
Mary and the Trail of Tears Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story Andrea L. Rogers	3	1 read
Jack A Novel Marilynne Robinson	4.17	3 reads
How Much of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang	4.16	33 reads
Even As We Breathe Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle	0	1 read
Echo Mountain Lauren Wolk	5	4 reads
Conjure Women Afia Atakora	3.45	17 reads
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows Olivia Waite	3.72	11 reads
The Book of V. Anna Solomon	3	6 reads
Black Bottom Saints Alice Randall	0	0 reads
At Night All Blood is Black David Diop Anna Moschovakis (Translator)	3.69	34 reads
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett	4.16	365 reads
Slippery Creatures Slippery Creatures KJ Charles	4.08	30 reads
The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue	3.82	48 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Women In Black: 'An uplifting book for our times' Observer Madeleine St. John	3.67	3 reads
The Voyage of the Morning Light Marina Endicott	0	0 reads
Utopia Avenue David Mitchell	4.05	37 reads
To Calais, in Ordinary Time James Meek	4	1 read
They Went Left Monica Hesse	0	2 reads
Swimming in the Dark Tomasz Jedrowski	4.37	81 reads
The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste	3.5	10 reads
Run Me to Earth Paul Yoon	3.5	2 reads
The Rakess Scarlett Peckham	4.5	7 reads
Prairie Lotus Linda Sue Park	4	4 reads
The Other Bennet Sister Janice Hadlow	4	17 reads
The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich	4.08	48 reads
The Mountains Sing Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai	4.38	13 reads
Miss Iceland Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir	4.25	4 reads
Speilet og lyset Hilary Mantel	4.58	13 reads
Mary and the Trail of Tears Mary and the Trail of Tears: A Cherokee Removal Survival Story Andrea L. Rogers	3	1 read
Jack A Novel Marilynne Robinson	4.17	3 reads
How Much of These Hills Is Gold C Pam Zhang	4.16	33 reads
Even As We Breathe Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle	0	1 read
Echo Mountain Lauren Wolk	5	4 reads
Conjure Women Afia Atakora	3.45	17 reads
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows Olivia Waite	3.72	11 reads
The Book of V. Anna Solomon	3	6 reads
Black Bottom Saints Alice Randall	0	0 reads
At Night All Blood is Black David Diop Anna Moschovakis (Translator)	3.69	34 reads
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett	4.16	365 reads
Slippery Creatures Slippery Creatures KJ Charles	4.08	30 reads
The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue	3.82	48 reads

NPR Book Concierge's 29 Best Historical Fiction of 2020

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