We’ve gathered the most popular books in 2020 for a look back at the year! In each of our monthly newsletters, we share the top two most-viewed titles on the Reading Group Choices site for that month.
Here are the titles — a mix of fiction, nonfiction, and young adult — that caught our readers’ attention from January to December: the most popular books in 2020. Do you remember these great reads? See if they match your own group’s most popular books…
January
1. American Dirt
by Jeannine Cummins
2. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
by Heather Webber
February
1. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
by Kim Michele Richardson
2. The Scent Keeper
by Erica Bauermeister
March
1. Women Rowing North
by Mary Pipher
2. A Good Neighborhood
by Therese Anne Fowler
April
1. The Second Home
by Christina Clancy
2. Hannah’s War
by Jan Eliasberg
May
1. Things You Save in a Fire
by Katherine Center
2. The Paris Hours
by Alex George
June
1. The Last Flight
by Julie Clark
2. The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz
by Jeremy Dronfield
July
1. The Falling Woman
by Richard Farrell
2. The Wedding Thief
by Mary Simses
August
1. The Yellow House
by Sarah M. Broom
2. When We Were Vikings
by Andrew David MacDonald
September
1. The Wright Sister
by Patty Dann
2. The Rescuer
by Jason Sautel
October
1. Nothing to See Here
by Kevin Wilson
2. Unfollow
by Megan Phelps-Roper
November
1. The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig
2. Trowbridge Road
by Marcella Pixley
December
To be announced at the end of the month!
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And for more top picks, browse our “Best of the Best” roundup for 2020!