For the holiday season, the bookstore I work at is making a display of all the employees’ favorite books of 2020. Each of us had to pick 5 favorite to put on there. My own list was pretty extensive, so choices had to be made. In the process of deciding what to choose, I left out sequels such as Harrow the Ninth, or massive cultural successes that obviously didn’t need my help to sell, such as Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste.
With that in mind, I am very happy with the end result. It unintentionally ends up promoting small press, debut authors, and queer identities, and this feels like the little bit that I can do to help this year suck a tiny bit less.
To clarify, this is not a ranked list. I love each of those five titles for different reasons, and I am not looking to pit them against one another. Feel free to click on each title to read my review.
Anyway, without further ado…
Simeon’s Top 5 Books of 2020:
Docile, by K.M. Szpara
Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Only Good Indians, by Stephen Graham Jones
The First Sister, by Linden A. Lewis
Surrender Your Sons, by Adam Sass
