We’ve had some truly amazing books release in 2020! Even though all of them make us proud, these books have made it on some pretty iconic Best-Of lists. We’re so excited to share them with you! Were these books also your favorites of 2020?

The Best of 2020!

1. Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Barnes & Noble’s Best YA Sci-fi and Fantasy of 2020

 

2. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Barnes & Noble’s Best YA Sci-fi and Fantasy of 2020

Buzzfeed’s Best YA Books of 2020

Kirkus’ Best YA Historical Fiction of 2020

 

3. Long Way Down Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff

Barnes and Noble’s Best YA Books of 2020

Kirkus’ Best Graphic YA Books of 2020

 

4. Lost Book of the White by Cassandra Clare and Wesley Chu

Barnes & Noble’s Best YA Sci-fi and Fantasy of 2020

 

5. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

BookPage’s Best Books of 2020: Young Adult

School Library Journal’s Best Young Adult Books 2020

 

6. Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti

BookPage’s Best Books of 2020: Young Adult

Kirkus’ Best YA Mystery and Thrillers of 2020

 

7. The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

School Library Journal’s Best Young Adult Books 2020

 

8. Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

School Library Journal’s Best Graphic Novels 2020

Kirkus’ Best Middle Grade Books of 2020

 

9. Respect: Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrate by Frank Morrison

School Library Journal’s Best Nonfiction 2020

 

10. I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

Buzzfeed’s Best YA Books of 2020

 

11. Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

Buzzfeed’s Best YA Books of 2020

Kirkus’ Best YA Books of 2020 About Crossing Boundaries

 

12. Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Buzzfeed’s Best YA Books of 2020

Kirkus’ Best YA Romance of 2020

 

13. Turtle Under Ice by Juleah del Rosario

Buzzfeed’s Best YA Books of 2020

 

14. Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

Kirkus’ Best YA Historical Fiction of 2020

 

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