Book Lists for Jan. 10-16, 2020

The best book lists of the past week

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January Book Lists

• 16 of the Best Books to Read this January (The Oprah Magazine)

• New Books by LGBTQ Authors (Lambda Literary)

• January 2020 Books to Read (Sarah’s Bookshelves)

• The Best Audiobooks of January 2020 (Paste)

2020 Book Lists

• 15 Small Press Books to Kick Off Your 2020 Reading Season (BuzzFeed)

• 6 Poetry Books for a More Comforting Start to 2020 (BookRiot)

• 15 Most-Anticipated Books of 2020 You’ll Want to Pre-Order (Reader’s Digest)

• 11 of the Most Anticipated Books by Indigenous Authors For the First Half of 2020 (Book Marks)

• Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020 (Literary Hub)

Best of the Rest

• The 10 Most Checked-Out Books in N.Y. Public Library History (The New York Times)

• Books for People Who Love Maps (The Wall Street Journal)

• 19 Books with Fictional Families We Love (BuzzFeed)

• Top 10 Books About Trouble in Los Angeles (The Guardian)

• A Female Rage Reading List: 16 Books That Scream to Be Read (The New York Times)

• 14 Books About Fashion and Sustainability Like Overdressed (Book Riot)