The most popular big city books of 2020

Big city books thrive on crowds, noise and possibility. New York, London, Tokyo and cities like them offer anonymity, ambition and chance encounters on every corner. Romance, crime, literary fiction and urban fantasy all find a home among the lights and the late trains. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.

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In Five Years
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In Five Years

Rebecca Serle, Ребекка Сёрл

2020 · 2021 edition

288 pages

Shuggie Bain
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Shuggie Bain

Douglas Stuart

Published 2020

430 pages

Ghosts
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Ghosts

Dolly Alderton

2020 · 2022 edition

320 pages

The Paris Library
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The Paris Library

Janet Skeslien Charles

2020 · 2021 edition

384 pages

The End of Her
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The End of Her

Shari Lapena

2020 · 2022 edition

365 pages

Tweet Cute
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Tweet Cute

Emma Lord

2020 · 2022 edition

368 pages

A Good Marriage
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A Good Marriage

Kimberly McCreight

2020 · 2021 edition

400 pages

Peace Talks
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Peace Talks

Jim Butcher

Published 2020

400 pages

Blindside
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Blindside

James Patterson

Published 2020

360 pages