Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, 玛姬·欧法洛, 瑪姬·歐法洛
2020 · 2025 edition
372 pages
The most popular biographical fiction books of 2020
Biographical fiction turns a real life into a novel. The people and the main events are true, and the author imagines the conversations, doubts and private moments that no record kept. It is a vivid way to meet artists, rulers, scientists and forgotten figures from the inside. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.
Results
Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano
2020 · 2021 edition
400 pages
Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart
Published 2020
430 pages
The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd
2020 · 2021 edition
416 pages
Matrix
Lauren Groff
2020 · 2022 edition
272 pages
Rodham A Novel
Curtis Sittenfeld
Published 2020
417 pages
Code Name Hélène A Novel
Ariel Lawhon
2020 · 2021 edition
496 pages
Apeirogon
Colum McCann
2020 · 2021 edition
496 pages
Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar
2020 · 2021 edition
345 pages
Yoga
Emmanuel Carrère
2020 · 2022 edition
320 pages
Lady Clementine
Marie Benedict
Published 2020
416 pages
The Engineer's Wife A Novel
Tracey Enerson Wood
Published 2020
352 pages
The Woman Before Wallis
Bryn Turnbull
Published 2020
384 pages
Shine
Jessica Jung
Published 2020
352 pages
When the Apricots Bloom
Kensington Publishing Corp
2020 · 2021 edition
320 pages
The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel
2020 · 2021 edition
883 pages
Em A Novel
Kim Thúy
2020 · 2021 edition
160 pages
Tsarina
Ellen Alpsten
Published 2020
496 pages
The Paper Daughters of Chinatown
Heather B. Moore
2020 · 2021 edition
384 pages
The Royal Governess A Novel of Queen Elizabeth II's Childhood
Wendy Holden
Published 2020
432 pages
Shakespeare for Squirrels
Christopher Moore
Published 2020
288 pages
When We Were Young & Brave
Hazel Gaynor
Published 2020
448 pages
Fast Girls
Elise Hooper
Published 2020
512 pages
Miss Austen A Novel of the Austen Sisters
Gill Hornby
Published 2020
288 pages