Wintering
Katherine May, キャサリン・メイ
Published 2020
256 pages
The most popular essays books of 2020
Essays are short works of nonfiction in which a writer thinks something through. The subject can be anything: politics, a walk, a film, a grief. What matters is the mind at work and the voice. Collections here range from the classic to the sharply contemporary. This list shows the ones first published in 2020.
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A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost
2020 · 2021 edition
336 pages
Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake
2020 · 2021 edition
358 pages
Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby
Published 2020
316 pages
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
Published 2020
209 pages
Solutions and Other Problems
Brosh Elli
2020 · 2022 edition
528 pages
Broken (in the Best Possible Way)
Jenny Lawson
2020 · 2021 edition
304 pages
Intimations Six Essays
Zadie Smith
Published 2020
97 pages
Papyrus The Invention of Books in the Ancient World
Irene Vallejo
2020 · 2022 edition
464 pages
World of wonders in praise of whale sharks, fireflies, and other astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Published 2020
165 pages
Memorial Drive A Daughter's Memoir
Natasha Trethewey
2020 · 2021 edition
240 pages
The Best of Me
David Sedaris
2020 · 2021 edition
432 pages
Swimming Lessons
Lili Reinhart
Published 2020
229 pages
I Hate Men
Pauline Harmange
2020 · 2022 edition
99 pages
Pandora's Jar Women in the Greek Myths
Natalie Haynes
Published 2020
307 pages
I Wanna Be Where the Normal People Are
Rachel Bloom
Published 2020
256 pages
Disability Visibility (Adapted for Young Adults) 17 First-Person Stories for Today
Alice Wong
2020 · 2023 edition
160 pages
Shit, Actually The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema
Lindy West
Published 2020
243 pages
Everything Beautiful in Its Time Seasons of Love and Loss
Jenna Bush Hager
2020 · 2022 edition
240 pages
Here for it Or, how to Save Your Soul in America
R. Eric Thomas
Published 2020
264 pages
The Address Book What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth and Power
Deirdre Mask
2020 · 2021 edition
326 pages
Yes to Life In Spite of Everything
Viktor Emil Frankl, Daniel Goleman
Published 2020
136 pages
Love in Colour
Bolu Babalola
2020 · 2021 edition
290 pages
Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Ricard Vela
2020 · 2021 edition
336 pages