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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The Wake-Up Call
Cover of The Wake-Up Call

The Wake-Up Call

John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge

Published 2020