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Ok, I read two of these . . .lol.

Got me beat, Anita-I have only read 1. However I had 5 on my TBR
and added 2 more.

A number of them look very interesting to me though. And so, I added a new shelf "Interested"-After Poll Talley I am of the mind to name my shelves whatever the heck I want too (LoL).

There are a lot of memoirs on this list. Not a genre I am typically drawn to but, surprisingly, added a few of them to the new shelf

I've read 2 but several others are on my Want to Read.

Wow, I am definitely out of the loop! I haven't read any of them and only 1 is on my TBR.

Three are books that I attempted to read and then decided to not finish. I have read another two of the books listed and very much liked them. And, two titles are books that I brought home yesterday from the library.

Afterlife and The Vanishing Half are the books I've read.

I've read none! Which doesn't surprise me. I don't tend to read books when they're brand new, except for Danish language children's and YA (which is rather work related).
I did take The City We Became home, but gave it back without reading it. And I currently have the Danish translation of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures on my bedside table, since I share said table with my husband, and he's reading it ... :D

I've read 2, but I have 8 on my TBR. Maybe I'll make it a goal to finish them this year.

I've read none and haven't heard of most of them. I did get To Be a Man out of the library though I'm not sure I'll actually read it.

I’ve read 29, and have 9 on my TBR.
My favorites so far are Jack, Interior Chinatown, Shuggie Bain, and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

I've only read one. And that one was a buddy read that looked interesting: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry.

I thought that book was cute, but if it's in a top 100 must reads, I have to question either the value of the list or maybe the quality of the books published this year.

But....I do have a bunch of these on my TBR. Reading so much for the Poll Ballot Tally, newer books had far fewer usable tags. So unless there was a clear connection - like Witches for We Ride Upon Sticks, it just didn't rise to the top of the pile.

I did decide to read more newly released books now that the challenge is over.

Sue wrote: "I've only read one. And that one was a buddy read that looked interesting: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry.

I thought that book was cute, but if it's in a top 100 must reads, I h..."

Yep,I know what you are saying about those newer books! I got Follett's new one The Evening and the Morning and Total Power -the next in the Mitch Rapp series sitting here ... drooling over them, but I have to get 2 books off my night stand first!

I've just finished Piranesi, a 5 star read and the only one on the list that I've already read.

I own The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz and have been meaning to read it since BP (before the pandemic)

I had Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir, The Glass Hotel and The Night Watchman checked out on overdrive at one time or another in the past months, but I never found the concentration to approach them. I'm hoping that will improve soon, with both the family wedding and the election out of the way.

I have read four of these and can recommend:
5 stars:
The Mirror & the Light
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

4 stars:
Vesper Flights

3 stars:
Weather

I have quite a few on my TBR but did not get to them primarily due to my intense involvement in Poll Ballot Tally.

@jgrace-I also gave The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 5 stars. I am certain it will be a great read for you too.

Joanne wrote: "Got me beat, Anita-I have only read 1. However I had 5 on my TBR
and added 2 more.

A number of them look very interesting to me though. And so, I added a new shelf "Interested"-After Poll Talley ..."

So I have an interested shelf too, Joanne. I use it for books that catch my attention, but I'm not totally sure I want to read. It's a wonderful catchall, and I often use it when I need a book that fits a particular tag.

Huh. I never like best-of-the-year lists that are made before the year is over. I wonder how much of this is based on trusted authors, and anticipatory buzz.

So far, I've only read Vanishing Half, and One to Watch, which were both quite good. I didn't read the second one until yesterday! I saw so-so reviews on some of the others, but I guess that's normal.

I'll probably read Jack next, and maybe some of the cli-fi and non-fiction books.

Did anyone see this in the blurb about Hitler? "The seeds of his downfall sprung from the very same qualities (obsession, fanaticism, deceit, refusal to listen to others) that helped him rise to power." Part of that sounded far too familiar and recent. {{{shudder}}}

Tracy wrote: "I’ve read 29, and have 9 on my TBR.
My favorites so far are Jack, Interior Chinatown, Shuggie Bain, and [book:Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents|..."

Wow, you're way ahead of us! I really want to read Jack (after I finish Home). I'm on a hold list for Shuggie Bain, and I'll probably read Caste after the holidays.

I've read 5, with a few more on my TBR. Definitely seems like they have taken some hype/popularity into consideration with some of these.

I've read just one, "Ride upon Sticks" and am starting the Vanishing Half next week.

I've read one, started and discarded another and will be reading a third with a GR group.

I couldn't abide Piranese by Susanna Clarke and didn't like her other two books. She is popular in a long time GR group of mine, but for once I just skipped the discussion.

I read The Glass Hotel and this week will be starting Deacon King Kong.

Now that poll book tally is no longer a factor I may read more of them, but not necessarily in 2020.

I have all of 1 on the tbr.

I have 1 on my TBR - She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs.

I have 1 on my wishlist - The Glass Hotel

Most if the rest I have not even heard of.

I read The Vanishing Half which I loved.
I have a bunch of others on the list, but I haven't read them yet. (tsundoku 😁)

I literally just ordered African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle And Song this morning!

I've read 10 which may explain my low books read: poll ballot point ratio. :) I have 2 more at home and many more on hold and/or wishlist.

They were all good but The Vanishing Half would be my favorite of the ones I read.

Oh, and I was happy to see at least one Canadian book there (just won the Giller Prize). (It's not the one on my tbr, though.)

From this list I have read only The Glass Hotel. I don't often read books the same year they are published. Several of these look promising and onto the TBR list they go.

I have read none of these and have not really heard of quite a few. Only the Eric Larsen book is on my TBR pile

I have a bunch of these on my TBR list but I haven't read any of them, lol. And I'm about to add a few more...