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Booksellers Select The Top Ten Titles From The First Half Of 2020

Anyone who loves reading has a place where they get all of their reading material.

There are many book stores in the world, but one stands out amongst the lot.

Barnes & Noble Inc., the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced that booksellers from across the U.S. selected ten titles as the Best Books of 2020 (So Far)!

This is including books that address our current moment, share lessons from the past, and bring memorable characters—both real and imagined—to life.

So, how about you check out the following titles to below so you can find your next great read.

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Booksellers Select The Top Ten Titles From The First Half Of 2020

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games.

In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games.

The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute.

The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

Their fates are now completely intertwined—every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin.

Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death.

Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute—and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

The One and Only Bob by Katherine Applegate

Booksellers Select The Top Ten Titles From The First Half Of 2020

Return to the unforgettable world of the Newbery Medal-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling novel The One and Only Ivan (soon to be a major motion picture!)in this incredible sequel, starring Ivan’s friend Bob!

Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan and Ruby.

As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family.

Bob, Ivan, and Ruby have touched the hearts of millions of readers, and their story isn’t over yet.

Catch up with these beloved friends before the star-studded film adaptation of The One and Only Ivan hits theaters in August 2020!

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Booksellers Select The Top Ten Titles From The First Half Of 2020

The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical.

But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it’s not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it’s everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities.

Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape.

The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined.

What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters’ storylines intersect?

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