Thursday, December 3, 2020

Apple Reveals the Best Books, Audiobooks, and Podcasts of the Year

As the year approaches the end, Apple revealed the list of the most popular books and audiobooks on Apple Books and podcast shows on Apple Podcasts. The offerings “kept us entertained, made us think, provided a much-needed escape, or filled our hearts up,” noted Apple.

Below are some of the highlights of the list. For the full lists, you can visit the Apple Books and Apple Podcasts apps.

Best Books of the Year

The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett

28 Summers, Elin Hilderbrand

Long Bright River, Liz Moore

Deep State, Chris Hauty

The Last Flight, Julie Clark

Reborn Yesterday, Tessa Bailey

The Roommate, Rosie Danan

The City We Became, N. K. Jemisin

Piranesi, Susanna Clarke

We Are Not Free, Traci Chee

Best Audiobooks of 2020

Open Book, Jessica Simpson

Memorial Drive, Natasha Trethewey

Upstream, Dan Heath

The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett

Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu

Caste, Isabel Wilkerson

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Ibram X.Kendi

Fair Warning, Michael Connelly

The Guest List, Lucy Foley

Podcasts:

Show of the Year: Code Switch by NPR

Our Favorites This Year

California Love by LAist and KPCC

Canary by The Washington Post

Dying for Sex by Wondery

FANTI by Maximum Fun

Floodlines by The Atlantic

Ghost Tape by QCODE

How to Citizen with Baratunde Thurston by iHeartRadio

In The Bubble with Andy Slavitt by Lemonada Media

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