The best books of 2020 to support indie publishers this Christmas Guardian staff
Earthlingsby Sayaka Murata (Granta)
The follow-up to Convenience Store Woman, this is the story of Natsuki, who as a 10-year-old hopes a spaceship will take her to the planet Popinpobopia and save her from her miserable childhood.
by Adam Kucharski (Wellcome Collection)
A serendipitously timed look at why things spread, from viruses to political movements to ideas, by a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
by Yan Ge, translated by Jeremy Tiang (Tilted Axis)
In a fictional Chinese town, a cryptozoologist goes in search of marvellous monsters, in this playful metaphysical bestiary.