favorite essay collections of 2020

underrated (dense, dreamy, cerebral): too much and not the mood by durga chew-bose

overrated (tolentino is too trendy/millenial-y, but the book is still fantastic): trick mirror by jia tolentino

all-timer that will console you and then consume you and spit you out slime-covered and born again (i have mandated an annual re-read of this one): make it scream, make it burn by leslie jamison