Everything I Read in 2020

January 7, 2021 / Books

As the daughter of a librarian, I am a proud reader of fiction, memoir, poetry, non-fiction, YA, and children’s books. Last year, I read 58 books in total, and in 2020 came in at 44 books total. I love seeing what other people have been reading, so I wanted to share my favorites of the year with you.

I chose to break this list into two categories (fiction and non-fiction), and rank them in order of my favorites, to my least favorites. Hard task, I know! To keep it shorter, I am not listing a description of each book, but Goodreads is a great resource to learn more about each book listed in this post.

Keep reading for a list of 44 of the books I read in 2020, ranked! 

Fiction

1. Circe
2. The Nightingale
3. The Great Alone
4. The Immortalists
5. Lilac Girls
6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
7. The Illness Lesson
8. The Book of Two Ways
9. The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories
10. The Wives
11. The Vanishing Half
12. An Anonymous Girl
13. Followers
14. This is Pleasure
15. The Power
16. Vessel
17. The Round House
18. The Kiss Quotient
19. The Bell Jar
20. Red, White & Royal Blue
21. Such a Fun Age
22. Behold the Dreamers
23. Authority
24. Jack and the Ghost
25. The Book of Memory

Non-Fiction

1. In This Timeless Time
2. Born a Crime
3. The Fire This Time
4. Life and Freedom on Death Row
5. Dogs Are People, Too
6. Poorlier Drawn Lines
7. You Can Only Yell At Me for One Thing at a Time
8. Start With Why
9. The Constitution of the United States of America
10. Three Women
11. Open Book
12. Bad Feminist
13. Humanimal
14. Dream Big Dreams
15. This Book is Anti-Racist
16. Navigate Your Stars
17. On Tyranny
18. The Glass Castle
19. The Self-Care Solution

There you have it! On each list, I would say 1-5 are must-reads and the rest you could give a shot….or not. For 2021, I am starting with the third book in the Southern Reach Trilogy: Acceptance.