What I Read in 2020

“Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.”

— Alberto Manguel

At the start of 2020, I set a goal to read 30 books by the end of the year. Well, when a global pandemic resulted in a lockdown, I was left with ample time to read and very little room for excuses. I quickly surpassed my initial objective, nearly doubling my original goal at the final tally. I fell back in love with reading and it has become an essential, pleasurable part of my daily routine. I’m hoping 2021 brings me just as many literature adventures and that I am able to inspire my kids to love reading too!

Stay tuned for a blog about the most recommended books I read in 2020.

The Books I Read In 2020

1. Miss Marley - Vanessa Lafaye

2. The Lost Girls of Paris - Pam Jenoff

3. Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng

4. The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin

5. The Giver of Stars - Jojo Moyes

6. Vox - Christina Dalcher

7. Pretty Girls - Karin Slaughter

8. All We Ever Wanted - Emily Giffin

9. Surprise Me - Sophie Kinsella

10. Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

11. Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

12. The good daughter - Karin slaughter

13. Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty

14. One day in December - Josie silver

15. The Rook - Daniel O’Malley

16. Untamed - Glennon Doyle

17. The Most Fun We Ever Had - Claire Lombardo

18. A Spark Of Light - Jodi Picoult

19. Three Women - Lisa Taddeo

20. Becoming - Michelle Obama

21. One of us is Lying - Karen M McManus

22. Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad

23. The Flatshare - Beth O’leary

24. Big Summer - Jennifer Weiner

25. My Not So Perfect Life - Sophie Kinsella

26. The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren

27. Geekerella - Ashley Poston

28. Sex, Lies, and Online Dating - Rachel Gibson

29. Woman on the Edge - Samantha M. Bailey

30. I’m in No Mood for Love - Rachel Gibson

31. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

32. Normal People - Sally Rooney

33. Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane

34. The Two Lives of Lydia Bird - Josie Silver

35. Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout

36. Red, White and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

37. One of Us Is Next - Karen M. McManus

38. The Alice Network - Kate Quinn

39. Grit - Angela Duckworth

40. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling

41. 28 Summers - Elin Hilderbrand

42. Beautiful Disaster - Jamie McGuire

43. Beach Read - Emily Henry

44. The Guest List - Lucy Foley

45. Hello, Summer - Mary Kay Andrews

46. American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins

47. This Is How It Always Is - Laurie Frankle

48. The Hilarious World of Depression - John Moe

49. My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell

50. The House in the Cerulean Sea - T. J. Klune

51. The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang

52. They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera

53. In Five Years - Rebecca Serle

54. The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

55. Anxious People - Fredrik Backman

56. The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

57. Dear Edward - Ann Napolitano