2020 has been quite an adventure to say the least. One of the positives for me has been that I read more this year than ever before. I read over 150 books in 2020. That just blows my mind, but this year allowed for it since I couldn't travel or do the things I normally do, This year was truly a reading year for me.
I know this is not everyone's experience. Many avid readers haven't been able to focus or concentrate. As we all know there was plenty happening this year, so if you find yourself in this category, be patient and gentle with yourself. It will come back and maybe you can add some of these books to your TBR for when you are ready.
Normally, I do a TOP TEN list, but this year, because it's 2020 and because I read so much, I thought I would share my TOP TWENTY. Books that made it into my top twenty of 2020 are diverse in genre and there are a variety of authors. From favourite authors to debut authors and authors who were new to me. There are authors from all over the world as well as authors who identify with the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
Below you will find:
- a video of the countdown of my top 20 books, with brief explanations of their greatness
- a list of my TOP TWENTY of 2020
- lastly my entire list of 154 books read in 2020.
May 2021 be filled with more great book adventures.
TOP TWENTY READS OF 2020 (in no particular order)
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
A Thousand Splended Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Autumn by Ali Smith
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
From The Ashes by Jesse Thistle
One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet by Richard Wagamese
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
The Dangers of Smoking In Bed by Mariana Enriquez
Albatross by Terry Fallis
FULL READING LIST OF 2020 (in order read)
1. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2. Elevator Pitch by Lynwood Barclay
3. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
4. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
5. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
6. Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
7. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
8. Sorry Not Sorry by Sophie Ranald
9. No One is too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
10. Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
11. Elevation by Stephen King
12. I've Been Meaning to Tell You by David Chariandy
13. The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier
14. Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
15. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
16. From The Ashes by Jesse Thistle
17. Stealing Love by H. Schreter
18. Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
19. Love: A Collection of Prose and Poetry by Puja Mohan
20. Break Shot by James Taylor
21. Bird Box by Josh Malerman
22. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
23. Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
24. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
25. You by Caroline Kepnes
26. Beartown by Fredrik Backman
27. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
28. The Break by Katherena Vermette
29. The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
30. Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
31. day/break by Gwen Benaway
32. Quantum by Patricia Cornwell
33. No Friend But The Mountains by Behrouz Boochani
34. Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
35. Emma by Jane Austen
36. Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway
37. Eleven On Top by Janet Evanovich
38. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
39. Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
40. An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
41. In The Dark, Soft Earth by Frank Watson
42. One Drum: Stories and Ceremonies for a Planet by Richard Wagamese
43. The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
44. The Herd by Andrea Bartz
45. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
46. The Library Book by Susan Orlean
47. The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
48. The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis
49. All Our Relations by Tanya Talaga
50. Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
51. Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
52. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
53. Bunny by Mona Awad
54. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
55. Scribbles: A Book of Poetry by Sara Islam
56. Verity by Colleen Hoover
57. Albatross by Terry Fallis
58. How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
59. Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes
60. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
61. This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart by Madhur Anand
62. The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
63. Bright Precious Thing by Gail Caldwell
64. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
65. Waiting For First Light: My Ongoing Battle With PTSD by Romeo Dallaire
66. Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles
67. Space Between Us by Jamaal Aflatooni
68. The Shadows by Alex North
69. Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
70. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
71. The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
72. Bluebird Bluebird by Attica Locke
73. If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
74. The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
75. The Answer is... by Alex Trebek
76. The Island by Elin Hilderbrand
77. Forever and Ever Amen by Randy Travis
78. Dear Girl by Aija Mayrock
79. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
80. Not That Bad edited by Roxanne Gay
81. A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
82. The Moonshiner's Daughter by Donna Everhart
83. Live Oak, With Moss by Walt Whitman
84. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber
85. Open-heart Surgery by Johanna Leo
86. The Red Chesterfield by Wayne Arthurson
87. Midnight Sweatlodge by Waubgeshig Rice
88. Vi by Kim Thuy
89. Tidal by Paul Gilpin
90. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
91. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
92. Dreaming in a Perfect World by Michael Tavon
93. Rage Becomes Her by Somaya Chemaly
94. The Dilemma by Danielle Holian
95. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
96. Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery
97. The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
98. The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
99. The Last Sister by Kendra Elliot
100. Shut Up You're Pretty by Tea Mutonji
101. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
102. A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
103. The Woman Before Wallis by Bryn Turnbull
104. Here We Are by Graham Swift
105. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
106. All The Acorns on The Forest Floor by Kim Hooper
107. The Turn of The Screw by Henry James
108. Water Witches by Chris Bohjalian
109. Polar Vortex by Shani Mootoo
110. My Conversations With Canadians by Lee Maracle
111. The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
112. Word Problems by Ian Williams
113. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
114. Atonement by Ian McEwan
115. The Whisper Man by Alex North
116. The Residence by Andrew Pyper
117. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
118. Rabbit Foot Bill by Helen Humphreys
119. Consent by Annabel Lyon
120. The Circle Game by Margaret Atwood
121. Speeches for Doctor Frankenstein by
122, Washes, Prays by Noor Naga
123. The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup
124. Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
125. Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
126. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
127. The Animals in That Country by Margaret Atwood
128. Life on the Ground Floor by Dr. James Maskalyk
129. Halfbreed by Maria Campbell
130. This Book Betrays my Brother by Kagiso Lesego Molope
131. Autumn by Ali Smith
132. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
133. Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
134. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
135. Cardiff, By The Sea by Joyce Carol Oates
136. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
137. The Night Olivia Fell by Christine McDonald
138. The Illustrated Journals of Susanna Moodie by Margaret Atwood
139. Nora: A Love Story of Nora and James Joyce by Nuala O'Connor
140. Tightwads On The Loose: A Seven Year Pacific Odyssey by Wendy Hinman
141. The Dangers of Smoking In Bed: Stories by Mariana Enriquez
142. Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
143. Procedures For Underground by Margaret Atwood
144. The Waves by Virginia Woolf
145. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
146. Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair O'Keeffe
147. The June Boys by Court Stevens
148. Power Politics by Margaret Atwood
149. Grief Is The Thing With Feathers by Max Porter
150. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
151. Surfacing by Margaret Atwood
152. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
153. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
154. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
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