I’ve been participating in Goodread’s Reading Challenge for the past few years. I don’t view it as a competition, but as a goal I’m setting for myself. I also just love keeping track of what I’ve read, and the Year in Review is such a fun feature. You can view mine here. In summary, I read 85 books, for a total of 25,571 pages. Can you tell I read as escapism?!
Here’s the full list of my 2020 in books. I’ve put an asterisk * next to my favorites! Without further ado, here’s all the books I read in 2020:
- Searching for Sylvie Lee
- Talking to Strangers
- The Sweeney Sisters
- The Bookshop on the Shore *
- Before I Go
- Night of Miracles
- The Death of Bees
- The Bookshop of Yesterdays
- Harry’s Trees
- Postscript
- 11. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
- 12. The Friend Zone
- 13. The Last Story of Mina Lee
- 14. Adele
- 15. Dreamland Burning *
- 16. You Were There Too
- 17. What You Wish For
- 18. The Elephant’s Girl *
- 19. The Scent Keeper *
- 20. Don’t You Forget About Me
- 21. Hello, Summer *
- 22. Recipe for a Perfect Wife
- 23. The Book of Unknown Americans
- 24. Happily Whatever After
- 25. Mermaid’s Key
- 26. The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay
- 27. The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane *
- 28. Just Mercy *
- 29. Britt Marie was Here
- 30. Of Mutts and Men *
- 31. Text Me When You Get Home
- 32. The Last Bathing Beauty
- 33. The Theory of Opposites
- 34. The Jetsetters
- Little Women
- The Bright Side of Going Dark *
- Mrs. Everything
- Paris Never Leaves You
- The Secret, Book, and Scone Society
- The Other Family
- The Lending Library
- Sensible Shoes
- The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
- Dreaming in Cuban
- Where Have All the Boys Gone?
- Eligible
- The Mapmaker’s Children
- Becoming
- The Lost Girls of Devon *
- 500 Miles from You *
- Anxious People
- How the Penguins Saved Veronica *
- The Bookshop of Second Chances
- The House that Wasn’t There
- The Henna Artist
- The Book of Lost Names
- Unplugged
- The Last Bear *
- No Judgements
- The Guest Book
- Meg and Jo
- Bridal Boot Camp
- The Secret of the Nightingale Palace
- Sorry I Missed You
- I Was Told it Would Get Easier
- My Very 90s Romance
- The Return
- A Woman is No Man *
- Between Me and You
- Valencia and Valentine *
- The Secret Zoo
- Kind of Hindu
- Once Upon a Time in Silver Lake
- Help is On the Way
- Please Like Me (But Keep Away)
- Searching for Coach Taylor (photographed twice but only read once! Sorry!)
- Big Shot
- These Unlucky Stars
- No Offense
- Aster’s Good, Right Things *
- The Lions of Fifth Avenue
- The Four Winds *
- Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
- Mrs. Whippy
- Love Your Life
If you didn’t meet your reading goal during a year full of global pandemic and political madness, don’t be hard on yourself. Many people reported struggling to focus to read; I just happened to have the opposite problem. I sought out fiction especially to help me escape from the frightening reality that is our current world. If you’re hoping to get back into reading for 2021, I highly recommend the books marked with an asterisk * above.
What were your favorite books you read last year?
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