Books Read in 2020
I always keep a list of the books I read throughout the year, and this past year was a big one. ** denotes my favorite ones, with authors listed. + denotes a nonfiction/based on a true story book. I try to read some nonfiction, especially now that I’m not in college and actively learning everyday.
- Something in the Water**
-A thriller that had me hooked from the first chapter.
- The Amber Project
- How to Stop Time
- Life After Life
- Girl, Wash Your Face +
- The Sweetness of Forgetting
- The Farm**
-An interesting concept, The Farm is about a place where women voluntarily go to become surrogate mothers.
- Everything I Never Told You
- Factfulness +
- The Light We Lost**
-A romance book about two people who meet on 9/11 and eventually part ways..it examines what could have been.
- The Masterpiece
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Auschwitz Lullaby
- The Dutch House
- Ask Again, Yes
- My Sister the Serial Killer
- The Secrets We Kept
- Lost You
- Drug of Choice
- The Overdue Life of Amy Byler
- Peace with God +
- In the Dark**
-Very similar in plot to “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie. A group of eight strangers are lured into an island getaway, only to find out it’s not really a getaway and they all are connected by parts of their secret pasts.
- Crimes Against a Book Club
- The Five Love Languages +
- The Quiche of Death
- Oona Out of Order
- Change Your Brain, Change Your Body +
- Present Over Perfect +
- The Eyre Affair
- Crooked Little Lies
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo**
Movie Star Evenlyn Hugo chooses no-name journalist Monique Grant to narrate her autobiography about her scandalous life. Monique wonders why she has been chosen, until the story starts to make sense.
- Lost in a Good Book
- The Lying Game
- Disappearing Earth
- The Unhoneymooners
- After the Flood
- The Girls Auto Clinic +
Essentially a “automobiles for dummies” book, which is what I needed. It goes system by system and encourages women to be hands-on and proactive in their car care and maintenance.
- Recursion
- And Then There Were None
- The Well of Lost Plots
- The Case for Christ
- The Wives **
-A psychological thriller with an ending leaving you saying “what??”. Thursday shares her husband with his two other wives, unsure of how much they all know of each other.
- Thog’s Guide to Quantum Economics
- Something Rotten **
- This book is part of the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. While the first book takes a little to get into, the series as a whole is lighthearted, entertaining, and extremely creative.
- The Vanishing Half **
This book explores the lasting impact of different choices made. The book is about two black twins who grew up in a small southern town, and the vast differences between their two lives based on choices they make and identities they claim.
- Into the Wild +
- The Handmaid’s Tale
- Educated +
- The Testaments
- Wanderers **
-This was a long one but so so good, and eerily similar to current events happening when I read the book. The Wanderers is about a pandemic. The setting is primarily in the United States, with a similar (if exaggerated) political climate. The book alternates perspectives for each chapter and had me hooked. And creeped out.
- The Midnight Library
- Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
- The Time Machine
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
- Into the Water **
-Into the Water unravels the mystery behind several deaths over the years in the same watering hole.
-Written by former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss, this book teaches you negotiation tactics and tricks. Very well written, not boring at all.
- Beach Read
- The Boy on the Wooden Box** +
-This book is about a boy who was the son of a man saved by Schindler’s List. Heart-wrenching and beautiful, the protagonist just wanted word to get out about Schindler’s work during WWII.
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