My 2020 Book List

For 2020, I set a goal for myself to read 40 books. You might remember, in 2019, I read 20 books—without having set a goal. Doubling the number didn’t seem so impossible.

When the Stay-at-Home began, I discovered my library’s app and realized I had access to hundreds of audio books. And there began my love* of the audio book, which I absolutely count as a book ‘read’.

*And hate. The person reading the book can either make or break it.

In the end, I read 48 books.

Here they are, my Books Read in 2020 with my one-word rating:

1. Me by Elton John—Good
2. Miracle on 34^th Street by Valentine Davies—Good
3. Caliban’s War by James S.A. Corey—Good
4. Fences by August Wilson—Outstanding
5. Memories Before and After the Sound of Music by Agathe von Trapp—Fair
6. What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty—Excellent
7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris—Excellent
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy—Outstanding  
9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone* by J.K. Rowling—Outstanding
10. Maid* by Stephanie Land—Poor
11. Abaddon’s Gate by James S.A. Corey—Good
12. The Big Short* by Michael Lewis—Excellent
13. Sourdough* by Robin Sloan—Fair
14. Wild* by Cheryl Stayed—Good
15. We the Living by Ayn Rand—Excellent
16. Bird Box by Josh Malerman—Excellent
17. Eat, Pray, Love* by Elizabeth Gilbert—Fair
18. Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore* by Robin Sloan—Fair
19. The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl—Good
20. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* by J.K. Rowling—Outstanding
21. Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose—Excellent
22. Where the Crawdads Sing* by Delia Owens—Good
23. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng—Excellent
24. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg—Excellent
25. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid—Good
26. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey—Excellent
27. Neverworld Wake by Marish Pessl—Excellent
28. Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda—Outstanding  
29. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl—Good
30. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie—Excellent
31. Alexander Hamilton* by Ron Chernow—Excellent
32. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas—Excellent
33. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* by J.K. Rowling—Outstanding
34. Jane Steele by Lindsay Faye—Outstanding
35. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman—Good, borderline Fair
36. Hunger Games* by Suzanne Collins—Excellent
37. Lord of the Flies by William Golding—Good
38. The Giver by Lois Lowry—Excellent
39. Catching Fire* by Suzanne Collins—Good
40. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger—Good
41. Mocking Jay* by Suzanne Collins—Fair
42. The Absolute Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie—Good
43. Pet Sematary by Stephen King—Good
44. Booked by Kwame Alexander—Good
45. Sybil by Flora Rheta Schreiber—Good, borderline Fair
46. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote—Outstanding  
47. The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn—Fair
48. The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens—Fair

*Audio book

What did you read in 2020? What do you plan to read in 2021?