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2020 Reading Recap

  • Writer: The Feeder
    The Feeder
  • Jan 13, 2021
  • 2 min read

Alison blew past her goal of 150 books in 2020 reading 160 when the year finally tapped out. For those who like to "math" it...that's about three books a week! Reading an eclectic mix of fiction, non-fiction, current best sellers, award winners, and some dug out of the depths of her Kindle, nothing was off limits, except perhaps self-help (watch that here). Read more reviews from Alison at Book Nook and follow her @theextroveredbookworm.

Here are the lists that absolutely no one asked for: my best fiction and non-fiction books of 2020.


I read 160 books this year; 132 were fiction, 28 were nonfiction. I had 32 fiction books that I absolutely LOVED, but I forced myself to narrow the list to 15, along with 9 nonfiction. Here they are in no particular order, with the caveat that the book I probably recommended the most was Hidden Valley Road, a non-fiction book that reads like a novel—my highest praise! Happy Reading in 2021!


Fiction

  • Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid

  • Followers, Megan Angelo

  • Writers & Lovers, Lily King

  • Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes, Kathleen West

  • Greenwood, Michael Christie

  • A Good Neighborhood, Theresa Ann Fowler

  • The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett

  • The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix

  • The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead

  • The Glass Hotel, Emily St. John Mandel

  • Friends & Strangers, J. Courtney Sullivan

  • True Story, Kate Reed Petty

  • Troubles in Paradise (the trilogy), Elin Hilderbrand

  • White Ivy, Susie Yang

  • Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi

Non-Fiction

  • Here For It, R. Eric Thomas

  • A Very Punchable Face, Colin Jost

  • Too Much is Never Enough, Andrew Rannells

  • Hidden Valley Road, Robert Kolker

  • This is Big, Marisa Metzer

  • Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann

  • The Ride of a Lifetime, Bob Iger

  • The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander

  • My Own Country, Abraham Verghese


And as a postscript, the book I really hated this year that everyone (at least all critics) loved: Luster, by Raven Leilani. It was on so many top ten lists this year and left me absolutely cold. I mention it only because I love how different the reading experience is for everyone and that’s what makes books so fun and wonderful to discuss.

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