2020 has easily been my best reading year yet!
As you can see, I tend to flock towards fantasy and science fiction, though I have varied a bit to include titles that come with a high recommendation.
I’m super behind at posting reviews for the books I’ve read, but I hope to catch up before the year is out!
Here is my list in alphabetical order:
#
2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke
2010: Odyssey Two, Arthur C. Clarke
A
A Curse So Dark and Lonely, Brigid Kemmerer
A Fantasy of Dr. Ox, Jules Verne
A Heart So Fierce and Broken, Brigid Kemmerer
A Skanner Darkly, Philip K. Dick
Airframe, Michael Crichton
Akata Witch, Nnedi Okorafor
The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman
The Archive, Victoria Schwab
Arrival of the Gods, Erich von Daniken
Assassin’s Blade, Sarah J. Maas
The Atlantis Code, Charles Brokaw
B
Becoming, Michelle Obama
The Book of Merlyn, T.H. White
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
The Buried Giant, Kazuo Ishiguro
C
The Carp Castle, MacDonald Harris
Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi
Children of Virtue and Vengeance, Tomi Adeyemi
Cinder, Marissa Meyer
Clockwork Lives, Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart
Cress, Marissa Meyer
Crown of Midnight, Sarah J. Maas
the Crowns of Croswald, D.E. Night
The Cruel Prince, Holly Black
D
The Dakota Cipher, William Dietrich
The Darkest Part of the Forest, Holly Black
Death of an Eye, Dana Stabenow
Dune, Frank Herbert
E
Enchantment, Orson Scott Card
F
Fairest, Marissa Meyer
The Fate of the Tearling, Erika Johnasen
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns, Julie C. Dao
G
Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman
H
The Hazel Wood, Melissa Albert
Heir of Fire, Sarah J Maas
Hidden Figures (DNF at 52%)
I
In the Company of Ogres, A. Lee Martinez
In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado
Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
The Invasion of the Tearling, Erika Johansen
J
K
L
The Land that Time Forgot, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Last Memoria, Rachel Emma Shaw
Legendary, Stephanie Garber
Lobizona, Romina Garber
The Lost Sisters, Holly Black (e-novella)
M
Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mistborn: The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson
Muse of Nightmares, Laini Taylor
N
Never Never, Brianna R. Shrum
Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
O
The Once and Future King, T.H. White
Our Chemical Hearts, Krystal Sutherland
P
Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke
Penelope’s Daughter, Laurel Corona
Pride, Ibi Zoboi
Q
The Queen of Nothing, Holly Black
The Queen of the Tearling, Erika Johansen
R
Replay, Ken Grimwood
S
Sanctuary, Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher
Scarlet, Marissa Meyer
The Science Behind Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, Mary and John Gribbin
Sea of Shadows, Kelley Armstrong
The Secret of Lost Things, Sheridan Hay
Shadow on the Crown, Patricia Bracewell
The Siren, Kiera Cass
The Sisters of the Winter Wood, Rena Rossner
Sorcery of Thorns, Margaret Rogerson
Stars Above, Marissa Meyer
The Starless Sea, Erin Morgenstern
Strange the Dreamer, Laini Taylor
The Stolen Child, Keith Donohue
The Subtle Knife, Philip Pullman
T
Tale of Tales, Giambattista Basile
Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas
Turtles All the Way Down, John Green
U
Under the Wide and Starry Sky, Nancy Horan
Uprooted, Naomi Novik
V
W
The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
We Hunt the Flame, Hafsah Faizal
We Set Fire to the Dark, Tehlor Kay Mejia
The Well of Ascension, Brandon Anderson
The Wicked King, Holly Black
With the Fire on High, Elizabeth Acevedo
Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Winter, Marissa Meyer
X
Y
Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed
Yes, Please, Amy Poehler
You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson
Z