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Book List 2020

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 1/01/21Updated: 1/03/21

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Book List 2020

My Book List 2020 isn’ as long as most other years. I only read 19 books in 2020. You would think during a world wide pandemic I would have read more but instead I watched a lot of British TV. I have a list of my favorite British TV shows here.

I am a big historical fiction fan so you will find a lot of that on my book list 2020.

Book List 2020

Book List 2020

Atomic Habits by James Clear. Great book to start the year off with if you are looking to establish some new habits and reach some goals. Love the simple, doable approach.

atomic habits

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. A beautifully written book that deals with the horrors of slavery along with the fantastical. Our book club loved it.

The Water Dancer

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson I loved this book and learning about a group of people I knew nothing about. A story about the importance of compassionate human connection made by the packhorse librarians.

The book Woman of Troublesome Creek

The Things We Cannot Say by  Kelly Rimmer A powerful WWII novel that follows a woman’s urgent search for answers to a family mystery that uncovers truths about herself that she never expected.

the things we cannot say

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. A great book if you want to live a more creative life and over come the fear of expressing your creativity.

big magic

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant This was probably my least favorite book I read this year. Story of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early 20th century.

The boston girl

The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes Another story of the pack horse librarians in Kentucky. A nice followup to Book Woman of Troublesome Creek.

the giver of stars

Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon. I really enjoyed this book. Another WWII historical fiction – the story of spy Nancy Wake who became one of the most decorated women in WWII.

code name helene

Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris

Book 2 of the Tattooist of Auschwitz. A true story of love and resilience.

cilkas journey

The Little Shop of Found Things  by Paula Brackston

A little magic, a little romance – a perfect combo. Xanthe has always had an affinity with some of the antiques she finds. When she touches them, she can sense something of the past they come from and the stories they hold.

the little shop of found things

The Flight Girls by Noelle Salazar

 A powerful tale of courage and sacrifice by the Women Airforce Service Pilots during WWII

The Flight Girls

Secrets of The Chocolate House by Paula Brackston

Second of the Found Things Series. More magic, romance and a little danger.

secrets of the chocolate house

The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi

Lovely book, well written. A portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern.

Book List 2020

The Henna Artist

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by by Gail Honeyman

This was a gift from a friend and not the normal kind of book i usually read but I found it quite delightful! An eccentric and quirky character and a story about the importance of friendship and human connection.

eleanor oliphant

All the Devils are Here by Louise Penny

The newest book in one of my all time favorite series, Inspector Gamache murder mystery!

All the Devils are Here

Manderley Forever by  Tatiana de Rosnay  

A biography of Daphne du Maurier. A glimpse into the life of the famous author. If you are a Rebecca fan you will enjoy.

Manderley Forever

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Loved this book. I listened to it and it was narrated by Tom Hanks which was delighful to listen to. The story explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.

The Book of Lost Friends by Lisa Wingate

The dramatic story of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives.

The Book of Lost Friends

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab

A story of what happens when you make a deal with the devil.

the invisible life of addie larue

You can find my past book lists here.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what your favorite books of 2020 were

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  1. Claudia Bennett says

    Posted on 1/9 at 6:30 pm

    Thank you, I’ve been waiting for your list.
    My favorites I read this year:
    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
    The Love Song of Queenie Hennessy
    The Devil in the White City
    How Green Was My Valley
    The Day the World Came to Town
    The Snow Child
    The Japanese Lover

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  2. Claudia Bennet says

    Posted on 1/9 at 6:18 pm

    Thank you! I’ve been waiting for your list. (I liked it when you used to rate them too.)
    Favorites I read this year:
    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and the follow up The Love Song of Queenie Hennessy
    The Day the World Came to Town
    The Devil in the White City
    The Japanese Lover
    How Green was My Valley
    The Japanese Lover
    and The Snow Child,

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  3. Laura Thomas says

    Posted on 1/7 at 8:04 am

    Thank you for sharing, you never let me down with book recommendations!

    Reply
  4. Lori Call says

    Posted on 1/4 at 5:53 pm

    I read over 100 books this year. Not sure how that happened. Some of my favorites were Heartless by Marissa Meyer; The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer; The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart; Fish In A Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt; Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. A few of those are Middle Readers but really good.

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    • Leigh Anne Wilkes says

      Posted on 1/4 at 7:47 pm

      100 books! That’s impressive. Thanks for your recommendations.

      Reply
  5. Linda Gillis says

    Posted on 1/3 at 6:15 pm

    Leigh Ann, I have tried and enjoyed many of your recipes, and recently ran across your book reviews. I slant pretty heavily toward suspense/legal/ mystery/thrillers. Although my eyes glaze over with too much historical reading, ha, somehow I managed to read the first 4 books in Colleen McCullough’s Rome series. I have also enjoyed some sci-fi/time travel (Douglas E. Richards, Dean Koontz’s Lightning, Jack Finney’s Time and Again, Connie Willis’s Passage, Stephen Kings’s 11/22/63, Lauren Beukes’s The Shining Girls). My parents read Pearl S Buck’s The Good Earth to me when I was 10 yrs old, and it is a favorite, on a list that includes: Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds, James Michener’s Space, Michael Nyman’s The Piano, Jeanette Wall’s Glass Castle, Greer Macallister’s The Magician’s Lie, Jodi Picoult’s Leaving Time, Lisa Genova’s Still Alice, Stef Penney’s Under a Pole Star, Sally Hepworth’s The Secrets of Midwives, Chris Bohjalian’s Midwives, Ian McEwan’s Nutshell, Mildred Cram’s Forever. Maybe you would enjoy some from this list.
    Linda

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    • Leigh Anne Wilkes says

      Posted on 1/3 at 6:27 pm

      Thanks for all your great suggestions.

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  6. Heidi says

    Posted on 1/1 at 7:30 pm

    Thank you for your list. I’m going to add almost all of them to my want-to-read list. I also thought I would read more, but I only read 19 books this year also and some of them were read-alouds with my kids.
    My favorites this year:
    The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
    What Alice Forgot by Lianne Moriarty
    The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
    The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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    • Leigh Anne Wilkes says

      Posted on 1/3 at 6:27 pm

      Thanks for the great suggestions!

      Reply

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