Every book I read in 2020
Needless to say, this year has been a whirlwind for everyone and something no one will ever want to live through again. But if there's one good thing that happened this year is that I read as I'd never before. My best reading year so far in my life had been last year, at 40 books. But in 2020 I read a whopping amount of 79 and I'm BUZZING.
So I thought I'd round them all up in a big ol' post and tell you my rating. I've separated them by month and, if you want more in-depth thoughts about any of them, you can go check my recent reads, linked on each title (I've also linked any individual review I've made). And if you're only interested in my favourite ones, don't fret, my very-hard-to-pick top 10 is coming tomorrow. So let's stop rambling and get on with the books!
1) Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #1): 4.5/5 ⭐️
2) The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas: 5/5 ⭐️ (review)
3) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter #5): 5/5 ⭐️ (reread)
4) It's Not OK to Feel Blue, Scarlett Curtis: 4/5 ⭐️
5) Little Women, Louisa May Alcott: 4.25/5 ⭐️
6) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J. K. Rowling(Harry Potter #6): 5/5 ⭐️ (reread)
7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J. K. Rowling(Harry Potter #7): 5/5 ⭐️ (reread)
8) Obsidio, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (The Illuminae Files, #3): 4.5/5 ⭐️
9) Girl, Wash Your Face, Rachel Hollis: 2/5 ⭐️
10) The Language of Thorns, Leigh Bardugo: 4/5 ⭐️
11) City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments #4): 3.5/5 ⭐️
12) The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, Mackenzi Lee (Montague Siblings #1): 4.5/5 ⭐️
13) The Final Empire, Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn #1): 5/5 ⭐️
14) The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky, Mackenzi Lee (Montague Siblings #1.5): 4/5 ⭐️
14) A Study in Scarlet, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #1): 3.5/5 ⭐️
16) Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys: 3.5/5 ⭐️
17) The Sign of the Four, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #2): 4/5 ⭐️
18) Clockwork Prince, Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #2): 4.5/5 ⭐️
19) Minimal, Madeleine Olivia: 4/5 ⭐️
20) Us, David Nicholls: 4.25/5 ⭐️
21) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #3): 3/5 ⭐️
22) The Princess Diaries, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #1): 3/5 ⭐️
23) The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, Mackenzi Lee (Montague Siblings #2): 3.5/5 ⭐️
24) All the Crooked Saints, Maggie Stiefvater: 2.5/5 ⭐️
25) Our Stop, Laura Jane Williams: 3.5/5 ⭐️
26) Princess in the Spotlight, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #2): 3.5/5 ⭐️
27) Princess in Love, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #3): 3.5/5 ⭐️
28) Princess in Waiting, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #4): 3.5/5 ⭐️
29) The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #1): 5/5 ⭐️ (reread)
30) Princess in Pink, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #5): 3.5/5 ⭐️
31) Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #2): 5/5 ⭐️
32) Princess in Training, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #6): 4/5 ⭐️
33) The Angel of the Crows, Katherine Addison: 3/5 ⭐️ (review)
34) Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #3): 3.5/5 ⭐️
35) For Every One, Jason Reynolds: 4.5/5 ⭐️
36) The Safe Place, Anna Downes: 3.5/5 ⭐️ (review)
37) Party Princess, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #7): 3/5 ⭐️
38) Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert: 4/5 ⭐️
39) Love and Other Words, Christina Lauren: 4.5/5 ⭐️
40) Nevernight, Jay Kristoff (Nevernight #1): 4.5/5 ⭐️
41) Princess on the Brink, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #8): 2.5/5 ⭐️
42) One Day, David Nicholls: 4/5 ⭐️
43) Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid: 4.25/5 ⭐️
44) The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo: 5/5 ⭐️
45) The Shadows, Alex North: 3/5 ⭐️ (review)
47) The Switch, Beth O'Leary: 4/5 ⭐️ (review)
48) City of Lost Souls, Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments #5): 4.5/5 ⭐️
49) All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr: 4.25/5 ⭐️
50) 4 Years Trapped in my Mind Palace, Johan Twiss: 3.5/5 ⭐️ (review)
52) Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng: 3.5/5 ⭐️
53) The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien: 2.5/5 ⭐️
56) Princess Mia, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #9): 4/5 ⭐️
57) The Priory of the Orange Tree, Samantha Shannon: 5/5 ⭐️ (review)
58) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #4): 4/5 ⭐️
59) Clockwork Princess, Cassandra Clare (The Infernal Devices #3): 4/5 ⭐️
60) Coraline, Neil Gaiman: 4.5/5 ⭐️
61) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, V. E. Schwab: 4.5/5 ⭐️ (review)
62) The Diviners, Libba Bray (The Diviners #1): 4/5 ⭐️
63) The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #5): 4/5 ⭐️
64) City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare (The Mortal Instruments #6): 3.5/5 ⭐️
65) The Night and the Land, Matt Spencer: 2/5 ⭐️ (review)
66) Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas: 5/5 ⭐️
67) City of Ghosts, Victoria Schwab (Cassidy Blake #1): 3.5/5 ⭐️
68) Tunnel of Bones, Victoria Schwab (Cassidy Blake #2): 4.25/5 ⭐️
69) The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #6): 4/5 ⭐️
71) Forever Princess, Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries #2): 4.5/5 ⭐️
73) The Valley of Fear, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes #7): 3.5/5 ⭐️
74) Deep Sleep, Paula Astridge: 3.25/5 ⭐️ (review)
75) In a Holidaze, Christina Lauren: 3.5/5 ⭐️
76) Dash & Lily's Book of Dares, Rachel Cohn and David Levithan: DNF (Did Not Finish)
77) The Bone Season, Samantha Shannon (The Bone Season #1): 4/5 ⭐️
78) The Mime Order, Samantha Shannon (The Bone Season #2): 4.75/5 ⭐️
79) The Pale Dreamer, Samantha Shannon (The Bone Season #0.5): 3/5 ⭐️
*Phew* that was a LOT. Cheers if you've made it this far. Never in a million year did I think I'd be able to read this many books in a single year but I am so happy about that. I found some all-time favourite books, authors and series and I cannot wait to see what 2021 brings.
Love,
N.
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