My 2020 Books of the Year

*Please note that the links for each book lead to Amazon affiliate pages.

Although we may throw around the phrase that 2020 was one for the books, it was a challenging reading year for me. Reading is necessary for my survival, and I have always been a very fast and avid reader. Although reading did bring me some distraction in 2020, I oddly found it very hard to concentrate on what is typically one of my top favorite pastimes.

Still, I was able to complete 51 books (an about a million hours of podcast listening!). Please see below for my complete list. My top ten favorite books of the year are highlighted in bold.

1. Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path by Erin Loechner
2. Simple Morning Lists: A Daily Practice of Letting Go, Getting Grateful, and Reminding Yourself of Where You’re Headed by Desirae Endres
3. Explorer Academy - The Falcon’s Feather by Trudi Trueit (with Jac)
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (with Jessa)
5. The Byline Bible by Susan Shapiro
6. Dutch House by Ann Patchett
7. Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
8. Warriors - The New Prophecy - Starlight by Erin Hunter (with Jac)
9. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (with Jessa)
10. We are the Luckiest by Laura McKowen
11. On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
12. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano 
13. Untamed by Glennon Doyle
14. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country in the World by Sarah Smarsh
15. Warriors - The New Prophecy - Twilight by Erin Hunter (with Jac)
16. The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister 
17. Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman
18. Explorer Academy - The Double Helix by Trudi Trueit (with Jac)
19. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister 
20. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
21. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
22. There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing by Ruthie Lindsey 
23. The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
24. More Myself: A Journey by Alicia Keys
25. Sunset - Warriors - The New Prophecy by Erin Hunter (with Jac)
26. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (with Jessa)
27. The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 
28. Explorer Academy - The Star Dunes by Trudi Trueit (with Jac)
29. For Small Creatures Such as We by Sasha Sagan
30. Warriors: Power of Three - The Sight by Erin Hunter (with Jac)
31.  Flying Flamingo Sisters (with the kids)
32. Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story by Sue Monk Kidd and Ann Kidd Taylor
33. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (with Jessa)
34. The Daughters of Erietown by Connie Schultz 
35. Warriors: Power of Three - Dark River by Erin Hunter (with Jac)
36. Rage Against the Minivan by Kristen Howerton
37. Last One Home by Debbie Macomber
38. Warriors: Power of Three - Outcast by Erin Hunter (with Jac)
39. How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 
40. The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
41. Warriors: Power of Three - Eclipse by Erin Hunter (with Jac)
42. The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey 
43. The Illness Lesson by Clare Beams
44. The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
45. What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
46. Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah (re-read) 
47. The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir by Michelle Harper
48. Greenlights by Matthew McConaghy
49. After This by Claire Bidwell Smith
50. Map to the Unknown by Isabella Huffington
51. A Promised Land by Barack Obama (in progress)

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Please comment below and let me know your favorite reads from 2020! I am always looking for new suggestions.