| I know a lot of people had trouble reading this year, but I read about 30 more books than usual. My total was 126. I'm quite impressed with myself. I guess that's what happens when you're experiencing a serious amount of writer's block. Eighty percent of the books were written by women, which is good since my goal is to read more women. Unfortunately, I was not quite as good on reading books by queer or people of color (4% and 13% respectively). I'll have to work on that this year. I was glad to find that I had a wide-ranging list of genres tackled. (See my totally awesome pie chart!) I am not interested in doing top ten lists, or trying to figure out my favorite read of any given time period. So here is a list of my favorites of the year. The only order they are in by new books (published in 2019/2020) and books that just recently came into my radar. Favorites for 2020 |  |
| New Books Light of Other Stars, by Erika Swyler When We Were Vikings, by Andrew David McDonald The Relentless Moon, by Mary Robinette Kowal Or What You Will, by Jo Walton The Hollow Places, by T. Kingfisher | Older/Old Books Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood Tenet of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Bronte I Lost My Girlish Laughter, by Jane Allen Abigail, by Magda Szabo The Elementals, by Michael McDonald |
