2020 was a weird year, and it felt like it flew by! Despite how fast it was I managed to read more in the year that shan’t be named than any other year. From young adult fiction, to important non-fiction reads, I read a real mixture this year. In total, I reached 71 books, which is over double the books I read in 2019! So let’s get into the books I read!
My 2020 Reading Stats
First things first, let’s go over some stats! So I read 39 standalone books, 2 rereads, and 30 books that were part of a series. In total, I read 23,804 pages – which is a lot!! This was the first year that I’ve really been into audiobooks and I listened to 16 of them! 26 of the books I read were physical and 29 were ebooks. I made a really conscious effort to borrow my ebooks and audiobooks from my online library, even if it meant waiting weeks for a book I wanted to read right then and there!
The Books I Read
If I were to write a long paragraph about every book we’d be here forever, so I’ll be giving a star rating to keep things simple! I have given more details on my top 10 books of 2020 in a post already so make sure you check that out after!
The Trial of Lady Chatterley’s Lover – Sybille Bedford
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets – J.K Rowling
Lady Chatterley’s Lover – D.H Lawrence
Fifty Shades of Grey – E.L James
The Children’s Hour – Lillian Hellman
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K Rowling
Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D Salinger
The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams
The Well of Lonliness – Radcliffe Hall
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K Rowling
The Group – Mary McCarthy
The Handmaids Tale – Margaret Atwood
The Northern Lights – Phillip Pullman
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde
The Strange Case of Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickins
In Cold Fear – Pamela Hunt Steinle
Hidden Bodies – Caroline Kepnes
Animal Farm – George Orwell
To the Lighthouse – Virginia Woolf
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
The Little Snake – A.L Kennedy
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – J.K Rowling
Then She Vanishes – Claire Douglas
Isla and the Happily Ever After – Stephanie Perkins
Call it What You Want – Brigid Kemmerer
Juliet and Romeo – David Hewson
Gossip Girl – Cecily Von Ziegesar
The Kissing Booth – Beth Reekles
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – J.K Rowling
Girl Online On Tour – Zoe Sugg
You Know You Love Me – Cecily Von Ziegesar
The Flat Share – Beth O’Leary
Normal People – Sally Rooney
My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K Rowling
The Keeper of Lost Things – Beth Hogan
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – Suzanne Collins
The Awakening – L.J Smith
Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney
Girl Online Going Solo – Zoe Sugg
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – Taylor Jenkins Reid
Reasons She Goes to the Woods – Deborah Kay Davies
Becoming – Michelle Obama
Wilde Like Me – Louise Pentland
The Struggle – L.J Smith
Always and Forever Lara Jean – Jenny Han
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Ken Kesey
The Fury – L.J Smith
This is Where it Ends – Marieke Nijkamp
Queenie – Candice Carty Williams
The Hunting Party – Lucy Foley
One of Us is Next – Karen M McManus
The Family Upstairs – Lisa Jewell
I Found You – Lisa Jewell
A Girl Named Anna – Lizzy Barber
The Language of Birds – Jill Dawson
Daisy Jones and the Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid
Rebecca – Daphne De Maurier
The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – Reni Eddo Lodge
The Magpie Society – Zoe Sugg, Amy McCulloch
The Mothers – Brit Bennett
Fake it Til You Break it – Jenn P Nguyen
New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
The Life and Death of Charlie St Cloud – Ben Sherwood
Life, the Universe, and Everything – Douglas Adams
I Have No Secrets – Penny Joelson
Phew, that was a lot of ratings! I’m hoping this year to be more on it with writing mini-reviews. I don’t know whether this will be a monthly or bi-monthly thing, but I’d like to be able to include at least a sentence review for all my books in 2021’s round up post!
What books did you read last year? What were your favourites? I’d love to know so leave a comment below!
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Wow! This is amazing Katie! I’m not typically a reader but I have made it a goal to read at least one book a month. I love self-help books right now! Thanks for sharing a great list x
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I’ve not really explored self help books but would love to hear your recommendations! xx
Ooohh! That’s a lot of books. Added some of them to my own reading list. Thanks!
Hope you enjoy them 💫
Wow, that’s a lot of reading, you were pretty busy last year lol, I’ve been trying to get back into just sitting back and reading some books so I can definitely use this list. Great post!
Haha lockdown definitely helped with making me read more!
LOVE THIS 👏 What a fab way to rate them and I am in NEEEED of some new books so this is perfect, thank you xx
Glad you enjoyed! xx
There are a few titles in your list that I have enjoyed a lot too! x
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You have read some amazing books in 2020. Some are on my TBR list for 2021. I absolutely loved The Strange Case of Dr Jeykll and Mr Hyde, Normal People, The Picture of Dorian Gray. I read quite a few self-help books during 2020, I loved Fearne Cotton series, and I read Tracy Wolff’s Crave series (very cheesy, but I could not get enough!)
Thanks! Ooo I haven’t read any of Fearne Cotton’s books but would definitely be interested in reading!
Oh wow, I recognize many of the titles here! Seeing Stephanie Perkins’ books on your list brings a smile to my face. They are some of the most memorable contemporary novels I read in my teenage years! I used to love cutesy romance novels then haha! These days, I am more into non-fiction and literary classics. Thanks for sharing this list! 🙂