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Books Read in 2020

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My Sister, the Serial Killer

by Oyinkan Braithwaite

4,665 members

294 reviews

3.8

16 Members: bookwoman84, jseeley, FAMeulstee, mary.mchale, blackdove07, nika_pika, peterveen, Msmedea, Perky09, lkemeny1, kelsvera, BrookeLouk, jennyfromthelibrary, britchesh, Tosta, kathrynsmall

2

by Jeanine Cummins

5,029 members

225 reviews

4.1

12 Members: booksinbed, alphaorder, lbern444, peterveen, ahef1963, Mis1, suebee520, kelsvera, magentanya, dwaagon, mazzzie, Terri3-Sue

3

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

11,253 members

495 reviews

4

11 Members: mahsdad, AnotherAge, LaneZajac, acousticmoose, SamsonPeace, lkemeny1, kelsvera, RODNEYP, britchesh, Courtneyreads21, Terri3-Sue

4

Where the Crawdads Sing

21,005 members

753 reviews

4.1

10 Members: rmckeown, lavergne_rsl, lbern444, FAMeulstee, MissYvonnee, peterveen, pleckey, bck0825, CrostonA, Terri3-Sue

5

Nine Perfect Strangers

by Liane Moriarty

5,192 members

215 reviews

½ 3.5

10 Members: MissYvonnee, ahef1963, Mis1, lkemeny1, kelsvera, magentanya, dwaagon, hamrc, Terri3-Sue, AmbientSpiritLamb

6

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

8,724 members

390 reviews

3.8

8 Members: bookwoman84, Porua, MissYvonnee, jmiserak, hamrc, britchesh, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

7

The Memory Police

3,797 members

137 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: claytonhowl, Parker51, anju04, peterveen, jmiserak, kelsvera, dwaagon, jennyfromthelibrary, hamrc

8

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

4,377 members

167 reviews

4.2

8 Members: booksinbed, elkiedee, anju04, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, kelsvera, magentanya, belljalysa

9

by Madeline Miller

18,763 members

583 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: rmckeown, sturlington, MissYvonnee, Peace2, Laura1124, hamrc, britchesh, AmbientSpiritLamb

10

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

17,017 members

779 reviews

4.2

7 Members: Only2rs, lbern444, AnotherAge, davidized, mazzzie, emontanaro, Terri3-Sue

11

by Susanna Clarke

9,571 members

413 reviews

4.2

9 Members: claytonhowl, trantor, jsburbidge, peterveen, Bookwomble, mazzzie, britchesh, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

12

4,571 members

203 reviews

3.8

8 Members: aprille, claytonhowl, librookian, booksinbed, alphaorder, anju04, Courtneyreads21, Terri3-Sue

13

The Nickel Boys

by Colson Whitehead

5,832 members

259 reviews

4.2

8 Members: rmckeown, aprille, booksinbed, FAMeulstee, anju04, RODNEYP, Courtneyreads21, Terri3-Sue

14

Fantastic Mr. Fox

11,813 members

156 reviews

3.9

7 Members: Only2rs, briarhills, MissYvonnee, Peace2, BrookeLouk, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

15

Nothing to See Here

by Kevin Wilson

2,936 members

165 reviews

4

7 Members: aprille, librookian, dhm, edparks, mazzzie, britchesh, Terri3-Sue

16

by Terry Pratchett

12,440 members

183 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, merrystar, briarhills, jmiserak, kelsvera, dwaagon

17

by Jenny Offill

1,458 members

81 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: Parker51, revbean, alphaorder, anju04, acousticmoose, dwaagon

18

by Margaret Atwood

9,143 members

278 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Edward, bookwoman84, jseeley, sturlington, elkiedee, peterveen, ahef1963

19

The Time Machine

20,339 members

387 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: Only2rs, aprille, DeboraNunes, m_k_m, Peace2, shemthepenman, Sakunade, Onj

20

by Leigh Bardugo

8,888 members

232 reviews

4.1

6 Members: peterveen, jmiserak, chwiggy, hamrc, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

21

Daisy Jones and The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

9,587 members

446 reviews

4.1

7 Members: librookian, AnotherAge, anju04, ahef1963, Courtneyreads21, Tosta, Terri3-Sue

22

The Mirror and the Light

by Hilary Mantel

3,732 members

131 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: aprille, librookian, dhm, anju04, peterveen, m_k_m, VW_Williams

23

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

24,212 members

326 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, dkarenart, Sakunade

24

by Harlan Coben

1,865 members

48 reviews

3.9

5 Members: peterveen, OphelieDepoortere, kelsvera, BrookeLouk, RODNEYP

25

Gideon the Ninth

7,230 members

251 reviews

4.1

6 Members: bookwoman84, Rtrace, trantor, m_island, souloftherose, Yeti21

26

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

7,359 members

314 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: librookian, jseeley, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21, Tosta, AmbientSpiritLamb

27

Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

15,624 members

495 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: souloftherose, briarhills, aspirit, davidized, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

28

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

15,997 members

281 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, souloftherose, ahef1963, jmiserak, dwaagon

29

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

94,702 members

1,451 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, MelanieTid, zottel, Sakunade, cmccollam

30

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

27,904 members

370 reviews

4.1

7 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, trantor, FAMeulstee, briarhills, Peace2, BrookeLouk

31

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

8,906 members

361 reviews

4.1

6 Members: booksinbed, AnotherAge, ahef1963, VW_Williams, RODNEYP, britchesh

32

A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America

by Philip Rucker

775 members

28 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Parker51, greeneyed_ives, peterveen, kelsvera, dwaagon

33

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

48,669 members

1,238 reviews

4.1

6 Members: jseeley, aethercowboy, souloftherose, ahef1963, LiteraryReadaholic, AmbientSpiritLamb

34

by Maggie O'Farrell

7,021 members

313 reviews

4.2

6 Members: booksinbed, elkiedee, anju04, ahef1963, britchesh, Terri3-Sue

35

Little Fires Everywhere

11,971 members

436 reviews

4

6 Members: FAMeulstee, Dilara86, anju04, Tosta, Terri3-Sue, AmbientSpiritLamb

36

by Jenny Erpenbeck

869 members

48 reviews

3.9

6 Members: FAMeulstee, SirThomas, Dilara86, zottel, lkemeny1, BrookeLouk

37

Diplomat of Uram

by Richard R. Matthews

15 members

2 reviews

4.9

3 Members: Diana-Book-Fan, Readatron, AlejandroSalas

38

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

7,098 members

246 reviews

3.9

5 Members: revbean, sturlington, Courtneyreads21, hollythepenguin, AmbientSpiritLamb

39

Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

11,665 members

320 reviews

4.1

6 Members: mahsdad, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21, Terri3-Sue, AmbientSpiritLamb, BarnesBookshelf

40

To Kill a Mockingbird

90,386 members

1,561 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Only2rs, FAMeulstee, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

41

2,240 members

131 reviews

4.1

4 Members: DeboraNunes, peterveen, BrookeLouk, mazzzie

42

by Seanan McGuire

1,954 members

79 reviews

4

6 Members: Rtrace, trantor, m_island, peterveen, kelsvera, Courtneyreads21

43

by George Eliot

20,889 members

371 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Only2rs, booksinbed, VW_Williams, Rchlwtsn, RODNEYP

44

Gods of Jade and Shadow

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3,058 members

99 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Only2rs, revbean, souloftherose, JqnOC, britchesh

45

by Terry Pratchett

12,612 members

175 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Only2rs, Rtrace, merrystar, davidized, AmbientSpiritLamb

46

4,175 members

170 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Edward, Rtrace, trantor, acousticmoose, mazzzie

47

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

by Olga Tokarczuk

4,445 members

184 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Parker51, FAMeulstee, peterveen, acousticmoose, hamrc

48

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

2,453 members

78 reviews

3.8

5 Members: anxovert, pitjrw, briarhills, peterveen, BrookeLouk

49

Pride and Prejudice

94,536 members

1,514 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, rretzler, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

50

by Bernhard Schlink

14,624 members

412 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Bookmarque, FAMeulstee, dkarenart, designstyle

51

Lovecraft Country

2,567 members

100 reviews

4

5 Members: Rtrace, trantor, DeboraNunes, acousticmoose, emontanaro

52

The City of Brass

by Shannon Chakraborty

5,630 members

154 reviews

4

5 Members: Only2rs, souloftherose, peterveen, Peace2, Courtneyreads21

53

by Stephen King

6,909 members

196 reviews

4.1

4 Members: anju04, peterveen, jmiserak, hamrc

54

17,784 members

215 reviews

4.1

4 Members: briarhills, SirThomas, AlejandroSalas, Sakunade

55

by Sally Rooney

10,905 members

367 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: bookwoman84, aprille, MissYvonnee, anju04

56

All Systems Red

by Martha Wells

8,571 members

496 reviews

4.1

5 Members: m_island, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21

57

The Tuesday Club Murders

by Agatha Christie

3,833 members

88 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: m_k_m, kelsvera, magentanya

58

The City We Became

by N. K. Jemisin

4,548 members

137 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Rtrace, m_island, acousticmoose, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21

59

by Emily St. John Mandel

14,749 members

879 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dhm, FAMeulstee, zottel, magentanya

60

by Louisa May Alcott

33,404 members

474 reviews

4

5 Members: Only2rs, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, BrookeLouk, Sakunade

61

Don't Breathe a Word

by Jennifer McMahon

802 members

77 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Bookmarque, kelsvera, BrookeLouk

62

The Raven Tower

1,880 members

109 reviews

4

3 Members: jsburbidge, chwiggy, SamsonPeace

63

by Terry Pratchett

11,668 members

148 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, souloftherose, jmiserak

64

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

4,672 members

208 reviews

4

5 Members: Rtrace, trantor, jsburbidge, Courtneyreads21, libthing_sm

65

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

7,414 members

399 reviews

3.9

3 Members: claytonhowl, mahsdad, VW_Williams

66

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

by Mackenzi Lee

3,435 members

184 reviews

4

4 Members: souloftherose, aspirit, Courtneyreads21, BarnesBookshelf

67

Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators

by Ronan Farrow

1,934 members

77 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: aprille, dhm, ahef1963, Courtneyreads21
Explanations: dhm: "Score" is displaying as 6.29: something amiss here...

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by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,932 members

1,306 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Edward, DeboraNunes, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

69

by Octavia E. Butler

10,798 members

410 reviews

4.2

4 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

70

by Terry Pratchett

11,213 members

134 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Only2rs, amberwitch, Rtrace, souloftherose

71

by Dorothy L. Sayers

6,013 members

159 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: Only2rs, merrystar, blackdove07

72

26,721 members

633 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, anju04, Sakunade, AmbientSpiritLamb

73

Rivers of London

by Ben Aaronovitch

7,248 members

423 reviews

3.9

3 Members: bookwoman84, ahef1963, Onj

74

A Rare Book of Cunning Device

by Ben Aaronovitch

227 members

18 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: m_island, souloftherose, rretzler

75

The City Born Great {short story}

by N. K. Jemisin

184 members

23 reviews

4

4 Members: DeusXMachina, m_island, briarhills, BrookeLouk

76

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas

1,113 members

74 reviews

3.2

4 Members: bookwoman84, librookian, ManWithAnAgenda, Courtneyreads21

77

The Five Red Herrings

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,133 members

82 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Only2rs, DisassemblyOfReason, aethercowboy, Porua

78

Fleishman Is in Trouble

by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

1,687 members

87 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: AnotherAge, edparks, Courtneyreads21

79

A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman

14,493 members

793 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, elkiedee, SirThomas, pleckey

80

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

24,684 members

271 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Only2rs, m_k_m, Peace2, Sakunade

81

A Deadly Education

6,358 members

211 reviews

4.1

5 Members: librookian, trantor, souloftherose, Courtneyreads21, AmbientSpiritLamb

82

21,125 members

523 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: dhm, greeneyed_ives, AmbientSpiritLamb

83

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,760 members

872 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, AmbientSpiritLamb

84

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

7,567 members

328 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, acousticmoose

85

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

17,641 members

261 reviews

4

4 Members: Only2rs, aprille, jseeley, Peace2

86

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh

5,026 members

195 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, blackdove07, peterveen, AmbientSpiritLamb

87

by Daphne Du Maurier

24,052 members

690 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Only2rs, rretzler, MelanieTid, Peace2

88

by Nella Larsen

3,593 members

134 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, jseeley, pitjrw

89

by Frank Herbert

50,873 members

808 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: Only2rs, Bookwomble, Yeti21, Courtneyreads21

90

For He Can Creep

by Siobhan Carroll

120 members

14 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Rtrace, souloftherose, briarhills, AmbientSpiritLamb

91

Come Tumbling Down

by Seanan McGuire

1,100 members

75 reviews

3.9

4 Members: m_island, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, libthing_sm

92

by Charles Dickens

28,567 members

274 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Only2rs, Peace2, Rchlwtsn, Sakunade

93

26,304 members

526 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: briarhills, SirThomas, Rchlwtsn, AmbientSpiritLamb

94

by Ben Aaronovitch

1,420 members

56 reviews

3.9

4 Members: jsburbidge, m_island, souloftherose, m_k_m

95

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

8,227 members

290 reviews

4.1

4 Members: librookian, booksinbed, anju04, Courtneyreads21

96

At the Mountains of Madness [novella]

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,516 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Edward, Only2rs, AlejandroSalas

97

by Joe Abercrombie

2,466 members

66 reviews

4.1

2 Members: trantor, jmiserak

98

The Lost Future of Pepperharrow

by Natasha Pulley

463 members

21 reviews

4

3 Members: souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda, hollythepenguin

99

by Rivers Solomon

1,582 members

102 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Rtrace, trantor, revbean, souloftherose

100

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line

by Deepa Anappara

776 members

39 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Parker51, FAMeulstee, peterveen, Courtneyreads21

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