Here is my 2020 roundup of books read! If you’d like, you can check out all the books I enjoyed in 2020 on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2020/83196155.
Juvenile Reads
Top Favorites
- City of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau
- Theodore Boone series by John Grisham
- The League of Beastly Dreadfuls series by Holly Grant
- Masterminds series by Gordon Korman
Favorite “Quirky” Books
- Midnight on Strange Street by K.E. Ormsbee
- Greystone Secrets: The Strangers by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Remarkables by Margaret Peterson Haddix
- The Mystwick School of Musicraft by Jessica Khoury
- The Last Chance Hotel by Nicki Thornton
- 13 Hangmen by Art Corriveau
Other Awesome Books
- Eragon series by Christopher Paolini
- The Invisible Boy by Alyssa Hollingsworth
- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
Additional Reads I Enjoyed
- Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series by Chris Grabenstein
- The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein
- Shine! by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
- Hero on a Bicycle by Shirley Hughes
- The Library of Ever series by Zeno Alexander
- Beetle Boy series by M.G. Leonard
YA Reads
Top Favorites
- The Great Library series by Rachel Caine
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
Other Favorites (all mysteries!)
- One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
- Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus
- Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson
- Charlotte Holmes series by Brittany Cavallaro
Additional Books I Enjoyed
- What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
- Abduction! by Peg Kehret
- This Train is Being Held by Ismee Williams
- Dangerous by Shannon Hale
- The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
- The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
- Dangerous Alliance by Jennieke Cohen
- The Stars We Steal by Alexa Donne
- The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine
- Among the Red Stars by Gwen Katz
- Don’t Read the Comments by Eric Smith
- The Starlight Claim by Tim Wynne-Jones
- 13 Little Blue Envelopes series by Maureen Johnson
- The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee
- The Night Shift by Robert Enright
- In 27 Days by Alison Gervais
- We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
- The Assignment by Liza Wiemer
- Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
- Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kenneally
- Coming Up for Air by Miranda Kenneally
- Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
- Waking in Time by Angie Stanton
- A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood
- Crying Laughing by Lance Rubin
- The Life and Medieval Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton
- Making Friends With Alice Dyson by Poppy Nwosu
- The Liar’s Guide to the Night Sky by Brianna Shrum
- I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan
- The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett
- The Art of French Cooking by Brianna Shrum
Saddest Reads
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
- As Many Nows As I Can Get by Shana Youngdahl
- The Jewel Thief by Jeannie Mobley
Nonfiction Favorites
- Drive by Daniel Pink
- Unselfie by Michele Borba
- Bored and Brilliant by Manoush Zomorodi
- A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
History
- Catherine’s War by Julia Billet and Claire Fauvel
- Survivors of the Holocaust by Kath Shackleton
- The Thrifty Guides series by Jonathan W. Stokes
- Killing the SS by Bill O’Reilly
- Faster by Neal Bascomb
- The Plot to Kill Hitler series by Andy Marino
- The Kidnap Years by David Stout
- Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mallick
- The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise Borden
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! by Laura Amy Schutz