193 Books I Read in 2020

I am so happy to finally be posting this! I started this draft at the beginning of 2020 to see if I could complete a challenge to read 100 books this year and I am so happy to say that I very much surpassed my goal.

I watched less TV in 2020 and read more books than I ever have in my life and man, it feels good. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good TV series (LOVE – currently watching Schitt’s Creek), but there is something much more peaceful and enjoyable when it comes to reading at the end of the night. Aside from cutting TV, I also shared a few other tips on how I read so much a bit back – you can check that out here if you are interested.

But anyways, I thought I would share my list with you in case you are curious to see what I read and/or need some inspiration for your next read. I will mark books that I really really loved with a (*) because some of these really stuck with me. I still think about them every now and then.

To give you an ideas of what I like, I will usually alternate between fiction and non-fiction, but my favorites are usually fiction. My most-read genres are normally thriller/mystery, romance, foodie lit, fantasy, self-help, health, homemaking, motherhood, and nature/science. I think my favorite authors this year were Colleen Hoover and Christina Lauren (romance for life).

What I Read

1. Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff
2. Dark Matter *
3. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs *
4. Get a Life, Chloe Brown
5. Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World *
6. Field Notes on Love
7. How to Not Hate Your Husband After Kids
8. Insatiable
9. Swear on This Life *
10. The Truth About Forever
11. Sharp Objects
12. Outlander
13. Happier At Home
14. Girl, Stop Apologizing
15. Modern Love
16. Euphoria *
17. Water for Elephants *
18. An American Marriage *
19. The Last Neanderthal *
20. Turtles All the Way Down
21. Why Am I Scared? Face Your Fears and Learn to Let Them Go
22. What You Did
23. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
24. Toddlers Are A**holes: It’s Not Your Fault
25. The Da Vinci Code *
26. Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies
27. The Printed Letter Bookshop *
28. I Heart My Little A-Holes
29. The Sun and Her Flowers
30. Jo Frost’s Toddler Rules
31. The Wish List of Albie Young
32. Spying on Whales
33. Sexual Intelligence
34. The Words Between Us *
35. The Girl Before
36. Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe
37. The Extremely Busy Woman’s Guide to Self Care
38. One Day in December *
39. Yes Please
40. Raising Good Humans *
41. Twice in a Blue Moon *
42. Book of Delights
43. Simply Living Well
44. Goodnight Stranger
45. The Kiss Quotient
46. Me Before You *
47. Happy And You Know It
48. Of Literature & Lattes
49. Evvie Drake Starts Over
50. Mommy Burnout
51. Recursion
52. Hygge: Discovering the Danish Art of Happiness
53. The No-Spend Challenge Guide
54. Introverted Moms
55. Breaking the Fear Cycle
56. A Thousand Splendid Suns *
57. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
58. The Princess Bride
59. Coraline
60. Bridge to Terabithia
61. Cosy: The British Art of Comfort *
62. A Totally Awkward Love Story
63. Love the Home You Have *
64. The Fifth Avenue Story Society
65. Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave
66. Grace, Not Perfection
67. Writers & Lovers
68. I Owe You One
69. Don’t Overthink It
70. The Joy of Family Traditions
71. The Book of New Family Traditions *
72. Find the Good
73. The Night Circus *
74. The Home Edit
75. Believe Me
76. Make Your Bed
77. The Hygge Life
78. The Saturday Night Supper Club
79. How to Raise a Reader *
80. Saint X
81. De-Extinction: The Science of Bringing Lost Species Back to Life
82. We Were Liars
83. Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
84. We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
85. The Sun Is Also a Star
86. Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness
87. The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Living Well *
88. The Danish Way of Parenting *
89. How Not To Die *
90. Little Fires Everywhere *
91. In Five Years
92. Normal People *
93. Cozy White Cottage: 100 Ways to Love the Feeling of Being Home
94. The Unhoneymooners
95. A Perfectly Kept House is the Sign of A Misspent Life
96. Pines
97. The Two Lives of Lydia Bird *
98. Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane)
99. Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating *
100. Of Orcas and Men
101. The Joy of Hygge
102. The Flatshare *
103. Barefoot Contessa: At Home
104. Ina Garten: Cook Like a Pro
105. Barefoot Contessa: How Easy Is That?
106. Ina Garten: Make It Ahead
107. Cooking for Jeffrey
108. Such a Fun Age
109. Barefoot Contessa: Fool Proof
110. Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics
111. Barefoot Contessa: Family Style
112. Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
113. The Honey-Don’t List
114. The Nesting Place: It Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect To Be Beautiful *
115. Down to Earth
116. Simple Matters *
117. The Inspired Room: Simple Ideas to Love the Home You Have *
118. The Creative Family Manifesto *
119. Open Book
120. An Everlasting Meal *
121. The Way of the Happy Woman *
122. Simplicity Parenting *
123. Beach Read *
124. Abode: Thoughtful Living With Less
125. How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen *
126. The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living *
127. One in a Million
128. Attachments
129. Love and Other Words *
130. Modern Comfort Food
131. The Happy Ever After Playlist
132. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake *
133. The Midnight Library
134. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe
135. My Favorite Half-Night Stand
136. The Roommate
137. The Good Luck Charm
138. Roomies
139. There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather *
140. In a Holidaze *
141. Just Mercy *
142. Big Summer
143. The Guest List *
144. Beautiful Bastard
145. The Tightwad Gazette
146. A Good Marriage
147. We Met in December
148. The Montessori Toddler *
149. The More of Less
150. And Now We Have Everything
151. Would Like to Meet
152. 25 Days ‘Til Christmas
153. By the Book
154. The Ingredients of You and Me
155. Well Met *
156. The Hunting Party
157. The Friend Zone
158. The Woman in the Window *
159. Midnight Sun
160. The Four Agreements
161. The Simple Wild *
162. The Switch
163. The F*ck It Diet
164. Wild at Heart
165. The Self-Care Solution
166. You Deserve Eachother
167. Body Talk *
168. Well Played
169. Love the One You’re With *
170. The Girl He Used to Know
171. Body Positive Power
172. This Time Next Year
173. Something Borrowed *
174. Body Respect *
175. The Twelve Dates of Christmas
176. Body Kindness
177. Eat Pray Love
178. Anti-Diet *
179. Winter Street
180. Something Blue
181. The Cozy Life
182. Health at Every Size *
183. All Your Perfects *
184. It Ends With Us *
185. November 9 *
186. The Tourist Attraction
187. The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany *
188. Confess *
189. Making Winter
190. Ugly Love
191. Say You Still Love Me
192. The Body Is Not an Apology
193. Regretting You

If I gave the book an (*), that means I highly recommend and the book stuck with me. If I had to pick my top 5 fiction books from the whole year (as hard as it is), I would say: One Day in December (MY FAVORITE), Love and Other Words, Well Met, All Your Perfects, and Dark Matter. For non-fiction, I loved An Everlasting Meal, There’s No Such Thing as Bad Weather, Body Respect, Love the Home You Have, and How Not to Die.

So there you have it – my year of reading! I am excited to do it all over again in 2021. If you want to follow along on GoodReads, you can find me here. You’ll see specific ratings but I don’t usually write an actual review… I know I should! Maybe I will eventually.

Now go on and share your favorite reads from this year in the comments, please!! I’m always grateful to have some recs! Happy reading in 2021! x