Read 20 in 2020
Books Published in 2000 Alice's Tulips Sandra Dallas Angels & Demons Dan Brown Drowning Ruth Christina Schwarz Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J.K. Rowling Not One of the Boys Brenda Feigen On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King Portrait in Sepia Isabel Allende Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman Alice Steinbach
Books with an Animal on the Cover The Apprentices Maile Meloy The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper Phaedra Patrick The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs Tristan Gooley Mister Monkey Francine Prose Mondern Lovers Emma Straub Mostly Dead Things Kristen Arnett My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman The Unwanteds Quests: Dragon Captives Lisa McMann
Audiobooks Ask Again, Yes Mary Beth Keane Before the Fall Noah Hawley Birds of a Feather Jacqueline Winspear The Bookish Life of Nina Hill Abbi Waxman Born a Crime Trevor Noah The Dorito Effect Mark Schatzker Far from the Tree Robin Benway Fast. Feast. Repeat.: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny® Intermittent Fasting Gin Stephens Flying Lessons & Other Stories Ellen Oh et al. Future Home of the Living God: A Novel Louise Erdrich Read 20 in 2020
Audiobooks cont. Genesis Robin Cook The Guest List: A Novel Lucy Foley Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng Little Women Louisa May Alcott Loving Frank Nancy Horan Secret Daughter Shilpi Somaya Gowda The Secrets We Kept Lara Prescott The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society: A Novel Beth Pattillo A Treasury of Birdlore Joseph Wood Krutch There There Tommy Orange We Must Be Brave Frances Liardet
Pulitzer Prize/National Book Award Winners All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Anthony Doerr The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir Samantha Power The Goldfinch Donna Tartt The Good Lord Bird James McBride Just Kids Patti Smith Less: A Novel Andrew Sean Greer Nickel Boys: A Novel Colson Whitehead Olive Kitteridge Elizabeth Strout The Overstory: A Novel Richard Powers When Zachary Beaver Came to Town Kimberly Willis Holt
Biography/Memoir The Club King: My Rise, Reign, and Fall in New York Nightlife Peter Gatien The Fortune Teller's Kiss Brenda Serotte The Glass Castle: A Memoir Jeannette Walls Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis J.D. Vance Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Read 20 in 2020
Biography/Memoir cont. Jesus: A Pilgrimage James Martin Meditations of John Muir: Nature's Temple Chris Highland The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing Adam Frankel Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man Mary L. Trump Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Omarosa Manigault Newman Untamed Glennon Doyle A Well-Read Woman: The Life, Loves, and Legacy of Ruth Rappaport Kate Stewart What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance Carolyn Forché Worst.A Wild andPresident. Precious Ever.: Life: James A Memoir Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Edith Windsor and Joshua Lyon Lesser Presidents Robert Strauss
Book by an Author from Asia, Africa, or Oceania Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler Born a Crime Trevor Noah Girl in Translation: A Novel Jean Kwok My Sister, the Serial Killer: A Novel Oyinkan Braithwaite On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel Ocean Vuong The Rosie Result Graeme Simsion Save Me a Seat Gita Varadarajan and Sarah Weeks The Story Hour: A Novel Thrity Umrigar The Sun and Her Flowers Rupi Kaur Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi
Book with a Color in the Title Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel Mark Sullivan Bitter Orange Claire Fuller Darling Rose Gold Stephanie Wrobel In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown Amy Gary Red Clocks: A Novel Leni Zumas Read 20 in 2020
Book with a Color in the Title cont. Red Dragon Thomas Harris Red Queen Victoria Aveyard The Virgin Blue: A Novel Tracy Chevalier The Yellow Bird Sings: A Novel Jennifer Rosner The Yellow House: A Memoir Sarah M. Broom
Graphic Novel/Graphic Non-Fiction Bingo Love Tee Franklin Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book Jomny Sun Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York Roz Chast March John Lewis Maus Art Spiegelman Moonbound: Apollo 11 and the Dream of Spaceflight Jonathan Fetter-Vorm Out From Boneville Jeff Smith Smile Raina Telgemeier The Night Bookmobile Audrey Niffenegger The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes Neil Gaiman They Called Us Enemy George Takei White Bird: A Wonder Story R.J. Palacio
History (historical fiction or non-fiction history) Beneath a Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan The Book of Longings: A Novel Sue Monk Kidd Bowlaway: A Novel Elizabeth McCracken City of Girls: A Novel Elizabeth Gilbert Confessions of a Teen Sleuth: A Parody Chelsea Cain Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel Taylor Jenkins Reid The Dutch House: A Novel Ann Patchett The Exiles: A Novel Christina Baker Kline The First Mrs. Rothschild: A Novel Sara Aharoni Fled Meg Keneally Read 20 in 2020
History (historical fiction or non-fiction history) cont. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café: A Novel Fannie Flagg The Giver of Stars: A Novel Jojo Moyes TheGolden Guarded Poppies: Gate: A Novel Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Laila Ibrahim Other European Immigrants Out of America Daniel Okrent The Guest Book: A Novel Sarah Blake Indian No More Charlene Willing McManis and Traci Sorell The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V. E. Schwab The Light in Hidden Places Sharon Cameron The Lions of Fifth Avenue: A Novel Fiona Davis The Lost Apothecary: A Novel Sarah Penner Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly's Royal Wedding Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers Hazel Gaynor A Mercy Toni Morrison The Mirror and the Light Hilary Mantel Mudlark: In Search of London's Past Along the River Thames Lara Maiklem The Muralist: A Novel Barbara Shapiro Mustard Seed Laila Ibrahim My Name is Memory: A Novel Ann Brashares Naamah: A Novel Sarah Blake The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich Number the Stars Lois Lowry Recipe for a Perfect Wife: A Novel Karma Brown Remarkable Creatures: A Novel Tracy Chevalier The Secrets We Kept Lara Prescott Outlander Diana Gabaldon Transcription: A Novel Kate Atkinson Utopia Avenue: A Novel David Mitchell A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Bill Bryson The Water Dancer: A Novel Ta-Nehisi Coates We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time Jose Andres What the Wind Knows Amy Harmon Read 20 in 2020
History (historical fiction or non-fiction history) cont. The Wind is not a River: A Novel Brian Payton The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop: A Novel Fannie Flagg Yellow Crocus Laila Ibrahim
Book About or Taking Place During a Holiday Bury Your Dead Louise Penny The Christmas Collector Kristina McMorris The Christmas Wedding James Patterson and Richard DiLallo The Deal of a Lifetime Fredrik Backman The Dinner Party: A Novel Brenda Janowitz Hercule Poirot's Christmas: A Hercule Poirot Mystery Agatha Christie Holidays on Ice David Sedaris The Price of Salt Patricia Highsmith Thanksgiving Angels: A Mercy Alcott Historical Cozy Mystery Alice Duncan
Learn Something New Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Carl Safina Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America's First Celebrity Tana Wojczuk Learn to Crochet the Easy Way Jean Leinhauser Moon Woke Me Up Nine Times: Selected Haiku of Basho Matsuo Bashō The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Michelle Alexander Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking Susan Cain Siblings without Rivalry: How to Help Your Children Live Together So You Can Live Too Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish Subjects You Should Know (But School Won't Teach You): Indispensable Material to Improve Your Life Gonzalo Alcaíno Switched on Pop: How Popular Music Works, and Why it Matters Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel Heather Morris A Victorian Flower Dictionary: The Language of Flowers Companion Mandy Kirby and Vanessa Diffenbaugh White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin DiAngelo Read 20 in 2020
Learn Something New cont. Why We Can't Sleep: Women's New Midlife Crisis Ada Calhoun Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You Ray Bradbury
Book by an Author from Long Island The Book of Two Ways: A Novel Jodi Picoult Faithful: A Novel Alice Hoffman The Gold Coast Nelson DeMille Long Island Oddities: Curious Locales, Unusual Occurrences and Unlikely Urban Adventures John & Laura Leita Long Time No See Susan Isaacs The Queen of Tuesday: A Lucille Ball Story Darin Strauss Shirley: A Novel Susan Scarf Merrell TheSmall Resistance Great Things: and Me:A Novel An Insider's Account of the Two-Year Mission to Stop the Trump Agenda and Jodi Picoult Take Back the House Barbara Weber-Floyd The Ten Year Nap Meg Wolitzer The World that We Knew: A Novel Alice Hoffman We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood Tom Phelan
Mystery/True Crime Bittersweet: A Novel Miranda Beverly-Whittemore The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century Sarah Miller Burning Down the House: A Novel Jane Mendelsohn Catherine House: A Novel Elisabeth Thomas The Guardian: A Novel John Grisham I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Michelle McNamara The King's Justice: A Maggie Hope Mystery Susan Elia MacNeal The Last Mrs. Parrish: A Novel Liv Constantine The Library Book Susan Orlean The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics Lawrence Black Murder at the Mansion: A Victorian Village Mystery Sheila Connolly The Mystery of Mrs. Christie: A Novel Marie Benedict Read 20 in 2020
Mystery/True Crime cont. The Neighbor Joseph Souza Perfect Little Children: A Novel Sophie Hannah The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides The Stranger in the Lake: A Novel Kimberly Belle The Windsor Knot: A Novel SJ Bennett The Woman in the Window: A Novel AJ Finn Who is Vera Kelly? Roslie Knecht
Science Fiction American War: A Novel Omar El Akkad Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Novel Toshikazu Kawaguchi The Clockwork Dynasty: A Novel Daniel H. Wilson Devoted Dean Koontz Early Riser: A Novel Jasper Fforde Earth Abides: A Novel George R. Stewart The Fortress: A Novel S.A. Jones Gathering Blue Lois Lowry The Immortalists: A Novel Chloe Benjamin Kindred Octavia E. Butler Parables of the Sower Octavia E. Butler Supernova Era Cixin Liu The Philosopher's Flight: A Novel Tom Miller The Philosopher's War: A Novel Tom Miller The Word Exchange: A Novel Alena Graedon Time and Again Jack Finney Walkaway: A Novel Cory Doctorow
Young Adult The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Suzanne Collins The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth Philip Pullman The Book Thief Markus Zusak Read 20 in 2020
Young Adult cont. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World Pénélope Bagieu Far from the Tree Robin Benway Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson The Grace Year Kim Liggett The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz A Mango Shaped Space Wendy Mass Nothing Annie Barrows One of Us is Lying Karen M. McManus Pulp Robin Talley Siddhartha: A Novel Hermann Hesse Telegram for Mrs. Mooney Cate M. Ruane Tweet Cute Emma Lord The Whole Thing Together Ann Brashares
Your Choice A World Between: A Novel Emily Hashimoto All Adults Here: A Novel Emma Straub American Dirt: A Novel Jeanine Cummins Anxious People: A Novel Fredrik Backman Beartown: A Novel Fredrik Backman The Birds Daphne Du Maurier Cari Mora: A Novel Thomas Harris Dead Voices Katherine Arden Delay, Don't Deny: Living an Intermittent Fasting Lifestyle Gin Stephens Drawing Home Jamie Brenner Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine: A Novel Gail Honeyman Everything I Never Told You: A Novel Celeste Ng Fly Away: A Novel Kristin Hannah Flying Changes: A Novel Sara Gruen The Glass Hotel: A Novel Emily St. John Mandel Ghosting: A Love Story Tash Skilton Read 20 in 2020
Your Choice cont. Grand Union: Stories Zadie Smith Holy Cow: A Novel David Duchovny The Home for Unwanted Girls: A Novel Joanna Goodman Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rumaan Alam Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel Celeste Ng Lover's Tango: A Novel Mark Rubinstein The Mindful Catholic: Finding God One Moment at a Time Gregory Bottaro The Museum of Extraordinary Things: A Novel Alice Hoffman My Name is Lucy Barton: A Novel Elizabeth Strout Normal People: A Novel Sally Rooney Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson The Obsidian Tower Melissa Caruso Oliver Loving: A Novel Stefan Merrill Block On Division: A Novel Goldie Goldbloom Oona Out of Order: A Novel Margarita Montimore Practical Magic Alice Hoffman Pretend I'm Dead: A Novel Jen Beagin Pretty Baby: A Novel Mary Kubika Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend: A Novel Katarina Bivald The Searcher: A Novel Tana French The Seine: The River that Made Paris Elaine Sciolino Send Down the Rain: A Novel Charles Martin The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: A Novel Taylor Jenkins Reid Siracusa: A Novel Delia Ephron Siri, Who Am I?: A Novel Sam Tschida Something to Talk About: A Novel Meryl Wilsner Supper Club: A Novel Lara Williams The Starless Sea: A Novel Erin Morgenstern The Tender Land: A Novel William Kent Krueger Things I Want My Daughters to Know: A Novel Elizabeth Noble Read 20 in 2020
Your Choice cont. The Things We Cannot Say: A Novel Kelly Rimmer Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Twenty-One Truths About Love: A Novel Matthew Dicks Us Against You: A Novel Fredrik Backman The Vanishing Half: A Novel Brit Bennett We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel Lionel Shriver Where the Crawdads Sing: A Novel Delia Owens Where'd You Go, Bernadette?: A Novel Maria Semple