2020 Must Read List
Usually this list doesn’t come out until early January so that I can read until the very last day of December. Makes sense, right? This year, however, I realized that the two books I’m reading right now are 2021 releases. Alas, I was able to put together my faves for 2020. Trust me, there are still about fifty 2020 titles staring at me and itching to be read. I’ll definitely get to them, just waiting for that eighth day of the week!
All books on the list are available on my Bookshop page to support indie bookstores and each book is linked to my review on https://goodbookfairy.com/. There are a couple with reviews waiting to be written (sorry- I prefer to read) so those few will be linked to Amazon for the time being.
Enjoy!
Women’s Fiction and Romance
Seven by Farzana Doctor
The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman
This Is Not How it Ends by Rochelle Weinstein
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Ties the Tether by Jane Igharo
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
That’s Not a Thing by Jacqueline Friedland
General Fiction and Suspense
Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Orchard by David Hopen
Writers & Lovers by Lily King
The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen YA
The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult
The Assignment by Liza M. Wiemer YA
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
The Last Flight by Julie Clark
A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight
Historical Fiction
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (2021 release)
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West
When We Were Young and Brave by Hazel Gaynor
Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore
Universe of Two by Stephen P Kiernan
The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman
The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner
The Lion’s of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Exile Music by Jennifer Steil
Non -Fiction
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
The Answer Is…Reflections of My Life by Alex Trebek
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Edith Eger
The Daughters of Yalta by Catherine Grace Katz
Dear Fairy
I am enjoying your website and your suggestions very much. They fall directly in my tastes. So happy to have found you (thanks to a friend). Now I have this delicate question ; by any chance, would you know about a similar website but for french books? I understand if you can’t answer.
Thank you so much for all the reviews ! (I call it a pre-wash 🙂 )
Hi Julie, I’m so glad you found me! Welcome. Are you looking for books written in French or with a French setting? There are many books that take place in French but I have no idea about books written in French. Hope this helps.